rainbowtrout
Ideal_Rock
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- Dec 2, 2005
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Well, I am much less welcoming than most people my age (early 20s). I won''t have people over I don''t know unless they come recommended from a close friend, although I will have *female* friends I only met a few weeks prior stay over if they need a bed. But I keep an eye on my stuff.
Contrast with with another girl here I know---she allowed a strange man she met online through some traveler''s "free bed for a night" exchange to stay with her and her 2 (also female!!) roommates. Luckily nothing happened. This is alarmingly prevelent with people my age---probably because none of us can afford hotels?
Honestly----you have to trust your gut. You can know someone for years and they can still be a rotten apple. In your situation...it may just be that they are socially alkward folks? If they take the BnB suggestion and you enjoy hanging out with them, why not.
RE: online buddies. Nuh-uh!!! Not to insult any of you wonderful people, but I wouldn''t let you in my home until I met you in a public location with someone waiting for me at least a few times. You seriously miss all the body language clues that allow you to trust your gut in the first place online, you have no idea of someone''s true identity, etc. For all we know strmdr is a 12 yr old girl
Contrast with with another girl here I know---she allowed a strange man she met online through some traveler''s "free bed for a night" exchange to stay with her and her 2 (also female!!) roommates. Luckily nothing happened. This is alarmingly prevelent with people my age---probably because none of us can afford hotels?
Honestly----you have to trust your gut. You can know someone for years and they can still be a rotten apple. In your situation...it may just be that they are socially alkward folks? If they take the BnB suggestion and you enjoy hanging out with them, why not.
RE: online buddies. Nuh-uh!!! Not to insult any of you wonderful people, but I wouldn''t let you in my home until I met you in a public location with someone waiting for me at least a few times. You seriously miss all the body language clues that allow you to trust your gut in the first place online, you have no idea of someone''s true identity, etc. For all we know strmdr is a 12 yr old girl
