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Aveline Thu 24-Oct-24 11:53:04

Has anyone else had a PM from 'Soren' wanting to 'reach out'to them? Very flowery language appreciating my posts. V odd. Have blocked.

sharon103 Thu 24-Oct-24 14:14:20

I've just noticed yours was from 'Soren' Aveline
I'll name mine now. 'scrader'
Anyone recognise the name?

silverlining48 Thu 24-Oct-24 14:10:43

grin

sharon103 Thu 24-Oct-24 14:10:35

Calendargirl

I had one a few days ago, not that name but also began with ‘s’.

He/she admired my ‘thoughtful’ posts, and wanted to know where I was?

I didn’t share that info!

I got the same message Calendargirl. on 16th October.
The name beginning with s. I didn't recognise the name so ignored it.
Liked a thoughtful comment of mine and wanted to know where I came from.

Georgesgran Thu 24-Oct-24 14:08:41

😱 Oh Silverlining48. Have we inadvertently blocked George Clooney or my favourite ex-footballer David Ginola!!!

silverlining48 Thu 24-Oct-24 13:57:06

Weren’t silver foxes suave and sophisticated men of a certain age who were looking for love. ❤️
Should I unblock ? grin

silverlining48 Thu 24-Oct-24 13:55:04

Actually I have been posting too much, despite wanting to cut back or even leave. I spend/waste far too much time on GN.

silverlining48 Thu 24-Oct-24 13:51:41

Silver fox too, hadn’t seen me posting recently and was concerned. Blocked

Georgesgran Thu 24-Oct-24 13:51:30

Octopus start every reply to me with ‘Thank you for reaching out’. I think it’s used in many settings now.

Usedtobeblonde Thu 24-Oct-24 13:07:26

2 from Silverfox.
Replied to the first but now blocked as I am under a new name and she/he couldn’t have recognised me.
I feel guilty if it is someone genuinely wanting to make contact but I don’t want to take risks.

Mamie Thu 24-Oct-24 13:03:51

I blocked it too.

Esmay Thu 24-Oct-24 13:02:04

I have replied to Soren .
I don't know if she is genuine .
She might be .
I'm not familiar with her name .

NotSpaghetti Thu 24-Oct-24 12:51:10

JenniferEccles "reaching out" is an American phrase.

NotSpaghetti Thu 24-Oct-24 12:49:51

I had one too

M0nica Thu 24-Oct-24 12:38:57

Three similar messages from 'Scrader'.

Reported them and blocked them.

Georgesgran Thu 24-Oct-24 12:33:24

‘Silver Fox’ was concerned I hadn’t posted for a while.

Blocked!

Liz46 Thu 24-Oct-24 12:28:08

I got two messages from someone starting with s.

Skydancer Thu 24-Oct-24 12:26:49

I received a message from a man some time ago suggesting "maybe we could get to know one another better". I think others had the same as I saw his thread was blocked soon afterwards.

JenniferEccles Thu 24-Oct-24 12:24:51

I don’t think I have ever seen any ‘reaching out’ on threads on here so I would immediately suspect it wasn’t a genuine message.
Nobody I know says it either.

It all sounds a bit too Meghan Markle for me!!

gulligranny Thu 24-Oct-24 12:13:29

I did too, not Soren but another name starting with S - also admiring my thoughtful post. Told me they lived in Glasgow, then asked what the weather was like there! Blocked.

Summerfly Thu 24-Oct-24 12:10:40

No I haven’t, but thanks for letting us know. As Babs03 said, some odd bods about. I try to be ever vigilant these days with messages and odd phone calls.

Dee1012 Thu 24-Oct-24 12:10:32

I had a number earlier in the year from Rev' Walker - he needed my help to sell gold apparently!hmm

LadyGracie Thu 24-Oct-24 12:09:02

I've had 3 messages, I ignored them. Now blocked.

kittylester Thu 24-Oct-24 12:08:51

Was just coming to start a similar thread.

Wyllow3 Thu 24-Oct-24 12:01:40

I cant find a record of this person being a legit poster in a search - apologies if I'm wrong.

Calendargirl Thu 24-Oct-24 11:58:33

I had one a few days ago, not that name but also began with ‘s’.

He/she admired my ‘thoughtful’ posts, and wanted to know where I was?

I didn’t share that info!