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Speak for yourself.  I haven't followed a single one of your rules and have had no problem with people showing up or with my safety.  Look at the common denominator in your issues...you? 

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Wow, Aileen. Feeling a bit hostile for some reason? His point was that meeting people isn't as dangerous as many posters would like you to think. It's easy to create fear. It's easy to talk about what could go wrong, or badly. It's easy to point to the news to validate that fear. It's easy to say, "Once is enough." It's hard to say possible is different from inevitable. He's pointing out that with sensible precautions, you can meet a lot of good honorable people without fear. It's sad to see that your only response is not support, but a sneering condescending reply that appears that you're only interested in an argument.

I support what he says wholeheartedly, no one should allow fear to ensure that you never meet people and improve your chances of meeting some one you could spend your life with.

Why so hostile about what he said?

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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

Ha!

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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

Speak for yourself.  I haven't followed a single one of your rules and have had no problem with people showing up or with my safety.  Look at the common denominator in your issues...you? 

edited to add missing words

Wow, Aileen. Feeling a bit hostile for some reason? His point was that meeting people isn't as dangerous as many posters would like you to think. It's easy to create fear. It's easy to talk about what could go wrong, or badly. It's easy to point to the news to validate that fear. It's easy to say, "Once is enough." It's hard to say possible is different from inevitable. He's pointing out that with sensible precautions, you can meet a lot of good honorable people without fear. It's sad to see that your only response is not support, but a sneering condescending reply that appears that you're only interested in an argument.

I support what he says wholeheartedly, no one should allow fear to ensure that you never meet people and improve your chances of meeting some one you could spend your life with.

Why so hostile about what he said?

Actually, I wasn't being hostile at all.  It was morning and the coffee hadn't entered my bloodstream yet.  I forgot to add a [:)] to my post.  Most people here know that I tend to write bluntly.  This is even wordy for me.
What I meant to do was to point out that there's is no right or wrong way to do anything...meet, play, whatever.  Whatever works for two people at the moment is their right way.