RumpusParable
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Joined: 7/7/2005 From: NYC now! Status: offline
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To the OP: If that sequence works for you, by all means use it. However, for others what you outlined really just isn't realistic. For primary example, the listed landline required bit. I don't have a landline. Haven't for years. I have two cellphones only, one for personal and one for work. Another is the revealing of the given name as a necessity or not being a red flag. This can be the case, but is not always. I have people who have known me in person for years that know my only as Rumpus. I don't particularly shy from sharing my given name with someone I like but there are only about 4 or 5 people who use it in my life now... all because they know me from years before I took this pseudonym. For all intents and purposes, "Rumpus" is my social name online and in meatlife. I found juggling names between people and locations we're at to be annoying. Likewise, there are a large number of acquaintances and friends (again, both online and in meatlife) I have who I only know their chosen names, not their birth names. Not sharing a given name *can* be a bad sign, but it's not always. On the references bit, I don't even have references to give for school loans, let alone to give to a random person on the internet. I move every 1-3 years, I usually don't keep in touch with anyone from my last home (though, happily there are a couple of exceptions)... those I do keep in touch with it is by email and YIM. They're not available to be asked to hop on the phone with me while I talk to this internet acquaintance that wants verification. And for that matter, if I was someone looking to be dishonest I'd be prone to having dishonest friends who would bullshit for me... that's generally how that works. Then there's the safety and privacy issue... I'd usually rather meet someone in person than give them my phone number. Especially only after a handful of emails like you'd outlined. There are the occasional exceptions to that, but by far that is the rule: meet first, then *maybe* get one of my phone numbers. I'm not looking to decieve anyone and I could not and would not follow the outline you have there. Again, if that works for you that's great, but it doesn't work for everyone's life.
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Relationships come and go, but plastination is forever. I generally use fast-reply. If directing my post at someone specific I will indicate so. Minimal summary: Artist, Disabled Veteran, Vegan, Pornographer, and Agender dominant female.
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