Tell Me How You Would Respond
Very long story short — I connected with a new POT recently. He’s local to my area, and I’ve verified he is who he says he is and that his career/background check out. He’s currently out of town helping his elderly mother move and get settled after the death of her husband, which I also confirmed through a little internet sleuthing.
We’ve been talking a lot with the understanding that he won’t be back for about a month. Honestly, I’ve really enjoyed getting to know him and talking every day.
Today he mentioned that I had said I’d been stressed lately, and he told me he’d like to help. I told him I didn’t feel comfortable outright asking him to send me money when we haven’t even met in person yet. And genuinely, I think if I play the long game and continue building trust, he could end up being a really positive and impactful person in my life.
He agreed and said he didn’t necessarily want to send money electronically, but he’d still like to find another way to alleviate some stress and make me happy.
So now I’m sitting here like… how do I even respond to that? 😩 I mean realistically, bills/car stuff/life would absolutely help, but I’m also open to other ideas. Is he hinting at cash through a money order? A gift? Men are mysterious sometimes lol. Tell me what y’all would say.