AIBU to think this is too good to be true?

[AnnieWarbucks]

Wrong section I know, but I want it to disappear in 30 days.

DM got chatting to a very well off man at her work last night (he definitely is very well off, the nature of her work means this is verified). He was talking to her about his DSS, a teenager who is having issues with drugs.

She started telling him about me. I was a homeless druggie teen, and then a young single parent. I volunteered in Africa, turned my life round, just graduated.

He was amazed by this. Said he wanted to employ me (on a decent wage, with lots of benefits) and/ or help fund me through further education.

This is literally all I know, and my mum was on a nightshift so she's not up to give me any more info. But she has a very very good bullshit radar, is extremely cautious and just wise all round.

Butttt this sounds far too good to be true doesn't it? I don't think I'm that special; surely lots of people go off the rails as a teen and turn their lives around. Unsure why he's so keen to help me.

Things like this don't happen to people like me! Said to my sister it's like Annie and Daddy Warbucks (hence the username)

Dreaming of eventually becoming a CEO in a multimillion pound business this morning! But surely it can't be legit? But like I said, my mum sounds pretty sure it's a real opportunity. Wish she'd wake up!

Do you know his name? Have you Googled him?

BTW, Chat threads last for 90 days, not 30, so it might be worth asking MNHQ to move it over to 30 days only.

You never know...

You have nothing to lose by having a chat with the bloke.

Good luck!

It could well be bullshit so I really wouldn't get too carried away with fantasies about being CEO of anywhere on the back of it. However it may be an employment opportunity.

How well does she know him? You say at work so is he a colleague, customer? Was this a "do" where drinks were flowing freely? Cos that might have something to do with his enthusiasm!

If he's given her his contact details to pass along then there's no reason not to follow up but you'd need to treat it like any job interview rather than the somewhat overexcited reaction you seem to be having at the moment. Sorry Op but Annie and daddy Warbucks, really ? He hasn't offered to adopt you! IF a meeting/interview is arranged you want to present as a capable grown woman, not an overexcited puppy.

is it a job you actually want?

The Annie thing was just a bad joke glad responses so far don't think it's absolutely crazy though!

A customer, but she's worked for 30 years in the industry and would definitely recognise if it was just a drunken idea that would go nowhere.

No, I don't know his name until she wakes up. Otherwise I would be googling frantically.

Thanks, I'll ask mumsnet to get it moved to that section.

One of my DC got a very good job through a wealthy entrepreneur who saw himself as a young man in my son. He's now on a second job that came from that first one and absolutely flying. So talk to the man. He may be genuine.

Depends on the career progression. It's not my chosen field or the one I have most experience in, but I do have an interest in business. If there is little career progression, in an ideal world I'd work for him and do a part time MSc in my chosen area (where I'm struggling to find any relevant job with just an undergrad). I couldn't afford to do any postgrad study on my own.

Have you found out who he is yet?