RE: Public Service Announcement : Ben Schwartz @fatpandadesign/@psychsherpa/@getslothyy
Hi @perennial , I am sorry to hear that you have been persuaded to help him more than you could.
He did mention that you were helping him out on his AirBnB but I never knew that he did not pay the full amount as per the current crypto exchange.
Most of the time when he needed help from my side he did pay me in crypto and most of the time it was right on the spot of the current exchange rate, where I screen captured him and he paid the right amount; except the few times Chloe and I decided to bless him a proper meal whenever we meet up.
I am not sure how surreal you would have felt but @hopehuggs and myself did manage to call the hospital in Portugal and get him on the phone; so I believe that in all the twisted information there were some truth in it.
I just hoped that he would have left his old ways and stop all the nonsense. Ever since Thanksgiving last year both Chloe and I also did not receive any reply from him even though we messaged him a few times.
It is a very saddening incident for him to keep falling deeper into the rabbit hole. I truly hope he will wake up soon.
Thanks for sharing with us your side of the story.
At least we know to discern better in wisdom; and know that we have done our best as a friend to help another in need.
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Dear @littlenewthings, I always believe that when you did what you did, you did it in absolute good faith and that was why you have no reservations about helping him. I am pretty sure that he is reading this and if there is anything that I say which is untrue, perhaps he can refute it.
I believe that in order for someone to find leverage in their action, there has to be some slight truth in what he does. For instance, the hospitalisation, the drug addiction and those things he knows he can use to bolster his credibility. But of course, it does not go to the extent that he has claimed. I am pretty sure he was in Portugal and I am pretty sure he was probably in it but not for the duration that he claimed.
I really don't mind helping but I absolutely hated it when I am taken for a ride.