This is an honest-to-God no-shittttttter of a question...

One of the long-time posters to a bowhunting site I hang out on has "met" the girl of his dreams..he thinks.

He met her via some on-line "Meet the PERFECT Woman" kinda site...but most of think he is getting flamboozled. Sad part is, he *thinks* he is totally in love with this gal, and she is in Belgium (or Germany or somewhere in Europe).

Prob I am having is I HAVE SEEN this pic before...just can't recall where..



He is blind in love right now (and no kid either) and we are concerned she is going to start asking for him to send $$$ to her.

They have "known" each other for 3 weeks now...and he is thinking marriage.

Any serious assistance would be helpful, as we (his cumulative collection of mentally deranged pals) really don't want to see this guy take another slide down the long path to destruction.

Mike

If this person is a grown man then he desereves to get trashed by some hooch if he cannot discern the difference between good intentions and bad ones. Especially on the net. Kinda scrawny with her Boys Dont cry Hilary Swank haircut.
If you were as deranged as you claim you would have him invite her over and......

Yes, I know her. I call her mom. And she spanks me when I'm bad.

It's Heroin Chic!

Mike,

If this guy is an archery pal of real concern to you, then you guys maybe oughta' consider an "intervention" of some kind. Anybody thinking marriage after 3 weeks, even if they've been in bed the entire 3 weeks, is nuts. If he hasn't even met her in person and thinks he's in love, he's beyond stupid. Talk to him about infatuation. If he's still infatuated with her after knowing her for 2 years, and spending most of that time together in person, then maybe think about marriage. He sounds to be so off course, he might be beyond anybody's ability to help.

I have no idea who the woman in the photo is, but that is really irrelevant, given the other info you provided.

Sg

Or......if she's a supermodel he could marry her bump uglies for awhile then divorce her and get her upper eastside Manhattan apt. and the Porsche.

It can work in reverse can't it???

RVW

Its a scam! Its probably some dude from Kenia posing as this hot chick. He/She will eventually start asking for personal info or for him to do favors for him/her since she is living outside the country. There was something on date line a while back about this. Any ways your buddy needs help with not only this but from what it sounds like he is a very very lonely guy.
Good Luck

I'm devastated, she told me I was the only one

Why dont you ask Merg to set him up with one of his harem?

Haha beat me to that one!! BTW Love that signature line,

"I'm gonna take up teepee livin'...if it's like this."~Chief Dan George

Didn't they have some sort of Dateline identity theft special on this? I think the next step is a sob story of needing a few thousand dollars for a life-saving surgery or family emergency.

To Catch a Thief Link

Read pages 4, 5 and 6. Your description fits the profile. Call Dateline NBC and see if they're investigation is ongoing.

If this is legit, your friend found a gold nugget in the slag pile of the Internet.

I'd agree with everything except that last part. I've worked with some fine looking women who've used internet dating services to find guys. And they weren't mentally deranged girls either.

It doesn't matter if it's on the internet or the local strip club, all horny, desperate, lonely guys will always be a target for scams.

I'm willing to bet that they had more baggage than a Sea-Tac Airport luggage ramp on Labor Day weekend.

I worked with a guy ( total brain, 180,000 dollar a year, 2 masters degrees - ZERO social skills ) who could not have gotten laid in a monkey brothel with a bunch of bananas tied around his cock... Anyway, he went to the former USSR and picked out and bought himself a wife. ( Romanian, smokin hot.. 12 years younger than him.. spoke no english but they both speak german ) He paid something along the lines of 40,000 to go over there, pick her out and get her home 10 years ago.

We figured for sure he was getting lubed up for the big take down, and told him as much. However, 10 years later, they are still togther, she now speaks english and is actually a cool person. They had a kid a few years back, and she shows no signs of leaving him. In fact, she is from all outward appearances, just a super hot soccer mom tooling around in her BMW SUV and whatever. He has changed a bunch as well.. from super geek too super geek with a smokin hot wife.

It was not an internet thing, it was cash on the barrel head. He did get to "interview" 50 plus chicks.. and thats another story alltogether.

Women's favorite cologne.............Essence of wallet: Smells like leather and cash.

I hope it works out for your friend as long as his eyes are very open. My bro-in-law is very socially inept. He was taken for about $25,000 (we hope it was that amount but may have been more) by a woman from Western Samoa. He met her down there. He sent her money to help her build a store. Nothing was built but the money was gone. She did put a smile on his face for awhile by utilizing her ample assests.
So - it basically came down to something my Dad told me about relationships - is the f*cking you're getting worth the f*cking you're getting?

So you either think that girl pictured is not "bone-able" or that the internet is not a slag pile. I'll assume the "slag pile" comment. If I may expand on my assessment, please perform these simple tests. Type "free porn" in the Google search engine. See how many web sites it finds. Next type in Britanny Spears. See how many web sites that search produces. Next, type in one of the names of the girls you mentioned. Compare the number of web sites using the girl's name to the other two searches. Next, go to eBay and put your favorite color into the search. See how many of the items you would actually buy.

I wasn't saying gems do not exist on the Internet. The girls you mentioned are the rare finds. I was just saying that the majority is fluff, unentertaining or even malicious. If it's on the web and too good to be true, it usually is. If it isn't, it will have a physical manifestation that reflects it's web persona which can be verified by personal contact.

Stepping off my soapbox...

Howdy,

Thanks all for the thoughtful replies...and for a few funny ones too!

I made the error of marrying an "Internet Chic" a few years ago (2000). Some family members may remember my anguish and problems with that 8 month marriage..it was a nightmare unrivaled by anything Sci-Fi could ever produce.

We want ZIM to avoid the same fate...here are his comments that got us worried...

"Hey guys, you aren't gonna believe this but I swear it is a true story.

I was in a poor marriage for 20 years and finally 14 months ago my wife filed for divorce. I was not exactly torn up due to the fact we had nothing in common. I was always a gym rat keeping fit and an outdoors person. She layed in bed watching Oprah eating bon bons for 20 years and used her 4 year degree to fetch a $9,000/year job.

Anyway, after 14 months I decided I wanted to go out again, not seriosuly, just to a Cubs or Sox game with a gal. So I signed up for Match.Com and invested $101.94. My profile photos included one of me holding my Illinois P&Y buck, and Arizona elk, and many landscape photos I took out west. My logic was........if you don't like my outdoor lifestyle, don't let the door hit your a$$ on the way out.

Well...........It took a whopping 2 HOURS to find my soul mate. No kidding. This lovely lady is a true blue outdoors gal, saw my site and winked at me 2 hours after I signed up. We have EVERYTHING in common, and after only 2 weeks we are already committed to getting wed. Seems quick but this is the no brainer of the century! Sweet christian gal on top of it. She is from Belgium and has an awesome french accent too.

Yikes, and to think I only wanted to go to a baseball game or something. There's something to be said for this dating technology. "

She has NOT asked him for a dime, and he says she is flying over heare to meet him. On direct questioning, Zim said the subject of $$ had never even come up.

Got my fingers crossed for him. her carcass is nice...now if her mind/spirit are as beautiful he'll have a winner!

Still...

Mike

Mike. you gotta love a " sweet christian gal on top of it"

Boy was that one right down the middle.... Oh yeah keep us posted!

Belgium has awesome beer. Sounds like she's legit. Another gold nugget found!