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Originally Posted by jenna26
I debated whether or not I should come in here and reply to this, and finally decided to.
I don't know if anyone remembers me too well, but at one time DJ and I were pretty close friends, or so I thought at the time. His approach to me was a bit different. For one thing, I didn't have IM, it was all through PMs. I was the first to PM him, because I had a question about a statement he made on the board. We talked everyday for months, and it was about REAL life stuff, or that's what I believed at the time. About his family, his work, etc.
By the end of our friendship, it had gotten pretty nasty; I knew he was a liar and a manipulator, I had no idea how sick he really is. I just kept catching him in lie after lie. When I finally cut off contact with him, he PMed another friend of mine trying to get information about me and asking why I wasn't speaking to him. I made the mistake of contacting him again, and being pulled into yet another sad story. Finally I washed my hands of him completely. This is pretty much the reason I stopped posting here. He seemed to have a lot of friends here at the time, so honestly I thought maybe it was just me that brought out his more charming side.....:rolleyes: And I was an adult, I was the one that allowed his manipulations to go on far too long. I was under this delusion that he was basically a decent guy, just a tad misguided. But I stopped coming here, because he made it a miserable place for me to be.
To hear this, I am sickened. I didn't realize how sick, and just all around messed up in the head this guy really is. And I am glad that I pulled myself away. It does make sense, and isn't exactly shocking I suppose, looking back. People really do need to show caution online, because you just never know. Like I said, I knew by the end of our friendship there was something off about the guy, but just being a jerk is different then.....this. I'm just glad the mods put a stop to this. :)
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Oh God, I'm ashamed to even admit this, but since you had the guts to tell your story, I'll tell mine. I'll try to keep it short.
When I first joined HDC, trippin' was the first person to actually show interest in me. He was friendly and made me feel special (I know, fucking corny) and I grew to trust him. We had kind of a "fling" over the phone and IM, and yes I got sent the penis pictures, but I thought that was because we were kinda having the fling thing. I even almost went down to Florida to meet him (scary). At the time, my boyfriend and I were having a very difficult time so I fell for DJ's BS hook line and sinker. Then I started catching him in lies. I cancelled my trip to Florida. Then with the help of a friend I caught him in a really BIG lie. I called him and blew up and basically screamed at him over the phone. We made up after that and remained friends. My boyfriend and I ended up working things out and are still together (approx 11 years).
I do remember once when DJ said to me that if a 14 year old wanted to "give" herself to a 30 year old man, there was nothing wrong, she knows what she is doing. (He's 36 BTW) Given that at 14, I was very strong willed and a party girl (young and stupid is how I see it now, but that's history), I thought it was a bit weird, but didn't think much of it at the time. I had no idea that he was actually preying on 14 years olds. and sending his penis pictures to everyone he could. The whole thing just makes me sick to my stomach now.
I'm still surprised at omcdave. He never said anything inappropriate to me. But apparently I didn't know his whole story either. Or maybe he just got tangled up in trippin's web like some of us others have.
Like I said before, live and learn.