Are you Web-Safe?

I have been nameless and faceless on the web for a few years and in this time I have helped many couples and many persons on the internet. They do not know what I look like, but at least the Andrew bit is true. The fact is that I really do care about people and I will always help them where I can, but I have often wondered whether I would trust another if I did not know his name or his face. The fact is that I am OUT. Not out of the closet as in openly gay; that in any case, but out of the closet as in open about the fact that I do not share my true identity. There is a pretty good reason and that is that my big mouth helped me to end up in hospital. I had a choice between keeping my mouth shut or hiding my identity and I chose the latter; in fact my hubby says it was no choice; I can’t keep my mouth shut for the life of me, but that isn’t a big secret is it?
Some of us are open about the fact that we hide our identity and some of us are not. Nobody is dead; that’s you prerogative. Facebook doesn’t love you, but who cares right? I know quite a few good friends on Facebook who hides either their face, or their name or their age; so be it. I also have a few friends who believe religiously in openness; they are so open that they have more dick-pics than face-pics of themselves on facebook. I think they should start a new social media site called Dick-book or cockbook;
Probably rather dick-book because cockbook might be misread for cookbook and then you have these masive queers and these little old ladies sharing recipes. Can you imagine? The guy sending the ole lady a pic-request and she sends him a pork recipe. Sweet and sour might just get a new meaning as massage fluid or sex-gel. I don’t think your boyfriend will ever forgive you for that one or even worse; for sweet and spicy.
But jokes aside; you can not trust anybody on facebook or whatever other anonymous meeting spot on the World Wide Web. Just yesterday I read the story of Thebe Mogamisi from Bloem who went to Johburg to meet up with an online date and never returned. Jeez guys, its time to focus. You just can’t do that anymore. I know life isn’t safe and I know you can pick up a scoundrel at any place, but at least take some precautions. I have a friend that always tells me that the percentage of psychopaths in society has not dropped since Nazi-Germany. The only difference is that they could be out of the closet in those days because it was sort of the “in” thing. There are just as many today, but they are closeted and that makes them a whole lot more dangerous.
I guess if you are in a dying need of a bj the little head is doing the thinking for the big head and I guess if you are to afraid to try your luck out in the open the net is the place to go (and come as it seems), but make your first date in a group for heavens sake. If whoever is not prepared to meet you in a group there is already a screw loose; and not screw in a good sense. Just take care, okay?

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By Dr. Andrew Blade
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