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IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 15:22

So I made this friend online. We had both used the same forum for a few years. Her online personality is sensible, kind, caring and smart. DC's similar ages. She is seperated and her ex can take her kids for days at a time as he works from home and has no problems doing that.

We started emailing every day, met up (live in different towns) but she turned out to be a lot different to how she portrayed herself. She is really mean with money. I invited her to mine for a girls night in to cheer her up when she was down. 2 days later I had a job to get rid of her. Her ex had the DC's. Literally had to drive her to the train-station as she was settling in for THIRD night. Hmm If I had anything to do she wanted to come with me and she drank every DAY Hmm

Then she insisted I come to visit her. I did while my DD was in scotland with her GP's. I thought it wouyld be a nice break. It was headwrecking. She talked incessantly about herself and her recently failed relationship from dawn til dusk. It then transpires the fella was in a relationsip when she met him. A fact she chose to omit when she posted her story on our forum and got loads of unwarranted sympathy for. (Made out he used her when all along it was clear he was and he never said anything else was on the cards) Anyway when i got home I decided to scale down the friendship. I didn't want any more meetups as I had enough on my plate and felt she was high maintenance and a bit deceptive.

She has pressed and pressed for another visit to me. She keeps suggesting things going on in my town and keeps suggesting meet-ups. But that is just her code for staying at my place and freeloading and being impossible to get rid of. I've been quite clear in refusing these 'meet-ups'. (Her favourite trick is to order drinks at lunchtime so she can't go home and has to stay another night) There is no such thing as meeting up for lunch, she wants to come to stay at mine.

Anyway, so I had got over that and downgraded thre friendship to penpals, she was still asking a couple of times per week to come up. Anyway during the time we were friends she was talking to a bloke online. Turns out he's in a relationship Angry -she didn't seem to have any qualms about this. Made out they were just friends in the same type job but turns out they were flirting and online all day every day. These facts only come out by accident.

Anyway now it turns out she casually drops it into an email to me that she is talking to another lad who is married (when I say talking I mean all day morning until well late into the night) I am just sickened. She makes me sick and I actually have just cut her dead since. I can't even bother going through the charade of 'phasing her out'. I just havent answered her mails or logged back into the forum (used to use it every day)

It is so awkward, I now can't go back on the site where I used to hang out a lot. It's really annoyed me. If she sees me log on she will bombard me with pm's.

I don't care what people do (well, evidently I do) but I have no sympathy for bottom-feeders like her who target married men. The thing is later when it all goes tits up she will be on the forum again telling cock and bull stories and looking for sympathy.

AIBU to never email her again and never explain why?

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StealthPolarBear · 26/03/2011 15:26

lol at your name
No, yanbu, I made friends with someone on here who I later found out was very different from what I initially thought and caused me some trouble.
Why can't you name change?
(it's not netmums, is it? :o)

ICanPluck · 26/03/2011 15:29

Block her from PMing you on the forum, if you can't, ask an admin to.

YANBU to not contact her again if that's what you would prefer to do. She sounds absolutely vile.

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 15:29

lol no it's not netmums! Don't really want to say what it is. I can namechange but she has recognised my style of writing before when I've gone incognito on the site......and well....why should I have to.....?

Why does she think it is acceptable what she does?

I think it's sly and it knocked me sick to be perfectly honest.

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worraliberty · 26/03/2011 15:31

She sounds very lonely to me.

As for the married men, well they're the married ones and are out of line.

Vallhala · 26/03/2011 15:51

There are two different issues here AFAICS - the woman's behaviour towards you and her preference for married men. YANBU to want to have no more to do with her because of her treatment of you but who she talks to/dates/sleeps with is entirely down to her.

Have you considered simply telling her outright that you don't wish to have any more to do with her and that you don't want her to contact you again? That seems the easiest way to do it to me.

Skinit · 26/03/2011 15:51

It's like real life though isn't it? You got too close to her....realised she wasn't who you thought she was so you have to ignore her...cut her out.

Go on your forum...don't hide, just be brief if sh speks to you drectly online.

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 16:31

woraliberty -I think she's out of line for chatting to marrieds too though. She'll get involved with one and then look for sympathy. I've got no sympathy for that. Yes the married men are wrong but so is she, asking for trouble. She even seems proud they are chatting to her, it's as if she thinks she is some sort if irresistable femme fetale. I can't stand it.

Vallhala her treatment of me I had considered solved as I was just simply going to be unavailable for meet-ups ever again. It's the pursuing of married men I can't stand. I don't want to hear about it. And by God there is no dealing with he without hearing about her frikking 'love life'...I actually do feel like telling her what I think of her at times but I think I prefer Skinits idea as in going on my forum and just being brief.

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Vallhala · 26/03/2011 16:36

"It's the pursuing of married men I can't stand."

IMFMOD, I thought that might be the case. That's the problem with the internet... people aren't always what they might appear to be and suddenly you find yourself talking to someone who dates married men.

fedupofnamechanging · 26/03/2011 16:45

I think you'd best be honest with her and say that you don't like the way she pursues married men and you don't feel comfortable staying friends with a person who thinks that is okay behaviour. Once you've done that, you can go on your forum and not have to avoid her, because she'd be mad to keep PMing you after you've made your feelings clear.

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 17:01

I'm not sure I'll have the balls to say it to her.

I get the impression she'll cause mischief for me on the forum if I do....one of the men currently in her thrall is an admin on the site.

Confused
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Skinit · 26/03/2011 17:03

Yes, just brush her off...we all have had to do this in real life at some point haven't we? I know I have! Grin

fedupofnamechanging · 26/03/2011 17:04

Okay, failing that, you could pretend you've met someone and so you are not available for having people stay over. If she is a freeloader, once she finds she cannot crash at yours for days on end, she will find someone else to latch on to.

Just continue to be polite but distant.

LynetteScavo · 26/03/2011 17:08

I would send her an email telling her why you don't want to be friends any more...then get on with living your life.

If she recognises your posting style, just act Confused

ManicPanic · 26/03/2011 17:20

Can I come stay with yoouuuu? Pleeeeeease?
Oh gwan...

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 17:24

Uhm, I'm afraid me has died and all that's left of me is this Ghost-who-Cant-Host Grin

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rockinhippy · 26/03/2011 17:39

Tell her straight, put it in e-mail & don't beat about the bush over how you feel about her behaviour, using her penchant for married Men & how you veiw her morals as a result of knowing thats what she does would probably be your best get out clause - she'll likely think you stuffy & not pursue your friendship any more Wink

I made friends with a woman once in RL, a male friend met her on a dating forum & I met her through him, she persuaded me to go out clubbing etc with her & despite being several years older than me she did nothing but chase after very young "boys" so much so she was an embarrassment & generally rude about it in that the minute she spotted someone I was then ignored - even going as far as standing with her back to me & never introducing me to anyone she knew _ I brushed her off as far as going out with her went for that reason - she also had a penchant for attached men Hmm I think it made her feel she was extra special to be able to "steal" anothers manHmm - next thing I know she's chasing after another male friend of mine - who was married with kids, his wife a very good & long time friendAngry - he was flattered & nearly fell for it, I like you was sickened, especially as she seemed to think it was okay to ring & tell me all about her latest on the progression of their "relationship"AngryAngry -

I blew my top & told her in no uncertain terms where to get off & what I thought of her behaviour - I also read my friend the riot act to - thankfully it was the only way to get rid, as she just seemed oblivious to anything else I had done to back off earlier - so IME - tell her straight & don't hold your punches Wink

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 18:20

Thanks for your story rockinhippy. I get the feeling if I tell her directly she will go nuclear and it won't be the end of it. When her 'ex' split up with her (the formerly engaged guy she was seeing) she continually texted him while drunk and talked about getting 'revenge' on him.

So it makes me nervous if I did tell her how I feel she might do something to make trouble for me. On the site she spills details of peoeple she used to know. Is there any point baiting her?

As much as I would love to let her know how rotton I find her behaviour I am half contemplating pretending to be dead. Blush I can't think why anyone would be so open as to admit to doing what she does with apparently no guilt or second thought!? She banters on normally about her day, her money worries, her dc and then casually drops in things like 'spent the day chatting to stupidmarriedman, got quite flirty. Oops naughty me...' type of stuff boak

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IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 18:22

When she says they 'got flirty' I know she means they had cybersex Angry

Where does she get the idea this would be in any way interesting or impressive to me I can not understand.

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rockinhippy · 26/03/2011 18:41

oh dear :( I can see why that might be a worry then -

another tact that might work in the circumstance may be becoming a "born again " Wink

tell how you've discovered this Church & how wonderful it all is now you've found God, when she mentions anything about her online antics with marrieds - tell her how sad you find it that she is risking her soul by giving in to such devils work & keep bombarding her with e-mail links to peoms & music & stuff from religious sites Wink

find a church in HER town & then keep sending her flyers & stuff for it - basically go over the top & have her think you are a religious nut who is after saving her blackened soul - she'll hopefully run for the hills Grin

(thats not to belittle anyones religion) but I doubt her type would want much to do with anyone or thing that looks down on her behaviour so strongly - worth a shot maybe??

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 18:47

Grin heehee That is actually a good ida. She hates religion, I'm a 'collapsed Catholic' but I may have to find Jesus again!!! I also may say my house has been re-posessed and I'm living in a church-hostel or something! I'm cacking at the idea of sending her save her soul links!

On a practical note, can I block her from PM'ing me in Gmail. It seems she has some way of seeing when I log into it the crafty cow. Confused

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80sMum · 26/03/2011 19:02

YANBU. She is not your friend. Online she seemed nice; now you've met her your opinion's changed. End of. You have no obligation ever to contact her again if you don't want to. Just tell her she's not your type and you want to end the 'friendship.'

Adversecamber · 26/03/2011 19:15

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rockinhippy · 26/03/2011 19:17

LOL - theres your plan then :)

I don't know Gmail, but I think all those sorts of things have a set up to "hide" from or block users - theres probably a Gmail forum you can go onto to ask how _ I know is can be done on MSN as I had to do it myself -

funnily enough I did it with an American online friend I "met" via a health forum - she turned out to be a religious nut & kept bombarding me with anti Muslim & anti Gay propaganda viral mail - as DDs Godfathers are Gay & it really p'd me off & I hate Racism - she took it upon herself to "enlighten me to the evils of these sorts" Hmm probably where the idea came from Grin

IMustFakeMyOwnDeath · 26/03/2011 19:33

Thanks all. hippy oh blimey, you were right to block that nutter. I'm on the net years and years and I am quite cynical, but I still got taken in by this woman. Our DD's both have similar, semi-rare health problems and I grew to like her and became friendly with her, so in a way I feel it was my own fault. Im always the one on forums laughing at people getting into online relationships. I thought a friendship would be different! A cautionary tale! Never again!

I also feel guilty as besides being this way with married men she is quite funny and intelligent. I just never would have thought she would be like this and it's hard for my brain to reconcile the two different sides of her. Confused

Last time I spoke to her was 8 days ago which is unheard of. She had emailed me quite routinely but mentioned about chatting online with the mm from the site. I was just dumbstruck. I thought I'd leave it for a while and something diplomatic would come to me and I would be able to ....somehow get my head around it.

But I can't. So now there are 5 unanswered mails from her increasingly wondering where I am...I am still ignoring them.

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