From the interview, the old man seems to be a very decent person. It sucks to be broke at that stage in life when money makes a huge difference in the quality of life and choices. Tempus fugit.
The daughter learned an expensive lesson. She has the naïveté of a young woman raised in a sheltered childhood who doesn’t know the deviousness of men. In the old days pre-internet she would have been banged out plenty by the guy in addition to losing all her money.
Still, I don’t understand this dating-app/social-media generation’s willingness to give up their privacy online. And I’m saying this as someone who has met quite a few people in person from chat rooms, 1999-2002, and even from this EliteTrader forum at meetups.
In any case, money comes and goes. At her age she will have at least a few opportunities to make it back as long as she looks forward and doesn’t get stuck dwelling on her mistake. Another dotcom- or crypto-craze equivalent will come around in the next generation. You can bank on that.
The daughter learned an expensive lesson. She has the naïveté of a young woman raised in a sheltered childhood who doesn’t know the deviousness of men. In the old days pre-internet she would have been banged out plenty by the guy in addition to losing all her money.
Still, I don’t understand this dating-app/social-media generation’s willingness to give up their privacy online. And I’m saying this as someone who has met quite a few people in person from chat rooms, 1999-2002, and even from this EliteTrader forum at meetups.
In any case, money comes and goes. At her age she will have at least a few opportunities to make it back as long as she looks forward and doesn’t get stuck dwelling on her mistake. Another dotcom- or crypto-craze equivalent will come around in the next generation. You can bank on that.
