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I am so cynical, yet goofy
Apr. 3rd, 2006 07:48 pmA very close friend of my sister's has discovered chat rooms, and has been chatting with a guy in Austria for some time. They even made plans to see each other.
Apparently he wasn't available on chat for a day or two, and the next time she tried to chat, a "neighbor" answered her IM. Eventually his "ex-wife" emailed her to say that he was in a coma after having an accident while mountain climbing. Then today the ex emailed again saying that he had died.
My first reaction is that he was getting bored with the relationship, didn't want to admit that he didn't really have that great a job, and wasn't really coming to the States on business.
My sister's friend is broken up over this. Part of me says, perhaps it's true, he's dead, and I feel bad for her. The other part of me, the nasty-doesn't-trust-anyone part, is enraged that he's duped her. There's no proof either way, of course, but I have to admit that I'm skeptical too much for my own good sometimes. She's my sister's friend, so thankfully I probably won't have to talk to her about it, because I just know that I'd be scoffing if she brought it up, and perhaps this calls for mourning either way; she's trusted and let someone into her heart, and whether he really died or just didn't want to talk to her anymore, his presence is no longer in her life and it is a real loss to her.
Apparently he wasn't available on chat for a day or two, and the next time she tried to chat, a "neighbor" answered her IM. Eventually his "ex-wife" emailed her to say that he was in a coma after having an accident while mountain climbing. Then today the ex emailed again saying that he had died.
My first reaction is that he was getting bored with the relationship, didn't want to admit that he didn't really have that great a job, and wasn't really coming to the States on business.
My sister's friend is broken up over this. Part of me says, perhaps it's true, he's dead, and I feel bad for her. The other part of me, the nasty-doesn't-trust-anyone part, is enraged that he's duped her. There's no proof either way, of course, but I have to admit that I'm skeptical too much for my own good sometimes. She's my sister's friend, so thankfully I probably won't have to talk to her about it, because I just know that I'd be scoffing if she brought it up, and perhaps this calls for mourning either way; she's trusted and let someone into her heart, and whether he really died or just didn't want to talk to her anymore, his presence is no longer in her life and it is a real loss to her.