Originally Posted by
Naf1981
Wow.
She wants to live in England as a girl and feels free to do so, in Spain, for whatever reason, she doesn't seem to have that freedom which is why she is desperate to stay.
I posted for the first time on this site because someone asked me for help, I expected a few cynics , a few jokers and hoped, as it only takes one, that one person might be able to help. You think you can scrutinize this post as a scam on the basis that me, her friend, has not helped, and instead turned to strangers, and even after saying I was unable to help you want to scrutinize further by saying surely I could come up with £37? I shouldn't feel compelled to explain my situation but it seems nothing else will ease your mind as to why I cannot help her. So, from the age of 16 I began working in an industry and did well, by 30 I was a senior manager and earning around 2.5x the average uk salary. I escaped redundancy when it came round, my position was made redundant but their was a less senior vacancy in a different dept which I thought would be better to take while I look for another job. So I took that job, learnt something completely new and after 6 months my boss left and I took her position. A year later there were huge redundancies, including me, I got the minimum payout, but wasn't at all worried about getting a job because I'd done well in my career and I was about 32 at the time. I didn't have any savings either, because, that just the way I lived and managed money. Anyway, the redundancy money ran out after a few months and I had to sign on. I tried everything,even starting at the bottom again,I applied for thousands of jobs, had some interviews, got let down a couple times but it took almost 2 years to get a job again, which paid about a a third of my old job. I did that job for 6 months and then and old colleague offered me something in the company she worked at which was similar to my old job but still much less money, I took it. I had to leave that job after 6 months because I couldn't perform. It had been brewing for years but was amplified through my hard times, I had a very serious drinking problem, and other stuff, and eventually it took over and claimed everything I had. Eventually my family helped me and I went to treatment, that was around 8 months ago,and so far have been clean. I don't have a home in London anymore, I live in Kent with my mum and rest of the family. I am focusing on recovery, and have been given the chance by my family to take it easy for a while , I have no income, I live in their house, eat their food and watch their TV but i am actually happy. I was getting some kind of benefits but that was stopped a month after treatment. Anything I need I have to ask my family, a toothbrush, a mars bar whatever, right now I have zero income and I am not in London, and I didn't feel I could ask my family to help because they've already helped me, and they're not loaded or anything, to ask them to help someone I know would take the piss. So just to clarify, being provided for by my kind family, am recovering from many years of addiction and do not live in London where she does - this is why I can not help for anyone who wants to keep playing that card. Yeah its only 37 quid, what kind of a friend are you? Well, I am friend who tried to help using what I had available, this forum, people I know in London and a few real long shots, I cant give her £37 because thats £37 more than I have. And if you still want to be cynical then reply to this and ill send you my number, ill tell you the whole story, Ill show you my CV, my linkedin profile, emails explaining to recruiters my redundancy, and anything else you want to satisfy you. Shit, maybe you should come round for dinner and ask my mum if it was worth sending to me to rehab or not? An open mind is not the cure for a narrow mind but i hope you are somewhat satisifed as to why I cant help and a little less suspect of this being a scam.
Funnily enough, she sent me a text earlier saying someone had called her and wanted to meet her and may be able to help. I told her to get his details and make sure you meet in public and be careful just incase this person has other ideas but give them the benefit of the doubt. Around 10pm she text me saying she met him , it went well and maybe tomorrow she might have a place and when she gets a job she will pay him something. I replied about half an hour later. Now, when someone always replies quick thats what you expect, but she didn't. An hour passed and on whatsapp I could see she was last online at 10pm, another hour passed and i thought this is strange for her, so I text her directly to her mobile, no reply, then I called her, phone switched off, the last time I tried to contact her was around 5am, still switched off. She said she might have lined up a place for tonight, monday night, but didnt tell me the details. From what I can tell, her phones been stolen, and I dont know if shes ok or not and wouldnt even know where to look. So I'm really worried that someone may have taken advantage of her, or it may be a completely reasonable explanation . I just checked her whatsapp again and it still says last on 10pm.
Posting here, or expecting help was a bad idea, I expected some suspicion, fair enough, but I think its been taken to too far. I replied to all the comments with explanations, and still you guys went on. And now - maybe she's not safe, and that could be as a result of posting on here, of course theres always a risk, I just hope she is ok.