Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Weirdo on line experience
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 613556" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Any chance it could be just a coincidence?? (long shot but thought I'd ask)</p><p></p><p>The folks I've met and friended in RL from here have been pretty much the same as they present themselves on the board in personality. </p><p></p><p>However I developed a friendship of sorts with a woman from another board (had to do with a game we had in common) that went on for few years. I could have easily found myself in over my head with this woman had I not had so much experiences with difficult children. Online she was nice and funny and whatnot ect. We often had a lot of phone conversations. She lives in Germany. No. I'm not stupid. I <strong>never</strong> called her. I encouraged her to never call me due to cost. She tried to make it a more in depth friendship, I kept it at a distance as much as I could without hurting her feelings. C'mon, the woman was in Germany for pete's sake, not like we could share coffee in the morning. Right? We'd known each other for several years..........she split with her husband (that was a drama in and of itself) came back to the US (no clue where that money came from cuz they were "poor as hades") had no where to stay and asked if she could stay here with us. Uh, no. I have issues doing this for family, no way was I going to do it for her. Her grown kids wouldn't even let her stay with them. After that........well, it sort of fizzled and eventually died off. </p><p></p><p>I wasn't doing it to be mean. Over those years I'd picked up on enough red flags she was a major difficult child that no way was I inviting one to stay in my home, not to mention we didn't have the room and couldn't afford it. </p><p></p><p>Nomad, your story is mild stuff compared to what my niece does online..........why in most forums she is a gay male in a bisexual relationship waiting to go to basic training for the Air Force. In truth she is a 27 yr old difficult child who has no social life, never left home, never had a job, never dated. I just told Travis to stop showing it to me. He finally stopped calling her out on it and avoids any forum he spots her in. *sigh*</p><p></p><p>I think most people who visit forums are genuine, however you must always keep alert. There are weirdos lurking everywhere, not just online.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 613556, member: 84"] Any chance it could be just a coincidence?? (long shot but thought I'd ask) The folks I've met and friended in RL from here have been pretty much the same as they present themselves on the board in personality. However I developed a friendship of sorts with a woman from another board (had to do with a game we had in common) that went on for few years. I could have easily found myself in over my head with this woman had I not had so much experiences with difficult children. Online she was nice and funny and whatnot ect. We often had a lot of phone conversations. She lives in Germany. No. I'm not stupid. I [B]never[/B] called her. I encouraged her to never call me due to cost. She tried to make it a more in depth friendship, I kept it at a distance as much as I could without hurting her feelings. C'mon, the woman was in Germany for pete's sake, not like we could share coffee in the morning. Right? We'd known each other for several years..........she split with her husband (that was a drama in and of itself) came back to the US (no clue where that money came from cuz they were "poor as hades") had no where to stay and asked if she could stay here with us. Uh, no. I have issues doing this for family, no way was I going to do it for her. Her grown kids wouldn't even let her stay with them. After that........well, it sort of fizzled and eventually died off. I wasn't doing it to be mean. Over those years I'd picked up on enough red flags she was a major difficult child that no way was I inviting one to stay in my home, not to mention we didn't have the room and couldn't afford it. Nomad, your story is mild stuff compared to what my niece does online..........why in most forums she is a gay male in a bisexual relationship waiting to go to basic training for the Air Force. In truth she is a 27 yr old difficult child who has no social life, never left home, never had a job, never dated. I just told Travis to stop showing it to me. He finally stopped calling her out on it and avoids any forum he spots her in. *sigh* I think most people who visit forums are genuine, however you must always keep alert. There are weirdos lurking everywhere, not just online. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Weirdo on line experience
Top