Show me the money, I'm in

Let him go. I am a single parent of four. My 15 yr old son was doing terrible in school, failing every single class. Terrible attitude. He moved with my sister two hours away four months ago. He is already pulling A's and B's and also has a part time job. His attitude is much better. I miss him terribly but I know he is doing better. I talk with him on the phone and instant messenger frequently. I think the difference in our case is that with me it's city life and there it's country life. Anyway the move has made a tremendous change in my son.

Michigander

While on vacation a married couple walked into a shoe store. The salesman said to them, "I have some very special Jamaican sandals I think you would be interested in. Dey make you wild at sex."

Well, the wife was really interested in buying the sandals after what the man claimed, but her husband felt he really didn't need them, being the sexgod he was.

The husband asked the man, "How could sandals make you into a sex freak?"

The Jamaican replied, "Just try dem on, Mon."

So, the husband, after some badgering from his wife, finally gave in, and tried them on. As soon as he slipped them onto his feet, he got this wild look in his eyes,something his wife hadn't seen in many years!

In the blink of an eye, the husband grabbed the Jamaican, bent him violently over a table, yanked down his pants, ripped down his own pants, and grabbed a firm hold of the Jamaican's hips.

The Jamaican then began screaming, "You got dem on the wrong feet! You got dem on the wrong feet!"

cherrytap

I would love to hear your story, I have one as well. Chatted with a scammer last year and he was good. Had me fooled which is hard to do. After chatting for weeks he told me he wanted a gold necklace. He asked me if I would buy him a necklace if he sent me money, I said sure. Next thing I knew I received 4 money orders for $700 each totalling $2800 all made out to me. He wanted me to cash them and wire the money back to him. OH HELL NO. He refused to take them back and had me rip them up. Have never talked to him since. I am sure those were either fake or stolen money orders.

A scammer is someone who tries to win over your trust and emotions in order to take advantage of you. They will tell you how much they want to be with you, how much they love you, and how they can't live without you, usually by the second or third email, sometimes even the first. They usually supposedly live in the USA but are in Africa or the UK for either a work or family related reason. After they think they have won your trust they will pretend something has happened to them and will need you to send you money. My personal experiences were: A contractor working in the UK was paid only by an american check and the bank wouldn't cash it, needed money for an airplane ticket back to the US: Anothers mother was ill and getting poor care, again UK, needed money to bring his mother to the US for care; anothers daughter was in a car accident and needed money for health care; another was a contractor in Africa, didn't get paid for materials upfront, needed money to get by while doing job. I'm sure if I think about it I can come up with more that I have come across, they are everywhere. I am pretty sure I received an email from one of the today. If you pay attention to their wording usually you can figure them out almost immediately.

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
They said had run the light
That caused the six-car pileup
On 109 that night.
When broken bodies lay about
"And blood was everywhere,"
"The sirens screamed out eulogies,"
For death was in the air.
"A mother, trapped inside her car,"
Was heard above the noise;
Her plaintive plea near split the air:
"Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
She fought to loose her pinned hands;
"She struggled to get free,"
But mangled metal held her fast
In grim captivity.
Her frightened eyes then focused
"On where the back seat once had been,"
But all she saw was broken glass and
Two children's seats crushed in.
Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
"She did not hear them cry, "
"And then she prayed they'd been thrown free, "
"Oh, God, don't let them die! "
Then firemen came and cut her loose, "
"But when they searched the back, "
"They found therein no little boys, "
But the seat belts were intact.
They thought the woman had gone mad
"And was traveling alone, "
"But when they turned to question her, "
They discovered she was gone.
Policemen saw her running wild
And screaming above the noise
"In beseeching supplication, "
Please help me find my boys!
They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
"Their jeans are blue to match.""
"One cop spoke up, ""They're in my car, "
And they don't have a scratch.
They said their daddy put them there
"And gave them each a cone, "
Then told them both to wait for Mom
To come and take them home.
"I've searched the area high and low, "
But I can't find their dad.
"He must have fled the scene, "
"I guess, and that is very bad."
"The mother hugged the twins and said, "
"While wiping at a tear, "
"He could not flee the scene, you see, "
"For he's been dead a year."
"The cop just looked confused and asked, "
"Now, how can that be true? "
"The boys said, ""Mommy, Daddy came "
"And left a kiss for you."" "
He told us not to worry
"And that you would be all right, "
And then he put us in this car with
"The pretty, flashing light. "
"We wanted him to stay with us, "
"Because we miss him so, "
"But Mommy, he just hugged us tight "
And said he had to go.
He said someday we'd understand
"And told us not to fuss, "
"And he said to tell you, Mommy, "
"He's watching over us."
The mother knew without a doubt
"That what they spoke was true, "
"For she recalled their dad's last words, "
" I will watch over you."
The firemen's notes could not explain
"The twisted, mangled car, "
And how the three of them escaped
Without a single scar.
"But on the cop's report was scribed, "
"In print so very fine, "
An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 109.

A husband and his wife who have been married 20 years were doing some
yard work. The man was working hard cleaning the BBQ grill while his
wife was bending over, weeding flowers from the flower bed. So the man
says to his wife "Your rear end is almost as wide as this grill" She
ignores the remark.

A little later, the husband takes his measuring tape and measures the
grill, then he goes over to his wife while she is bending over, measures
her rear end and gasps, "Geez, it really IS as wide as the grill!" She
ignores this remark as well.

Later that night while in bed, her husband starts to feel frisky. The
wife calmly responds, "If you think I'm gonna fire up the grill for one
little wiener, you are sadly mistaken."

I can't tell you how to deal with it, just do it somehow someway. I
stayed away because of my wicked stepmother which turns out not to be
the best choice. In 1995 my father died when I was only 25. The hardest
thing I had to deal with was the fact that I lacked relationship with
him because of her. Don't let her come inbetween you and your father
whatever you decide to do.

I had an alcoholic too. He was a big tv watcher. Whenever he have me a
hard time I would go outside and unhook the cable from the house and
pretend there was something wrong with it all day. Boy did it bug him
that he couldn't watch tv. Didn't bother me, I don't watch tv.

Husband and wife are sitting quietly in bed reading when the wife looks
over at him and asks the question.

WIFE: "What would you do if I died? Would you get married again?

HUSBAND: "Definitely not!"

WIFE: "Why not? Don't you like being married?"

HUSBAND: "Of course I do."

WIFE: "Then why wouldn't you remarry?"

HUSBAND: "Okay, okay, I'd get married again."

WIFE: "You would?" (with a hurt look)

HUSBAND: (makes audible groan)

WIFE: "Would you live in our house?"

HUSBAND: "Sure, it's a great house."

WIFE: "Would you sleep with her in our bed?"

HUSBAND: "Where else would we sleep?"

WIFE: "Would you let her drive my car?"

HUSBAND: "Probably, it is almost new."

WIFE: "Would you replace my pictures with hers?"

HUSBAND: "That would seem like the proper thing to do"

WIFE: "Would you give her my jewelry?"

HUSBAND: "No, I'm sure she'd want her own."

WIFE: "Would you take her golfing with you?

HUSBAND: "Yes, those are always good times."

WIFE: "Would she use my clubs?

HUSBAND: "No, she's left-handed."

WIFE: -- silence --

HUSBAND: "****."

I have had three of them in the last half hour. As soon as they say what
do you do for a living I click ignore on my yahoo IM. Unbelievable.

Of course they will just be careful who you choose to be around your
baby.

I am a single parent of four. Three boys 6,14,15 and one girl 8.

I'm in Inkster, Michigan