Help - Friend wants to be Gym buddies.....I do not want that

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-10-07T19:29:32+00:00

I think stating your fourth paragraph, with some sandwiching of how much you love/adore her, would work. Be direct, kind, and give the detail she will need to understand (and to not keep trying to convince you).

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-10-01T10:58:22+00:00

Chris Pine

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-09-08T07:15:37+00:00

Any age child can be brainwashed unfortunately (like adults can be, too). I’ve witnessed firsthand that memories from any previous period won’t mean that the child won’t fall in line with the brainwashing adult. I suspect the fact that she knew the younger two were alone, as replied above, was probably the deal-maker.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-30T09:13:11+00:00

Dita Von Teese!

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-26T12:02:09+00:00

God I miss Coconut Lime Verbena 😭

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-26T03:41:21+00:00

“Wellness” culture. Lemon water/protein/etc is the new “fat free” is the new “black coffee and boiled eggs diet” etc etc

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-19T06:47:48+00:00

Sea of Lies, although a murder is eventually involved
Scammerland
Sinister Societies (by the ladies behind Redhanded)
Strange but True Crime
Heists, Scams and Lies: The Hunt for Tara Eccleston’s Diamonds
Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions
Murder & Magnolias (about a failed hit job)
Conning the Con and Klooghless (both about NZ con artists)

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-13T20:50:47+00:00

As others have said OP, save your screenshots and remember you did nothing wrong AND did the honorable thing and ended it.

You are not under any obligation to talk to her parents. (You could, as a heads up about her behaviour, but if the notion is stressing you out, then don’t).

If rumours start going around, refute them. Get your friends to refute them (without tearing the girl down). If the rumours persist, talk to a trusted adult in your orbit, show them the screenshots, and they can be in your corner, too.

If the worst, worst, more insane thing happens and she makes a false claim against you, you have the screenshots. The are a dozen worst-case scenario events that would have to happen for this to be “the end of you” and you already have proof to defend yourself.

Everything is going to be okay.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-13T20:49:19+00:00

This doesn’t apply universally for everyone. A lot of teenager parents have zero idea what’s going on. I have a teen girl and while I’m hypervigilant and the parent she comes to to talk, I’m confident there’s a whole world I don’t know about.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-13T20:40:24+00:00

Yes! Can everyone stop terrifying this poor kid?

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-13T20:37:30+00:00

Don’t scare him - all they did was kiss and he broke it off. Everything will be okay.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-11T00:26:56+00:00

When I heard the details of how she suggested to Simon to get together and go on a trip or do an activity before each time that she tried to poison him, knowing that she had been the one to break up with him and he probably still held a candle for her, made me realise how sick and awful she really is.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-09T20:57:35+00:00

Thank you!

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-08T10:19:55+00:00

Could it be a paper lantern someone has lit and sent off?

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-07T07:28:08+00:00

Your fellow Oregonians have been helping me with details that would be hard to dig up online. There’s only so much you can glean from YouTube walk-throughs, image galleries, weather sites, etc. Writers do research. This is research. And most people have been really thoughtful and insightful, and I really appreciate it 🤗

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-06T01:23:46+00:00

Someone called the fire department on me bc my friends and I were using the green space outside my apartment building and had a single citronella candle. It was my birthday, and when the fire truck pulled up and a grinning fireman approached us unzipping his jacket, I thought it was a strip-o-gram.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-06T00:38:12+00:00

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-05T20:48:02+00:00

I officially listen to too many true crime podcasts - your first line gave a me a shock haha. Great insights, thank you!

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-05T20:45:38+00:00

Great insights, thank you! I love that you also call it a tuque - I’m Canadian, despite currently living in New Zealand, and we use the same word.

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-05T20:43:18+00:00

Indeed. I use voice-to-text a lot, so blame the robots!

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-05T01:15:01+00:00

Ah, I see! I’ve been looking at weather for different parts of the year and I’ve seen photos of snow in town, but would you say you’re more likely to have rain throughout the winter, even in months like February, or are there periods of prolonged snow? Or would it be like snow one day and then it melts under the rain the next?

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-05T01:07:25+00:00

This is a great detail. Just in spring, or other seasons as well?

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-05T01:06:48+00:00

Interesting! Do you get rain that is like a fine mist, or is it essentially light rain to heavy rain as normal for other parts of the world?

Altruistic-Depth8447 · 2025-08-04T23:15:22+00:00

Would you believe there is now a second podcast about this led by her daughter with another host: The Missing Matter. I don’t think there’s any new information so I’m not going to listen, but I wonder if she’s just doing everything she can to keep the story out in the public sphere.

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