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[johanna409]

A man my father's age approached me at my gallery's opening a week ago, and through polite conversation learned that I could speak Hebrew near fluently. Delighted to find someone who could share his language, we chatted superficially about school and the art exhibit, and more seriously about his mother who had past away a few days prior, and his

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[secrethalcyon]

Hey,

Hmm...this is a tough situation. Now I going to sound midly cheesy when I say this but just make sure that the dinner is somewhere you know. And let your friends know where you are going and when exactly you plan to be back.

Just go on your instincts. Maybe he is just a lonely and sad old man looking for company...maybe the world isn't as bad as we all tend to think...or at least I try to think it isn't (but that may be my naivete).

Anyways, good luck and be safe and I hope you have good conversations with him.

Lara

[johanna409]

he wants to have dinner at the university club, so i suppose that's safe. i just don't really want it to become a regular thing. is that mean?

[desh]

Totally respect your instincts here. You don't want it to become a regular thing, so don't let it. Also, don't give him any way to find you, and keep things public. Then you have nothing to worry about.

[anonymous]

There's nothing wrong with dinning with this individual. He may turn out to be a great friend and there ain't nothing wrong with that. If you do begin to suspect that he's looking for a romantic relationship, then I suggest telling him how you feel right away. Don't lead him on because you are afraid to hurt a "lonely looking old man." Doing so would be selfish since you'd be protecting yourself from being that person who hurt another individual. It'll be easier for him to deal with rejection early on as opposed to later when he has more emotion invested in the relationship. Respect his feelings and don't succumb to his "please, there's no one else" looks.

[anonymous]

its not a tough choice at all. NO!

if his only desire is to meet people who speak hebrew, and this desire prevents him from meeting people his own age, then he has a problem.

he could turn out to be perfectly innocent and nice, but hey, catholic priests are familiar with the scriptures too.

my point is, you are needlessly putting yourself in danger as a female of any century.

dont go.

--Michael

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[johanna409]

aww. I appreciate the concern Sir Michael. When I finally see fit to descend from my tower, I will send word for you to come escort me to dinner.

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[anonymous]

LOLOLOLO OMG!1!!!111!oneone

Seriously

I have a big codpiece, though.

BIOHAZARD

[anonymous]

BIOHAZARD, has takes NO repsonsiblity for the message above...that is sick and displays so much low class thatit hurts. On a happier note, i have wrote a poem for all the people in the world..

i was a born a young blcak man
in the hills of Kentuckcy
we had the hard life
farming peas and yams
it was a life
i broke free fromt eh chains of bondage
on 5th of dec. 1856
it was a glorius day
we celebrated like was the year 1999