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CyricZ posted...

Leo, sometimes people on this board talk in other places and have conversations.

It's called social interaction. You engage in this and you learn things about people.

And maybe one can never truly "know" another human being, but let's just say the one making their own issues apparent to the entire topic isn't me.

Honestly, I used to be this nave.

I'll just tell you a brief story about some "social interaction" I had over the course of 15 years.

Back in 2004 I was a moderator on a Jehovah's Witness message board. Not a board supporting the cult, but one for ex-members. I met a woman who went by "Dawni" and we became what I thought were friends. We exchanged physical Christmas gifts. Were on each other's facebook accounts. As far as I was concerned, she was like a member of the family.

Then she scammed me out of nearly $1000. After all those years, it was just a scam.

So no, I don't trust that anyone on the internet is actually your friend. Maybe if you meet them in person things can be different. But my motto is, "Trust no one".