Warning to All Ladies in Pursuit of Life Long Partner

Some may think that what I'm about to share is shameful. I've been through too many things, I don't even blink when you talk about any types of failed relationships. At this age, everyone knows how aunts would hover over you on marriage, as much as they can. Their starting lines ; 'We're concerned' 'You're a pretty and successful lady, men are so dumb nowaday' 'Are you OK? You don't look too well...' yada yada. And there's always advices here and there, especially on how I should work on it, how I should be open to everyone, don't be picky...

You know what? I don't have a lineup of guys, just waiting to be picked. I don't just sit and look pretty, awaiting for my knight to come. I don't appreciate anyone's concern and advices on how to look for men. In fact, I feel like slapping anyone that even comes near to starting a conversation on how to...

Among my friends, I'm proud to say that I've dated enough for 2 to 3. I've tried speed dating. I've dated all races of Malaysia and more. I've even signed up on matrimonal sites and dating sites. Latest I signed up for was OkCupid. First look at it; very promising. Just after a day of signup, I got 4 emails already. I was open; I said Hi back and so forth. I even went out with few of the guys who seemed nice.

Then came Mark Davidson; a man who had lost his wife six years ago, the only son to a Scottish lady, and he lives in London. Dad had passed away, and he is conveniently without children. He's 47, pleasant looking and he knows how to speak to a lady. We started with emailing then came the daily calls and love emails. Within a week, he fell in love with me, I'm sunshine to his otherwise dead soul. I didn't believe this, its impossible for anyone to fall that quickly. He had a funny accent, unlike the Scottish, English or Cockney accents I'm used to, with my customers. This was one of the second thing I sensed wrong. A month goes by, and his mom called, to know how I feel for him. She was coughing, so I told my concerns to Mark. He was in Iraq for business at that time, and tried to provide her some money to go to the hospital, but couldn't coz he couldn't find any banks in Iraq. Third bull. He asks for my help to wire her GBP2000. Thanks to my genius instincts and acting skills, I acted as if I wanted to help him, so i asked him for his hotel details, so I could locate a reliable bank around the area. And in that moment, his friend decided to help pitch in. He was conveniently in London.

He continues to call and email me love letters, and I started to fall for him, even though deep in my heart, I know I should be cautious coz of what had happened. Few weeks pass, and he decided to take it to the next level; to meet mom and proclaim his love with marriage. He decided to come over. Confirms for today, 7/2/10 to fly over from London, and landing at 10am. I asked for flight itenary; he keeps on stalling, saying he's so busy, coz he'll be leaving the office for a month to be in Malaysia. I wanted to book his hotel, he says he didn't want to bother me too much. I didn't want to think too much, so I let it go. This morning, I checked with KLIA on arrivals, and his flight was supposed to arrive at 7am. He didn't call till 10am, saying that he thought I was in Penang, so he took the next flight to Penang, from KLIA. Upon arrival, he was stopped by customs, coz he brought in GBP40k (initially the custom officer said GBP40, but when I told her its ridiculous to stop someone for that amount of money, she change to add the thousand) and expired license for business. I asked to speak to the custom officer, and he asked her to call me. She called using her mobile (which would have been expensive, and no one would do that for a total stranger) and explained these offences. I got so annoyed at how she is unable to explain thoroughly, and how she keeps insisting that she didn't need to help, but felt that she wanted to, since she pitied Mark. After many attempts at getting her to speak (I even said sorry for raising my voice; he asked me to, since she wouldn't speak to me, and I was risking him being deported forever) she finally put a price of RM10k for compound payment. This is when I confirmed that its was all a frame up. I spoke to him about this, and he went crazy and said I was forcing him to report to embassy, and he won't be able to come back to Malaysia, and I was destroying what we built. I told him to go ahead do whatever he wants to, and I will call Penang customs to verify her existance. I did, and found out that it was all a drama. She doesn't exist in the office, there is no such thing as a customs retaining room, and they never detain anyone for those 2 offences. Customs would only detain the cash and whatever things not declared.

He called twice after that, but I decided not to pick up. I just wanted to break clean off this sick drama. I don't know why some people would do this to anyone, but I do hope this wouldn't happen to any of my friends and relatives. Do be careful.

Comments

Edo said…
Hi kak. Sy stumbled upon this entry randomly. Nak komen jugak.

Tentang penipu2 tu.. Mak cik sy pernah terkena juga. Tapi, tak smp bagi duit lagi sebab mereka mmg pandai berlakon tapi, ada beberapa details terlupa nak amik kira. Mcm tgk cite drama murah tv1, set hancur, dialog bodoh dan lain2 lagi. Hehehe..

This guy berlakon mcm kaya, educated, kerja bagus, travel regular basis sebab outstation. Tp, tak tahu jet lag, balik oversea cuma bwk bagpack je, takda luggage, tak stailo langsung dan gigi rongak.. Aduh.. :)
olyn said…
scary kan how people can go to certain extremes just for money..tak fikir ttg how d other person is feeling and what they are going thru..mine agak hensem la, kaya, n konon travel slalu gak, which is ridiculous sbb mcm buta IT gile..anyways, good to know im not alone, but hope nobody else will go thru d same heart ache..thanks edo
Edo said…
Hehe.. U and my auntie lucky sebab tahu mereka penipu la.. Tp, sy rasa dalam 10 org ada 1 yang terkena juga. Sebab tu masih sanggup meneruskan modus operandi yang mcm ni. Sebab ada untung sikit kan.. Kalau tak takkan mereka masih terus buat dalam zaman teknologi nih.

Sy pon berhati2 je. Kalau tetiba baik hati sgt, sy tny direct je.. "Awk ni org Nigeria yang nak buat sy jatuh cinta dan guna2kan sy nak seludup dadah ke luar negara ke?" Hahaha.. Selamba kan.. Mintak2 dilindungi sentiasa lah..

Pasal jodoh tu.. Sy pon kena la kak. Plus, mak cik sy tny "Ko lesbian ke?" Hahahaha.. Sedih betol. Malas nak layan da..
olyn said…
haha..lesbian? sabar je la..ckp je 'aunty, of course not...i love men too much' sambil buat muka gatal..good luck! :p
EveN said…
biar betul olyn? btw, i like your spirit in pursuing....:), x cam aku, nak jumpa org malas je...
Tine said…
Olyn, wow, thanks for sharing. What a story. Loving is not just about the end result, it's the journey of love that really makes it worth while. However, you are human. Guess we all get carried along, until no more.. FYI you are welcome to check out my blog.
Unknown said…
Good Day! eventhough i dont knoiw you but i really like what you said here...Thats happen every now and then so we really need to be care when it comes to the people that we meet online only...thank you for sharing it here....
Oh Allah. What people does to earn money... playing with women. Never believe online person. The person who is for you will come to you by himself, you don't need to search. Trust me. Just focus on your career.
eL said…
Olyn, alhamdulillah you are too smart for those 'orang jahat' (rasa mcm tak appropriate nak swear, heheheh). Do take good care of yourself ya. And please keep in touch. :)
Barcelona FC said…
nice post.........do forever..

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