Should I Speak My Mind? Warning Long Post Posted: 05-11-07 19:19pm
I have a close friend who's getting
married in August that I'm concerned for,
About her: 31, born and raised in
Pennsylania, barely getting by
financially, very honest, very gullible
and overly trusting of people, only had 1
boyfriend and was still a virgin until
meeting this man. Was working full time
until she moved in with him, now has gone
back to college to get her masters degree
(psychology major).
About him: 50, born and raised in
Pakistan, Divorced with 2 children (pays
child support), Psychiatrist, has lived in
the states for about 25 years.
There's not much to say about my friend
other than she's a very nice and good
person who doesn't have much experience
with men, I believe this is only the
second man she's been involved with, she
met him through a woman she worked with.
At first my friend said she wasn't
interested in him, but he started sending
flowers, wined and dined her, and offered
to take her to London for 10 days which
she accepted, a month or so later they got
engaged and she moved in with him.
I've done some research on him and have
found out a few things;
1. He told her he was 40, he's really 50.
Its not clear if she knows this, if she
does she hasn't told anyone.
2. Told her he owned his house (duplex),
he was renting it.
3. Went to his neighbor who is also his
landlord and tells her not to speak to or
bother my friend because she needed her
rest and didn't want anyone bothering her.
My guess is he didn't want my friend
finding out any information about
himself.
4. Has changed his job 3 times in the past
year and has now moved to Washington
State, my friend will be moving there
after the wedding in August away from all
of her family and friends here on the east
coast.
5. Told her they had to watch their money
(she only works part time while she's
getting her masters degree) yet he buys
himself a new Lexus sports car, takes 2
trips to Brazil, 1 to Washington State and
2 to Pakistan all by himself in the past 9
months.
6. Tells her he has some business property
in Washington State he needs to sell but
doesn't tell her he's really going for a
job interview and accepts the job with the
Va Administration in their Psychiatry
department.
7. Told my friend that the last woman that
was living with him was a drunk, left him
and stole like $30,000 from him, I found
out that this woman was an honor graduate
who had won several awards in Pennsylvania
and is a Certified Public Accountant.
8. He told my friend when he lived in
Washington State that his business
partners there stole money from the
business and ruined things for him there,
I found out that he represented himself in
the Washington courts, lost his case, and
then claimed the courts were biased
against him.
9. I found out that he was fined by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service for
hiring illegal immigrats from Pakistan.
10. Found out that the Washington State
Department of Health filed a Disciplinary
Action against him, I was unable to find
out why.
11. He now treats her like a child and
makes sick jokes about her religion
(Christian) but it doesn't seem to bother
her at all. He pats her on the top of her
head like a good little girl.
12. She flew to Washington last weekend to
see him and leave her cat there with him,
while she was there he bought her a new
car (on order).
Where's all the money coming from??
13. She walked in on him in the bathroom
and he was injecting himself with a
syringe, he told her he had diabetes and
hadn't told her about it because he was
afraid she'd leave him. She had never seen
any diabetic supplies in the house, a week
later a box of diabetic supplies were
delivered.
I've seen a big change in her over the
past year, she's become kinda cold and
distant, totally not like her. Whenever
anyone questions her about him she gets
very defensive and angry which is totally
out of character for her.
Should I speak my mind or keep my mouth
shut?
Sorry this took so long.
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confused_girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 102 Location: vermont
Posted: 05-11-07 20:09pm
I think you should tell your friend how
you really feel and hope she understands
it. If he is doing all of this to her then
she should have the right to know what is
going on. My friend was the same way she
met this guy thought he was the best until
she no longer had no life no friends and
no job! she was always calling me to try
to come get her and take her away because
she couldnt handle it so speak up and let
her know how you feel about it all and
tell her you are concerned
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princessnae
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 90
Shes Your Friend And You Should Speak Your Mind... Posted: 05-14-07 00:37am
Unfortunately she probably wont listen...
at first anyway.. but the more you talk to
her the better her chances are to get out.
I have not been involved with someone
from another country... however, I do know
people from that area (and I am not trying
to generalize a culture) and they are
raised differently. Thus they treat their
women differently.. This is no excuss of
course for mistreating your friend. I
will say that he probably is very smart
and feel invisible and thinks he can get
away with all the lies... My advice is
talk your friends ear off and be there for
her as much as you can.