I think the thing I find sad about the follwoing story is that it doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve run into more than my share of people on the net who aren’t what they say they are. But damn, it isn’t often you get to see someone caught in this way. It’s nice to know there are still good people out there on the net.<\/p>\n
\nHow Joey’s blog saved his ass<\/a>
Joeey “Accordion Guy” DeVilla posted a blog entry last week about how great his new girlfriend is, how fine it was to be dating a programmer girl-geek with a CS degree and a sweet job running the Alliance\/Atlantis site she had. His comments-section was full of encouraging notes from his friends, glad to see him so happy.<\/p>\nBut the next day, a stranger emailed him with the news that his girlfriend was not what she seemed: a recovering addict who abandoned her children, a compulsive liar and identity thief, a chameleon who lied about her education, employment and technical abilities. Joey met with the stranger and got the whole story, and confronted his erstwhile girlfriend.<\/p>\n
She denied it all, but couldn’t even answer the most basic technical questions. Finally, in a fit of Columbo-like suspicion, Joey asked her a trick question — a very, very clever trick question that I won’t spoil for you here — and realized that his whistle-blower was telling the truth. Joey got the hell out of the relationship, saved from involvement with this very broken and creepy person by his blog.<\/p>\n