http://sistahgurl.multiply.com/photos/album/42/Halloween_2008#11
i know i get a little high strung sometimes....
so maybe it is me,
maybe i read too much into what he said...
but something about trying to "pinpoint" the location of some kids just didnt sit right with me...
another friend of mine said i was trippin, but, to his defense, he is a male... LOL
i aint looking for cosigners....
just wanting to know if I have become too cynical already...
but I aint gonna tell ya'll that he sent me a picture of a location that is literally right down the street,,,
You were being a responsible parent.
ReplyDeleteyou are not over reacting ... kind of creepy especially him not putting your question to rest quickly rather than continuing it with more questions....
ReplyDeletebeing a responsible parent..
ReplyDeleteHonestly, when I read it, I took at as he recognized the place because apparently he had been in that area before. At the same, in these day and times, you just can't be too careful with people commenting like that. If the kids had not been in the picture, if would not have triggered "Mommy Radar", and it would not have been anythign except a random observation. I think by the fact that he sent you a picture of the area close by, shows it (to me) it was more of a random observation of remember being in that area then a pedophile scoping the scene. JMHO
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I think you were tripping.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can gather, he was only asking because the area looked familiar to him.
As a parent, I can see why you'd get arc'd up fast, because I would too, but to me it just looked like the question was innocent but then he got a little smart assy with his following responses, which is also understandable because you accused him of possibly being a pedo...
I completely get what you are saying, cuz yanno, I was starting to kinda think along those same lines until he asked me in the PM if I what I had thought of the restaurant in the picture and then answered himself by saying, yeah, the placce was no good and I am like what was the point of that?
ReplyDeletethanks for keeping it straight with me mate! Cuz I know I be trippin!
ReplyDeletei knowwwwwwww ewwwwwwwwww
ReplyDeleteIf someone had asked me in the same instance, I would have jumped too. I try to be careful not to give too much away about my kids (making sure their school name isn't showing on their uniform etc etc) because you can just never be too safe.
ReplyDeleteBetter to think, in hindsight, that you over reacted than to not worry at all and have something happen.
**Passes Sistah a candy cigarette**
ReplyDelete*throws it back* lmaoo
ReplyDeleteI seen this conversation and I don't feel you were jumping the gun at all. I was going to ask where they were myself but had to think again because if it wasn't disclosed on the photo then it wasn't any of my business. As everyone has already stated you were being a responsible and concerned parent and there is nothing wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you for thinking that way. I thought quite a few times before posting the pics of my kiddos, because they aren't mine - but then I thought most of them are in masks, I don't have their names...you know. But I don't think, as a man, he handled your questions very well. You have every reason to get Momma Bear on him and he should have respected that and not been so coy about it. I don't know the man and don't mean to speak ill of him, but I appreciate a man who would respect why you get protective of your baby.
ReplyDeleteSee, this is why we gotta continue to post our family pics to contacts only...I notice you do the same for most of your blogs too. But it's odd that as your contact he went so far as to put you on front street.
ReplyDeleteI was reluctant in sharing my kids names, but I've since lowered my guards on that. Since I'm only sharing it with my friends list. I made sure not to name the kids in from my son's birthday party as that is only common sense.
I don't know...now I'm re-thinking my stance on certain details I share with folks. It's even odder that he sent you a local pic.....creepy or coincidental...you decide....LOL
Ungrateful sommama....
ReplyDelete**puffing on candy cig to the side with the eyes slit real tight...blowing powder sugar**
It's not fair that everyone has to deal in subterfuge when it comes to their own damn blogs.
ReplyDeleteI played the elusive game for years but I lose myself when I start blogging and everything seems so stilted when I have to be careful of what I say, so this time I started off on friends only and I treat everyone in there like they're my penpals and/or friends. They know my kids names and where I work. Hell... they even know my last name.
Any pedo wants to take a crack at my kids, he's welcome to them because they've all got a daddy whose teaching them karate (he's an instructor) and they're little horrors on a good day. I'd even go so far as to say I'd feel a little bit sorry for the guy.
I am saying!!! Got me going all Inspector Gadget on him!! He just creeped me out more!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to be pretty open with pics of her, but I never used her name for well over a year but then I closed my blogs off to contacts only. Mostly because I have mostly women on my lists and the men are fathers or just silly. Looks like I need to clean out my list.
ReplyDeleteThe creepy thing about him is that he NEVER comments on blogs and such and that was a first time. He usually just lurk about.
You ain't lying. It is a pain in the ass when you get down to it.
ReplyDelete*cough, cough*
ReplyDeletecan you put that out? this is a no smoking zone!
i think it was worth an ask, but you did come off a little harsh
ReplyDeleteto assume that a person is a pedophile just because they are male is very harsh and wrong
and when I see pics online I automatically say "HEY, I know that area".
that he is a male doesn't make him automatically suspect
it doesnt rule him out, but doesnt mean from jump he is a pedophile
thats an accusation i'd never make without something other than mere curiosity about a location to provoke it
a mere "why are u asking?" would suffice
not like a pedophile would say "why yes, I am" anyway :)
Girl, lol. Someone has totally fucked u over in the past. U totally have your guard up. The man was just chatting with you, asking casual friendly nonpersonal questions about an area you both are familiar with and then commenting. No point, friendly chitchat to ease the tension.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty much what I was thinking(but hell, who am I to tell someone else they are trippin lol)
ReplyDeleteI don't mess with him, he's rather different. I say if you had a "feeling" it wasn't unwarranted.
ReplyDeleteyanno, that was one of my stick my foot in my mouth kind of moments. LOLOLOL it was a blurt out reaction. i know i could have gone back and deleted it, but it didnt occur to me cuz I was truly kinda caught off guard.
ReplyDeleteyea.... he has creeped me out for a while, prolly why my first reaction was as such.
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