Posted on 06/13/2007 2:03:17 PM PDT by AUJenn
Not victim-blaming here, but would NEVER leave my drink alone with some random I met off the Internet.
Convicted of “sexual assault” but acquitted of “rape.” The law is an *ss, as some pundit wrote ...
Who in the world would believe someone in an online dating service was an astronaut or a spy?
Yeah, the astronaut really tickled me....and the “spy”? Aren’t spies supposed to keep their profession a secret, haha?
What got my curiousity was that they jury was yelling at eachother - that seems odd.
Joe Wilson?
:-).
My guess would be that the women jurors wanted a rape conviction.
I’ve been married almost 20 years, but I check out books from the library about dating and “modern relationships.” It’s a weird world out there!
LOL!
That said, it’s amazing what people will believe if they want to do so. I have a middle-aged female relative who “met” somebody on Craig’s LIst - of all places! - and believed every bizarre story he told her about his private jet, his estate in the Hamptons, the fact that he happened to have left his wallet in his jet every time they went out to dinner, and the fact that he needed somebody to give him a little backing in a deal he was doing...
Fortunately, she was rescued by the family accountant, who hired a PI and found that the guy was a marginally employed computer systems worker, lived with his wife and children in a nearby city, and had a track record of fleecing gullible women. And guess what? None of them had reported him to the authorities, and the PI found out only by reading posts on dating sites. They were all too embarrassed to be revealed as so desperate that they would go out with a sleazoid like that.
I'd guess the "yelling" had to do with disagreements on the rape charges. From what I've read of this story I'd have voted to convict him of rape. This man deserves to be made into a "B*tch" while in prison.
I'd be soooooo lost if I wasn't married. I'd probably just throw myself at the mercy of the ladies at FR. Then again, maybe not.
I’m not sure how merciful FReeper ladies are ...
Reading about single life, especially when the “singles” are my age, really makes me appreciate my husband! It also suggests that many women would be happier at 40 if they’d married a decent man with reasonable potential when they were 20 :-).
“From what I’ve read of this story I’d have voted to convict him of rape. This man deserves to be made into a “B*tch” while in prison.”
Indeed! The man’s a pig, and a sorry one at that.
They'd be putty in my hands once they found out I'm the only astronaut in Tijeras, NM. ;)
I met this gal in an on-line dating service and she tells me she's an astronaut.
She's cute but she's very possessive. What do you think of her.
You don’t wanna do that. bwa ha ha ha!
Be careful if she comes over and says "Let's get hammered."
Don’t turn your back on her!
Well, Depends.
I thought you were a double naught spy?
I wanted to be, but my naughts weren't big enough.
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