WinsomeDefiance
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Hi OP, just a little perspective from someone with some experience regarding this: I met a guy from Collarme that lived 2 minutes from me, in my small town I lived in. Within minutes of our first meeting I knew I didn't want to pursue anything further with him. After telling the guy that I wasn't interested, he threatened to tell my children, friends and family "what I was up to." It was a valid threat, since as it turned out, he knew a helluva lot more about me than I knew of him. Me personally? I told him quite sincerely that for his sake, he probably shouldn't speak badly of me to my sons, that it wouldn't be a good thing. I was more worried about my boys getting into trouble for hurting him, than I was about that weirdo 'outing' me. Still, the point is, it could have been very VERY ugly. His attempt to blackmail didn't work, but I don't know how it woud have gone down for someone else. I've been to court, and spoke as a witness, in an attempt to oppose our groups illegal eviction. Another time, I've hade a map to my home posted on the front page of the city newspaper, as well as having reporters camped out in my front yard, not to mention the news coverage aired on the evening news. After all that, I wasn't terribly worried about being outed by the little worm. Even still, I did delete my pictures, changed my city of residence, and for a long time, refused to meet anyone too close to home. It was unsettling, to say the least, that someone would stoop to such behavior. You just never know. Sometimes, people suck. Seriously. WinD
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