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Thor
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I was just wondering if we can trust anyone we meet online?
I know i have
but only one...so far
I know i have
but only one...so far
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garth33
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trust with what? There are a lot of extremes...Your bank account?...NEVER! An old school kind of "pen-pal"-type friend...maybe...meeting them goes to a whole different level. On a board like this? Who's to say...it is a bit of a "den of thieves" here so you should be cautious and watch your own back - UNLESS you're wearing shoulder pads and have a gigantic 6 FOOT LONG (2 meters for you Euro geeks) SWORD!!...sorry Rothster - no offense buddy
Peace!
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Peace!
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XMan101
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I'd be very careful. People can have totally different personalities on the net.
Having said that, I've met loads of people from the net, I'm not just talking dates, just as friends, and mostly they've been quite fine. I'd rarely meet up for a date (not that I bother these days, dates are too expensive LOL ) but I wouldn't meet anyone for that I hadn't chatted to several times & got to know more about over the phone.
The net isn't really that different to "real life", you can meet just as big a liar down your local bar as you can over the net, so it's a case of judgement. Until you get bitten you perhaps don't get so wise about things.
Having a chat friend is another thing, if you've no likelihood or intention of meeting them it's not quite so important, but never give out too much private information!!
Having said that, I've met loads of people from the net, I'm not just talking dates, just as friends, and mostly they've been quite fine. I'd rarely meet up for a date (not that I bother these days, dates are too expensive LOL ) but I wouldn't meet anyone for that I hadn't chatted to several times & got to know more about over the phone.
The net isn't really that different to "real life", you can meet just as big a liar down your local bar as you can over the net, so it's a case of judgement. Until you get bitten you perhaps don't get so wise about things.
Having a chat friend is another thing, if you've no likelihood or intention of meeting them it's not quite so important, but never give out too much private information!!
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we're on the same page bud...everythings cool!
Here and other forums are like a club where members shares the same interest. That's it.
Other chat rooms or personal dating sites you have to be a little bit more careful. People can be as honest and as fake as can be!
If you want to meet someone you got to know through the internet then you need to watch out!
Other chat rooms or personal dating sites you have to be a little bit more careful. People can be as honest and as fake as can be!
If you want to meet someone you got to know through the internet then you need to watch out!
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I need someone who can slice a LOT of sandwiches for this graduation weekend...:x
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hammervice
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dta - dont trust anyone
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I've met people from the internet before, and they were all who they said they were; but then these were deep friendships and not ones based on shallow things or sex, so I could and do trust people like them that I know online.
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i think it depends on where you come across these people. there are some places people are more inclined to lie than others. i've personally made some truly great friends online, and i've also come across my fair share of phonies. i guess in the end, you just gotta trust your gut
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XMan101
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That is a great shame actually. Must be a good reason for it.
You often have to trust someone in life for all sorts of reasons.
In fact, how can you have any close friends without trust??
I've actually have not met anyone online that I could possibly trust..and therefore, I take it all with a grain of salt..and just focus on the converstion/chats..I was threatened and harrassed by online guys who was in a hurry to meet me and I didnt feel comfortable meeting someone from just a couple of chats online..one of my dear friends did just that and was killed by his contact.
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I have put a lot of faith and love into online 'friends' in the past but was VERY BADLY let down by one guy (mid 20s) who chatted with me on myspace every day for months.
He'd been quite ill, he told me - we even chatted by text when he was supposedly in hospital receiving treatment for an ongoing weeping ulcer on his leg - the result of being knocked off his bike by a speeding car as a young lad - and unable to get to his laptop - but it was all a scam to get stuff from me.
While 'in hospital' he claimed his phone was dying and asked me to send him a mobile phone. He was so plausible - I mean we'd got to the stage where we were arranging to meet and even talking about holidays together - however, at the last minute I decided (and told him) I'd give him the phone after we'd met.
We chatted only once after that - at midnight on Christmas Eve, 2008. He said he'd been released from hospital at 10pm (!!?). He was in his mum's house (in her care while recovering before going back to his own home) and that he'd get back to me the next day. I am still waiting. I wrote to him - recorded delivery - (yes, I had a Northampton address for him) and sent him cards and email and texts but he never answered any of them and three months later, my letters and cards were returned by the post office. I was so hurt, it took me months to get over him.
Never again will I trust anyone I 'meet' online.
He'd been quite ill, he told me - we even chatted by text when he was supposedly in hospital receiving treatment for an ongoing weeping ulcer on his leg - the result of being knocked off his bike by a speeding car as a young lad - and unable to get to his laptop - but it was all a scam to get stuff from me.
While 'in hospital' he claimed his phone was dying and asked me to send him a mobile phone. He was so plausible - I mean we'd got to the stage where we were arranging to meet and even talking about holidays together - however, at the last minute I decided (and told him) I'd give him the phone after we'd met.
We chatted only once after that - at midnight on Christmas Eve, 2008. He said he'd been released from hospital at 10pm (!!?). He was in his mum's house (in her care while recovering before going back to his own home) and that he'd get back to me the next day. I am still waiting. I wrote to him - recorded delivery - (yes, I had a Northampton address for him) and sent him cards and email and texts but he never answered any of them and three months later, my letters and cards were returned by the post office. I was so hurt, it took me months to get over him.
Never again will I trust anyone I 'meet' online.
I spend a lot of time chatting with people online. I trust a lot of people, probably too many, but that's my own problem. I guess that trust is something that grows. I will accept someone as they are, and chat with them. As we chat, as I get to know more, then I will trust you more. Sure one of the guys I chat with turned out to be a chick, but hey, most of the other stuff they said had been true. You always have to be careful. And I guess you have to ask yourself how much of what you say is true? I hope that as I am open and honest, so others are with me.
