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No disrespect intended, but You've been here for over a decade
Level 2
I see plenty of instructional blogs on setting up a stealth Google voice or similar stealth #
Don't want to do that?
Why not a simple burner phone?
You are using your personal phone?
Why?
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The first time you contact someone make sure to tell them not to text you out of the blue, only in response to your inquiries. They should apply a code to the number to prevent texting you first.
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Same thing happened to me. Unfortunately, my SO at the time saw it. Iwas able to talk my way out of it because of other unsolicited texts from scammers. Since then I block numbers to prevent a repeat. I should add that ladies here are very good of not sending unsolicited texts. Its the small percentage of those who do
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I never ever ever reach out to people for this reason.. sif I know someone then sometimes I don't mind but for the most part I would prefer for people to reach out just to avoid the hassle
If I never text you it's NOT because I don't want to see you. Its just id prefer for you to make the first move
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You can trust every single person you contact to implicitly understand your expectations and respect them or you can take the simple proactive measures mentioned above and protect yourself. Your choice.
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I thought it was common sense not to text out of the blue. I would never feel comfortable doing that, unless the person told me to.
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Common sense ain’t that common
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Yeah, i had a similar issue with a lady friend I met on here. To make things worse she kept texting me from a new number every month for almost a year.
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I don't mind, just set the dam thing to silent. See, it even out smarts you.
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Very clever Scantron.
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GOOGLE VOICE!!! make sure the email you use is just for the hobby and not your normal one. June, you can reach out to me anytime!!!!!!
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It seems like a really stupid move to send a guy a random text. I woud think that action might just cost you a good client.
Ladies, remember that the guys have a life outside of this, just like we do. And it is very likely that NOBODY in their real life knows they do this.
NEVER ever send out random texts to clients. It is just bad form!
my .02 cents
"A"
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Everyone who says that sending a random unsolicited text without prior consent is wrong is 100% correct.
The problem is that you can’t trust every single person that has your number to do the right thing and responsibly respect your boundaries. Some won’t care. Some won’t take the time to separate your number from mass text blasts. Some will make a mistake or forget your texting preferences despite their best intentions.
As previously stated, you can hope dozens of people will take it upon themselves to manage your security or you can take responsibility for it yourself by using a different phone number for your HX activities. Sure, there is a small monetary cost to this plan but it will be a lot cheaper than a divorce or separation when your SO finds what you’re doing behind her back.
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It’s ironic that you say the person who texted you is careless when you are careless enough to use a personal phone/number for contacting strangers you find here.
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Preach it brother Scantron
May I have an AMEN!
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I feel like such an idiot, and an old idiot at that. It was not an unsolicited text that got me, but my SO being suspicious and tracked my phone. I know about burners and should’ve, could’ve, would’ve but didn’t. When confronted last week, unlike Shaggys recommendation, I was honest. Now life is turmoil, but had a good surf today for attitude adjustment. My only advice is get a burner don’t use your personal phone.
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I guess you learned a hard lesson.
Maybe other fools will stop playing with fire after reading your story.
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I hope so
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I use my number only cause I'm not in a relationship. So I'm a open book. However, I know that's not the case for everybody so if somebody likes me from a number I don't know deserves or burner phone if I don't text him back with him like 3 minutes then I just PM them because I don't want to take any chances and get anyone in trouble so gentleman is you don't hear back from me right away check your hands I probably have gone back to you. Best of luck everyone, be smart!
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I almost got caught up once on my Apple Watch from an unsolicited text. It’s a sinking feeling but I learned from it. Don’t be mad at her, that’s on you big dawg
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