Yep there are weirdos online

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Registered: 02-02-2005
Yep there are weirdos online
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Mon, 11-27-2006 - 11:08pm

ok so over the weekend i got an email from a guy who seemed nice, i liked his pic and profile, but did not respond right away. Next day i saw he had written to me again and it just said, LOL too funny. I wrote back asking what was so funny and then said, hi how are you? He wrote oh i was looking back at what i had written to you. So i think we emailed a few times, he is 37 and i noticed his profile said he'd prefer a woman in her late 20's. I asked him why, he went on say that he had always dated women his own age or older and wanted to try younger. At this point i was thinking...erm ok. So i read his profile again and he had UPDATED it so it said all this stuff about how he had made some women angry by stating he wants younger women, unless you're older and in good shape, yada yada. I am 28, he also talked quite a bit about wanting to settle down and have a family. I didnt write back that day, next day i see that he has written me again saying, i must be busy or has he said something to offend or bother me? Aside from the wanting younger women thing, he still seemed ok...he asked for my #...stupidly i gave it to him. His profile says he lives in cambridge...then i get this other email saying, oh i actually live in Maine, but my office is in cambridge...he calls me last nigth. I didnt call back...he called THREE times tonight and then sent a text saying, are you really this shy, i dont bite, call me back. One of his messages said he would be in town tomorrow and would i like to meet for a drink

what is wrong with people> Yeah I shouldnt have given him my number i guess...but he seemed ok at first...good grief...i just hope he doesnt call back again...i'm not sure what to say...i usually just ignore in these situations.

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Tue, 11-28-2006 - 1:36pm

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