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Originally Posted by pshrynk
That sucks. If you're ever driving through La Crosse, you can stop in and see us, no problem. Of course, it would have to be at the office, so I could start treatment, because you would have to be actually insane to drive through La Crosse, especially this time of year...  |
And what about me makes to think that I am not "actually insane"?? Hmmmm?
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
hmph ! all of us on the internet will vouch for you ricky ! 
but seriously. dg's husband is right to worry, of course, but why not propose you have your mini meet-up in a public place like a café or restaurant ? that way, even if you *are* a psycho-killer, probably you won't dare to try anything, with all those potential witnesses around.  |
I suggested that as an option via PM ... but I haven't heard back yet. I gather he was rather upset that she would give out any private information to someone she met on the net .... and, of course he's right.
This reminds me a lot of how I fell in with my current group of cat-crazy internet friends. We started by just posting on the net, then I invited one of the members from Indiana to come stay with me in San Diego (she really needed a vacation). That went so well that all of us started meeting up whenever possible.
I think that because Mr. DG hasn't had a lot of experience with these particular types of forums, he doesn't realize that it's not much in the way of a great spot for online predators to hang out.
Which reminds me of something funny. Back when I used to post a lot more to the cat chat room, we did a lot of role playing (pretending to actually BE our cats and having wild adventures ... don't knock it ... it's fun). Anyway, there were those of us who were older, and then we did have one member who was about 13 at the time.
So, we're are all chatting away about stuff one day, and in comes someone we don't know and "he" starts trying to figure out how old everyone is, and asking if there are any virgins in the room ....typical predator stuff.
And, immediately, all of us went into cat alter-ego mode. That meant that I was now a 12 year old black "male" who's mommy had cut his balls off ... and I answered all questions in character.
This creep got so freaked out, he just plain fled!! (And, I hope the "door" slammed him in the butt on his way out.) Then we all told our younger member that this was the sort of person that she should avoid at all costs, and that if anyone like that bothered her online, she should just come and get one of us and we would rip his throat out.
Ahhhh .... good times.