English: Photo of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o taken in 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Media coverage of the Manti Te’o brouhaha continues to dominate the news. It’s up there with President Obama’s cabinet appointments, the resurgence of the Egyptian uprising against the government, and Apple’s tumble from atop Wall Street’s pyramid.
I cringe whenever the pundits recycle the Notre Dame star football player’s romance with a fictitious, Internet girlfriend.
Being from another time, another generation, it’s difficult to comprehend a serious, romantic relationship where the parties have never met in person, let alone embrace one another.
Call me old-fashioned.
The Dating Game (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Just as I’d prefer to try something on for size before buying it, I’d like to spend some time with a guy before taking him home to meet the folks.
My husband and I dated for 3 years before we got engaged. Early on in our relationship, I broke off with him. For a week I vacillated between committing or quitting. I’m sure I drove him crazy, calling every day to explain my dilemma. Even as my best friend, he couldn’t counsel me as to what I should do.
Obviously, I stayed. Four decades later we’re still in love…and still best friends.
Computer dating can work. My daughter’s friend is a prime example. She struck gold on the first try. Her eharmony match is now her husband.
On the flip side, there’s catfishing.
A malicious by product of the Internet, catfishing draws an unwary user into an intricately created web of deception. A mountain of lies ensures the victim’s entrapment. But like a house built of cards, the inevitable happens…it all comes tumbling down.
English: Native Hawaiian schoolchildren around 1900. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Being a native Hawaiian, I can’t help but wonder if native folks are more susceptible to being bushwhacked? Are we so gullible as to let others usurp our land…our hearts?
…manti te’o…in love with a computerized woman…daft? or dumb?
………hugmamma.
hugmamma's MIND, BODY and SOUL 
I think that it is not just native people who are prone to this sort of deception…all to many here fall in to similar traps…I think we are just too trusting at times
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I think that’s our charm. We may lose a lot in material things, but we’ve got more wealth of spirit than those who abide by this earthly life.
hugs!
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Lovely… Happy Valentine’s Day! 😉
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Beautiful photo of you two lovebirds, you are lucky.
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You are a very sweet friend. hugs… 🙂
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I can’t believe that his situation is such important news. Really? Aren’t there more pressing things for the media to be concerned with? And I totally agree with you, who would do that? Maybe because we are “older”.
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I agree. The more they repeat the young man’s foolishness, the worse it is for him. The media are NOT helping the situation, that’s for sure. The world is changing at warp speed it seems. And not always for the better. 😦
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Like you, I’m blown away at this story and the gullibility. Being of the internet age, didn’t he even Google her obit? It’s very sad that today’s youth would consider this a serious relationship, and shame on the media for not doing all their fact checking in the first place.
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I understand others have been caught in this “catfishing” scam, but it hits close to home when it’s a native islander like myself. I can only think Mati’ Teo is more naive than most. Makes him a sitting duck for other scammers.
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