This is just a little something from Karen Chasez. I think EVERY fan should read this! Although the boys never complain about giving their fans attention, there is a line that is crossed way too often. I think some fans forget that they're real too, just like everyone else.

I think respect is key to all human interactions that are healthy. And I agree with Patricia that fans--millions of them now--are key to 'N Sync's popularity and success. To me the issue is not keeping 'N Sync members cocooned from their fans but that the fans have opportunities to interact/restrict themselves to interacting in positive and appropriate ways. Outside the regular way 'N Sync members meet hundreds of fans weekly (at Meet N Greets, television shows, charity events etc.), I know the guys almost always enjoy a passing compliment on their work, no matter how busy and tired they are. If they run into one or two fans, they almost unfailingly stop briefly for a greeting or autograph or picture. These are minimal intrusions.

Sometimes, however, the aggressiveness of fans does go beyond respectful and reasonable bounds in my estimation. Calling my hotel room repeatedly even after being told JC at age 23 doesn't share a hotel room with his parents, calling my daughter's room and putting her on the radio live without warning and without her consent, trying to bribe hotel staff into entering family or 'N Sync rooms with gifts or to lift items, hovering outside the door of a "suspected" hotel room to see what can be heard--to me these are not respectful. I don't think anyone--well-known or not--enjoys these kind of things.

Thirty to 50 excited fans converging on my son simultaneously all with cries for pictures and autographs when he is trying to make it from the building door to the car is, to me, beyond the bounds of respect. Even in this situation--30 or more fans eager to see him--my son is not overly bothered by those who call out a compliment or take photos from a social distance. Being swarmed at close quarters and bombarded with repeated requests for individual pictures and autographs in that setting is not pleasant, however. And the possibility of injury to someone in the crush is unsettling. In addition, to accommodate one you must accommodate all or be unfair--and there isn't time for all.

Repeated interruptions from strangers while dining are not pleasant (or respectful in my opinion), but I see the guys frequently stopping to say hello, posing for a picture or signing an autograph when leaving a restaurant. While I agree calling aggressive fans stalkers as a group is an overgeneralization, I will admit to sometimes being concerned about a few whose fixations and pursuits of individual interactions and knowledge of the guys seem to be unhealthy. Many individuals who are not well-known also deal with this problem, and it is very troublesome for them. I would be concerned if I were their mom too.