So this is a true story one name will not be revealed to protect the not so innocent. SO I signed up for this site in 2006 but had never came here to see what it is all about.
I started here about 3 weeks ago. Now mind you I have been online many years ( and should probably no better) but as a person i want to truly believe people are good and trustworthy I mean who wants to be know as the cynical b****. ANyway I had this person who was talking to me for about a week who eventually said would you mind calling me just for a few minutes so i can say hi and really know who I am talking to. Me being the person I am thought no harm in that I will call on my way to work, now mind you this person expressed interest....anyway I call talk may 15 minutes tops.
So Friday night I decide at about 2 am to get some sleep said goodnight on Fu go to sleep.....about 4:20 am my phone rings....I do not even know my own name at this point and my brain cells are firing on less than 2 cylinders this is what I hear....."Hi this is so and so's wife I didn't call to yell or question you but do you know John Doe ( you know name protecting thing) I don't know my name let alone his last. My response was I'm sorry I do not know who that is, she says so you do not know John Doe from (state omitted) I said I am so sorry I do not. At that moment my heart broke for her.
I can not imagine how she must have felt hearing my voice on the other end of that phone. I have never in my life done anything to purposely or otherwise hurt a person...it was very very difficult for me, to the point I had to push myself o want to even come back to FU the next day. What has happened to people? Why is it so damned hard to be honest....why do I have to feel like I can not believe a word anyone person says that is online.
Without my knowledge i was blindsided and put into a situation that I unklnowingly hurt another person and i may not effect others but it crushed me. I am a ind spirit. So do you become cynical, or believe in people? When did honesty become the minority???