Among Friends

[ChynnaBlue]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

@shiningstar, I think this is something you should consider.

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@ChynnaBlue

I so agree. And hopefully any son would ask a LOT of questions before co-signing a loan!

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Yes, and then look into getting power of attorney.

[Mz iMac]

@Nightowlz

My parents raised us to be "street" smart, I did the same w/mine & the grands are "street" smart.

I was very determined not to raise any suburban prince or princess.

Spoiler

"You can't bulls*it the bulls*itter."

[dex]

So nice that everyone tried to help the op.I really feel badly for her situation and wish that her son could intervene.

[Suziepeach]

I thought I remembered something about this but different- it's the Western Union thread that's been resurrected.. 

[ChynnaBlue]

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@dex wrote:

So nice that everyone tried to help the op.I really feel badly for her situation and wish that her son could intervene.

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I do, too.

[dooBdoo]

          Thanks for this thread, @ChynnaBlue!   A very, very important reminder to us all.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

@Nightowlz
@chickenbutt

I met my DH on an online dating service & we've been married 13 years now. He isn't crazy, a serial killer, or insane.

He's actually the nicest, kindest person I've ever met.

I think it is safer to "meet" someone online before you meet them in person ~ if you know what you're doing.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:

@Nightowlz
@chickenbutt

I met my DH on an online dating service & we've been married 13 years now. He isn't crazy, a serial killer, or insane.

He's actually the nicest, kindest person I've ever met.

I think it is safer to "meet" someone online before you meet them in person ~ if you know what you're doing.

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My aunt met her now husband on a dating site and it turned out they went to the same church and had never met. They were both in their late 50s, early 60s at the time.

I've been using the internet since 1985 - before I even knew it was called the internet. I've been making friends online that I met later in real life since I was a teenager, but I was always very, very careful.

I never met anyone I felt off about or anyone I caught in a lie (I thought you said you didn't have a dog/brother/sister and that you were in 11th grade, not out of school....). I would stop communicating with anyone who was too flirty/pushy up front, made me feel at all uncomfortable, or just tried too hard and too fast. I always met people in public spaces, usually with a group of friends. I would talk to someone for months before I would meet the person in public because that gave me plenty of time to vet them and catch out the liars. I also kept the phone number of the local FBI office penciled on my external 1200 baud modem and if anyone felt creepy, wouldn't leave me alone, and pestered me for my phone number, I gave them that number. I never heard from any of them again. It probably helped that I was obsessed with non-fiction books about serial killers and was raised by a dad who subscribed to The Skeptical Inquirer. My parents didn't raise a fool.

To this day, some of my closest friends are people I met online. A couple of years ago I was in a wedding party for someone I met in a video game and last month when I was going through a skin cancer scare, the friend who was most supportive is someone I met at a convention for the same video game. We live 30 minutes away from each other and she'd gone through the same thing a few months before. 

There are some bad people out there, but don't let it keep you from finding the good ones.