what would you do in my place?
I have lots of "online friends", one of them we've been friends for over 8 years.Then there's this guy I chat with since last year, december I think. He's an indian guy but lives and works in Antigua (caribbean). We chat on Facebook and skype.
Anyway, last weekend he came with a proposition to me. He wants to learn portuguese because he intends to look for a job in Brazil e the only thing is missing in his Resume is the Portuguese knowledge. So he offered me to go on holiday to the caribbean for 4 weeks, all paid by him, and I teach him some portuguese (he knows a few things but needs to practice).
Wow, who wouldn't like to go to the caribbean on vacation? So would I! But now I don't know what to think about it!
We never met in person, all I know about him is what he tells me and what I see on his FB profile. And I didn't doubt anything until he offered me that.
He's got some brazilian friends in Sao Paulo so I contact them and will meet them on Friday.
What else can I do to make sure he is really a nice and honest guy and I will not fall in a trap??
It can sound silly, but we have always to be careful nowadays. I few friends tell me "don't be silly, go for it" while others say "are u sure?", or "make sure that's not women trafficking!", yeah, I heard that, too!!
Ok, what would you do in my place??
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Hmmm...well, he says he is the CEO of a company there in Antigua...I found the company on the internet and also found an article with a local magazine interviewing him.
He has been to Brazil already, he knows people in Sao Paulo. He says this friend took his Resume to some people and they said he can easily get a job in Brazil, apart from his lack of portuguse knowledge, that's why the need to learn it asap, as he says.
It's weird...although what I find out out about him seem to be true and tomorrow I am going to meet one of his friends in Sao Paulo, something tells me that there's something wrong...
As Willem said, too good to be true...how often do people offer such thing to someone they don't know? I think I am so used to disappointments and bad news that my reaction is to doubt.
This is your decision however I am always extremely cautious in the beginning before I meet someone in person. If a man truly care for you the way I see it is he will understand your wanting to be absolutely safe and not take any unneeded risks with your safety.
I once met a man in person after emailing him for several months and thank God I was cautious enough to meet in the day time and in a public place because it was obvious that he was not mentally stable and could have hurt me physically if given the chance.
ouch! Yeah, I might follow my intuition, which is to say "thanks, but no"...I don't feel peace about that!
"I don't feel peace about that!"
Don't do it then if this is how you feel about it. I'm sure he can find some private tutor to teach him Portuguese if he wants to learn or practice the language in the Carribeans...
Hey, you know we love you crazy guys
If you constantly tell your intuition to be quiet, by ignoring it, it will stop working for you . . .
Listen
I don´t feel peace, as I said b4 and I also don´t feel right to do that, even if it´s just friendship (which is totally, at least from my side).
:-)