Strangeness in my life
Jan 2, 2015 11:56:47 #
Got a friend request on facebook a few days ago. I don't know the person but the name sounded familiar--I thought he was a member of one of the photography pages I follow.
It was a nice change from the invites I typically get from friends of friends of a certain friend. Usually young women who spend their days taking sexy selfies or ask me to help them come to America.
A few hours after I approved the gentleman's friendship request, I got an IM from him. He called me dear and wanted to know if we could be special friends.
I asked if he realized that I am a male.
The next night he replied. He ignored my question and told me about his life--reaffirming our special friendship. He want's to know all about me.
Last night I got one of those "thinking of you" IM's.
Wife told me to just block him--he will be asking for money eventually. She spoke authoritatively on the subject.
I would be confused about the wife's advice if I hadn't recently been in her gmail account.
There were two chats with gentlemen. In one, she told him her husband had died and she was available. She loved him and was ready to spend the rest of her life with him.
She stopped talking to him when he started asking for money.
The other guy's chat ended about a month or so ago. I blocked both gentlemen--she doesn't know how to do stuff like that and for sure she is not going to ask me why they suddenly stopped talking to her.
I caught a bit of one of her conversations back in October. Somehow her Imessage was linked with my daughter's phone so when she and her man sent love letters back and forth, her end of the conversation was mirrored on my daughter's phone.
She explained it away.
In the chats I saw on the computer, the guys never once mentioned her name. She rarely called them by name. It was always dear or honey.
But she suddenly wanted to change her phone number a while ago. The latest guy asked if her number had changed and she gave him the current number.
I tried initiating a video chat with the guy, but he never seems to be online. I saved a phone number from my daughter's phone, but no one ever answered.
So much drama for one person.
It was a nice change from the invites I typically get from friends of friends of a certain friend. Usually young women who spend their days taking sexy selfies or ask me to help them come to America.
A few hours after I approved the gentleman's friendship request, I got an IM from him. He called me dear and wanted to know if we could be special friends.
I asked if he realized that I am a male.
The next night he replied. He ignored my question and told me about his life--reaffirming our special friendship. He want's to know all about me.
Last night I got one of those "thinking of you" IM's.
Wife told me to just block him--he will be asking for money eventually. She spoke authoritatively on the subject.
I would be confused about the wife's advice if I hadn't recently been in her gmail account.
There were two chats with gentlemen. In one, she told him her husband had died and she was available. She loved him and was ready to spend the rest of her life with him.
She stopped talking to him when he started asking for money.
The other guy's chat ended about a month or so ago. I blocked both gentlemen--she doesn't know how to do stuff like that and for sure she is not going to ask me why they suddenly stopped talking to her.
I caught a bit of one of her conversations back in October. Somehow her Imessage was linked with my daughter's phone so when she and her man sent love letters back and forth, her end of the conversation was mirrored on my daughter's phone.
She explained it away.
In the chats I saw on the computer, the guys never once mentioned her name. She rarely called them by name. It was always dear or honey.
But she suddenly wanted to change her phone number a while ago. The latest guy asked if her number had changed and she gave him the current number.
I tried initiating a video chat with the guy, but he never seems to be online. I saved a phone number from my daughter's phone, but no one ever answered.
So much drama for one person.
Jan 2, 2015 12:08:50 #
On the one hand, I'm sorry you're going through all of this. On the other hand, I'm thinking you might want to take notes. You have the potential for either some good romance novels or Day-time Soap screenplays if you wanted to try your hand at writing.
Jan 2, 2015 12:09:11 #
hlmichel wrote:
Got a friend request on facebook a few days ago. ... (show quote)
I'd say, too much drama for one person. Personally, I only friend people who I personally know, or are friends of a, again-personally known, friend. As a result, my online experiences are rather boring. I like it like that.
--Bob
Jan 2, 2015 12:37:24 #
Picdude wrote:
On the one hand, I'm sorry you're going through all of this. On the other hand, I'm thinking you might want to take notes. You have the potential for either some good romance novels or Day-time Soap screenplays if you wanted to try your hand at writing.
I was writing long before I started taking pictures. I was going to be the next Tolkien--or Terry Brooks.
Unfortunately, I was never published. I did try, so at least I am not regretting "what could have been"
Wrote fan fiction for a while. A bit wordy for some tastes. Another fan fiction writer labeled me a romanticist.
I don't think I could get any good romance stories out of my situation. But put my wife with her mother(as is frequently the case) and you've got something.
When they are together, they remind me of Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz--and not in a good way.
Jan 2, 2015 12:46:32 #
I read somewhere that 40% of online relationships end in homicide. So your situation might statistically resolve itself
Jan 2, 2015 12:56:58 #
hlmichel wrote:
... But put my wife with her mother(as is frequently the case) and you've got something.
When they are together, they remind me of Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz--and not in a good way.
When they are together, they remind me of Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz--and not in a good way.
That got me laughing this morning. First good laugh of the new year.
--Bob
Jan 2, 2015 13:05:39 #
I would be confused about the wife's advice if I hadn't recently been in her gmail account.
Am I the only one who is bothered by this line?
Am I the only one who is bothered by this line?
Jan 2, 2015 14:30:12 #
pbearperry wrote:
I would be confused about the wife's advice if I hadn't recently been in her gmail account.
Am I the only one who is bothered by this line?
Am I the only one who is bothered by this line?
It was a case of making a long story short.
The full story is that she was having issues with her Iphone. She was locked out of ITunes due to too many failed log in attempts. We tried to request a reset but the emails never came.
She asked me to log into her gmail account to search for the missing email.
Once in her account, I searched for the missing email and was about to log out when I noticed the two names listed under G+ hangouts. That is when I opened them.
She accesses everything from either her Ipad or her Iphone and may not have been aware that it would be just sitting there on the computer.
Jan 2, 2015 14:53:16 #
hlmichel wrote:
It was a case of making a long story short. br br... (show quote)
I def. like the longer version better. :thumbup:
Jan 3, 2015 07:25:21 #
Okay, now that you've got me hooked on the story.... How does it end? Did you confront her with what you had found? Her response, etc. :shock: :?:
Jan 3, 2015 07:27:56 #
Jan 3, 2015 08:06:43 #
pbearperry wrote:
I would be confused about the wife's advice if I hadn't recently been in her gmail account.
Am I the only one who is bothered by this line?
Am I the only one who is bothered by this line?
No there are others. It kinda blew my mind and what followed. The chats she was having seems a little out of place for a person that is married.
Jan 3, 2015 08:16:21 #
hlmichel wrote:
Got a friend request on facebook a few days ago. I don't know the person but the name sounded familiar--I thought he was a member of one of the photography pages I follow.
It's like the electronic age was build by and for scam artists. It's a creepy world out there. UHH is about as far as I dare go into that electronic minefield. I think I have the record for the fewest friends on Facebook, despite requests by scantily-clad beauties.
Jan 3, 2015 08:29:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It's like the electronic age was build by and for scam artists. It's a creepy world out there. UHH is about as far as I dare go into that electronic minefield. I think I have the record for the fewest friends on Facebook, despite requests by scantily-clad beauties.
I am more afraid than you Jerry. I had a Facebook account for about two months and dumped it. It was just a lot of people yacking about a bunch of stuff I could care less about. People have too much time on their hands and idle hands are the devils workshop.
Jan 3, 2015 09:53:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It's like the electronic age was build by and for scam artists. It's a creepy world out there. UHH is about as far as I dare go into that electronic minefield. I think I have the record for the fewest friends on Facebook, despite requests by scantily-clad beauties.
I have 230 friends on FB. I just scrolled through to see(I gave up after 163). So out of 163 friends, 80 are blood relatives 52 are folks that I know from various churches in California. 12 are friends from work 6 are from FB groups. 6 are people who requested friendship after seeing my pictures on FB. 7 are those scantily-clad beauties.
A quick glance of the remaining 67 shows that about half are family(myself and the wife) A few more are friends and the rest are people who requested friendship after seeing my pictures.
Lol, I was planning to purge but I don't have as many throw-away friends as I thought.
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