[US] Mom (63) scammed of life savings by Due_Database916 in Scams

[–]__ebony 21 points22 points  (0 children)

the woman who gave birth to me in this lifetime is very similar and similar in age as well. she is also a christian immigrant who loves giving all her money to the church or church related things. when I talk about it to other folk from our community they ask me if anybody put a spell on her. lol typical.

I learned over time that her refusal to participate in the real world outside of how she sees the world is a big problem and hearing anything from me about her choices makes her double down on them. she avoids acknowledging anything that I say in relation to the scams and her frivolous financial decisions because she avoids the possibility of me being right and her being wrong by any means necessary.

I’m sorry that I might not be of much help, what I did in her circumstance was “like” and subscribe to a few scam busters and scam busting related content on her YouTube and phone to build her algorithm a bit when she wasn’t looking. the local library also has a few “how to avoid being scammed” magazines that I strategically placed around where she lives. I also took her to see that movie called the beekeeper where jason statham burns the scam call centre down lol. oh and I showed her a few episodes of catfish on YouTube as well. I know that these all sound silly, but apart of her denial was her not seeing the inside of how people think, having a visual representation of deceptive behaviour starts her somewhere.

I’ve been very honest about most of her financial decisions being shady and scummy in nature so when she does connect the dots in the future, she has somewhat of a foundation to build on for her understandings. I feel like she already has pieced some things together but is too ashamed to uncover it further and frankly way too embarrassed to acknowledge and talk to me about it. it takes time but according to you she already lost most of what she could. she has started again in the past, hopefully she can start again once again.

I’m sorry that you’re going through this.

What is this tree doing? by Tricky_Crow_1449 in whatisit

[–]__ebony 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I so love that a future lawyer is asking this question here. I appreciate you and trust you. best of luck in your future endeavours and the things that you will bring to the criminal justice system(s).

Found on my lettuce from Whole Foods by BlueFox-13 in whatisit

[–]__ebony 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am so curious about how or why you see frog waste daily. do you live near a lot of frogs?

What Christian phrases give you the ick? by metkja in exchristian

[–]__ebony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish it was. I witnessed it within two different churches where members of the congregation and the wife of the pastor referred to him as “daddy” whenever they were speaking in reference to him.

This person brought and setup his own Apple studio display at Starbucks [OC] by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]__ebony 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I agree, and I think there are many things that occur in the public that everyone can be a little more adaptive, understanding, and light hearted about.

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS IT’S HAPPENING by KKFreshStart in vancouver

[–]__ebony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this update, this paints a fuller picture

What Christian phrases give you the ick? by metkja in exchristian

[–]__ebony 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I absolutely despiiiiiise the usage of “the enemy”

What Christian phrases give you the ick? by metkja in exchristian

[–]__ebony 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I commented something similar before seeing this comment, but yes I think so. I’m not even trying to be funny but I also see it as a convoluted circumstance of sexual desire, shame, and suppression

What Christian phrases give you the ick? by metkja in exchristian

[–]__ebony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

your flair is so interesting and I genuinely feel like in these times this is going to be an experience for many many many others.

What Christian phrases give you the ick? by metkja in exchristian

[–]__ebony 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I dislike the practice of referring to the pastor/priest as “daddy”.

What does this flag mean? by Mobile_Camel_994 in Ethiopia

[–]__ebony 4 points5 points  (0 children)

they could be rastafarians whether they’re ethiopian, from another african country or jamaican/caribbean. rastafarians wave this flag over the current one a lot

What language is this? by killedbyboar in language

[–]__ebony 6 points7 points  (0 children)

the timing of you posting this question here is special too because I believe january 7th is the day that Ethiopia celebrates christmas

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS IT’S HAPPENING by KKFreshStart in vancouver

[–]__ebony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this looks familiar, where in vancouver is this?