A creepy pattern

I describe this creepy pattern not in an attempt to creep anyone reading out, but to point it out as a thing so maybe when it comes up at some point in the future, someone who has read this will recognize it and think "Hey, that sounds familiar and creepy." And maybe they'd have the motivation to ask some more questions and stop things from getting worse.

The creepy pattern as I saw it manifested between a woman and a man who was preying on her both times. The third party could be any gender, but when I observed it, I was the third party. ( The man was a rapist. Effects of isolation tactics. )

This happened not once, but twice. Two different women. Two different predators. Two times that I didn't recognize the pattern until afterward when it suddenly clicked. If somebody has heavy stuff to talk about but the new BFF doesn't seem to be the person they want to talk to about it ... it may not be just something awkward. It may be something dangerous. See if it's you they want to talk to, if you have time and energy, even if you're not as close as you were before.

40 tweets for 2011-8-9

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

• Tuesday, 0044: @llbbooks Air horns are excellent. Though you can use the test function on your smoke alarm offensively. ;)
• Tuesday, 0053: @amarittabeane So it isn't! See, I broke up with LJ not quite a year ago, so I'm just starting to be able to talk civilly about it again.
• Tuesday, 0054: @amarittabeane But when I first went over to DW it was so cold and echoey around the edges. Not like LJ where I knew where to find things.
• Tuesday, 0058: RT: @llbbooks: I'm going to love my upstairs neighbor. RT @maureenjohnson: I think a combination of love and airhorn is very good for you.
• Tuesday, 0058: @llbbooks :D :D :D
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