If You Were to Close Your CC Account and Come Back as Another Name, What Would Be the Reasons Why?

As @seoulsearch said, it was he who initiated the PM's in my situation. I was a little disconcerted when he seemed to say it was mostly women he reached out to on the site, and I think it freaked my parents out a little. But he was very flattering, and like in seoul's case, he was never inappropriate in a sexual way so I was kinda hooked for awhile. But the spiritual manipulation is so much clearer to me now.

I've mentioned this often, but back when I wrote inmates, one of the most important things they taught me was that Christians are seen as the victims of choice in the outside world.

After all, being receptive, trying to help, and believing in someone at all cost (knowing God can change them and believing we'll see that in our lifetime,) is baked right into the Christine culture.

While I certainly don't believe in spreading paranoia (after all, the Bible tells us not to fear,) I do think that as Christians, we have to be aware that we are susceptible to others trying to take advantage of us -- even, and sometimes especially, by other Christians.

You can see how some people become emotionally hooked on "ministry." There's a certain high in feeling like you've helped someone, especially "in the name of the Lord" -- after all, God built us this way.

And you can see how people who have been through rejection and feel rejection easily -- whether at work, from their families, in church, etc. -- can get a huge emotional hit from coming to a place where they are anonymous and can believing they are "ministering" to others, when no one in real life will listen to them.

And it can be especially addicting to think you are "helping" people of the opposite gender.

After all, you're just doing what God made you to do (acting as a leader if you're man; being a help and encouragement if you're a woman,) right?

Right?

Sometimes I think the line between "helping" -- and developing toxic levels of co-dependency -- is about as wide as a string of dental floss.

It safe to say no online. But in public, if you meet these types of people in person, don’t call them out. Act like you don’t know what they are and avoid them—they'll move on to someone else. My mother has done this more than once (to protect others or her children), but it's dangerous. They always remember you. It can easily result in a real stalker and that's terrifying.

I think if I ever go away and decide to come back with a different name it will be something like:
guesswhoIam; then my first post (after a quick intro) will be something along the lines of a 20 questions type of game. Lets just see how well ya'll know me around here, and if you would be able to figure out that it was me

THEN I'm going to leave AGAIN and come back as "IknowIleftbeforebut..." and start out by going on and on and on explaining to ya'll all the reasons why I couldn't stay away and just HAD to come back.

Yes, in his rendition of the (original) "nutty professor," lecturing, with a special interest in Stella Purdy, played by Stella Stevens.

So... Back to the topic at hand...

If seoulsearch returned as another nick, it would be Birdbrain. Not because she is lacking it in intelligence, but because of all her feathered friends.

Hey man. Why you don’t get your 2001 pic up???

Say what?

I wasn't here in 2001. Or 2011, for that matter.