My high school sweetheart is in a long-distance…
DEAR ABBY: Six years in the past, at my fortieth high school reunion, a few former classmates requested me about my outdated high school sweetheart. (We broke up after high school.) I made a decision to discover her and positioned her on Facebook. To my shock, she never married. I told her I’m married. We turned buddies again, but from 3,000 miles away.
For a few years, it was a good friendship. We shared outdated tales, and I helped her out with financial stuff and gave her some emotional help. Recently, she told me she has a long-distance relationship with an “oil rig offshore worker.” I requested her to inform me more about him, and it all factors to a rip-off artist. I acknowledged all the indicators and tried to warn.
She insists he’s real, it’s true love and they’re getting married. (They have never met in particular person.) Then I received an e-mail from her with some nasty phrases about my feedback. I told her I care for her security and that the person she’s corresponding with is NOT real — it’s a romance rip-off.
I no longer hear from her. I still care about her even though it’s not a high school romance anymore. What ought to I do? — SWEETHEART IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR SWEETHEART: Unfortunately, romance scams just like the one you might have described are common. The scammer claims to be on an oil rig or in a conflict zone (but rotating home soon) or is in any other case unreachable in particular person. He might also have a motherless baby he is not parenting on a daily foundation because his spouse is “dead” and the child is in “boarding school,” so the goal wouldn’t be accountable for child-rearing. (How handy!)
Predictably, an “emergency” arises, and the scammer asks the goal to fork over lots of, or maybe hundreds, of {dollars} “for a short time only.” After the money is despatched, poof! The scammer is gone, and the romance is over.
My advice to you is not to be shocked to hear from her once the con has come to its conclusion.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our 60s. When we’re at home, just the 2 of us, he likes to put on just his underwear around the home, whether or not it’s watching TV or eating dinner. I’ve accepted it all these years and never made an issue of it.
When our granddaughter visited us at the age of 1, he wore shorts at my request but no shirt. She’s now coming to keep with us at age 2 1/2. Don’t you assume he ought to put on a shirt and shorts when she visits? He values your opinion. — MR. INFORMAL’S WIFE
DEAR WIFE: Since your husband values my opinion, please inform him I said that unless it’s 95 levels when your granddaughter visits, the suitable factor to do can be to put on shorts and a shirt during your grandchild’s go to.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also identified as Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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