Internet Fame (or, Telling A Saint What To Do)

[saintewart]

Remember back in early June, when I mentioned that I wrote a letter to an advice column? Well, this morning, three months later, I got an e-mail from the proprietor of my favourite website, telling me that my letter appears in today's column

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[saintewart]

I am so much adorable, aren't I? Oh, wait. I think I may have misspelled the word "mental."

A word of caution...

[anonymous]

Dear caring saint...

Ok, so while I know you well enough to know you really honestly care, and have the right intentions.....to someone who doesn't know you or what you're about, it may sound a little creepy. What would you think if you were the aunt and some random gay grown up wanted to contact your nephew? I know you mean well, but I'll kill you if I get a call at work to investigate a case of an online predator stalking some kid in Windsor....

Rest assured that he is with family who will hopefully ensure his needs are met and that he is doing ok. Your caring is admirable....but unfortunately in this day and age people assume the worst. The LAST thing you need to be under investigation for some seriously icky crime....even though I am wholeheartedly sure you wouldn't ever even think of something like that.

Anyway, just be careful. In the meantime, I'll make sure to keep some spare cash in the safe in case we have to bail you out of jail anythime in the near furture ;)

Love, KAR

[saintewart]

Don't worry about me. I decided long before that advice appeared that I would leave the situation alone. The point she missed in her advice is that if I contact him, and his family freaks out, they may restrict his online activities even more, and his journal is probably really good for him. I don't want to be the guy that takes that away, you know?

[suchadreamer]

Until I kept reading, I totally thought you were considering moving to a Small Town. Then I realized that when you said "40,000 words," you weren't kidding. That, and your identifiable use of rhetoric.