isnt it sad when folks are not honest, even with themselves? they speak about having the same interests, values, and lifestyle and then...it turns out they make this stuff up. One woman told me she was coming thru my area, making visits to see several internet friends, and asked if I would mind if she stayed at my house. I had been speaking to her for over a year. She arrived at I took her home for ONE night. She left the next day in a rental car and was gone for a whole week. She returned to my house and expected me to put her up for TWO weeks, until her flight left. um NO! She was really hurt that I wouldnt allow her to stay free room and board and asking me to run after her. Wanted to borrow my car, use my phone for LD calls, internet ...you get the idea. Turns out she had left her husband and had no place to stay. DH and I took her to a motel and paid for 1 night. We told her the next day she was on her own. Please dont come back to the house.

One woman expected me to provide private duty nursing for her husband who was dx with blood cancer. She thought I was going to leave my home, and go sleep in the recliner chair for 3rd shift private duty while he was in the hospital in another state! When I explained that my MS prevents me from working to take care of me, let alone others, she was really hurt. No pay, no place to stay, just a hospital recliner, and scrounging around the hospital for food? um...no!

others expect me to help set up websites, forums, or internet stuff and want to use me as their special techie guru only no pay! One even said "I guess I could pay someone, but why should I when I have nice folks like you that will help me for free?" I gave her simple advice and then said NO!

see the pattern? I am a nice girl, and folks are quick to take advantage of that. I am feeling like a magnet for the unstable. Oh the stories I could tell.