So I need opinions on this. I play Words with Friends with several friends and family members and occasionally when I want a few more games I will accept the game suggestions for new opponents. Last week I accepted new games with two strangers. Turns out both of these players are chatters. I am not. I mean I don't chat much at all with people I know and like, why would chatting with strangers be appealing? But my mother raised me right and my manners dictated chatting.
First dude is polite but wants to tell me every intimate detail of his life. I emoji'd him for most of the game. It was just fine. But at the end of our game he asked me for my email address. I politely declined the next game offer of his. Not looking for friends and pen-pals. Just came to play a game.
So second dude has Elvis something blah blah as his handle: "Hello My Dear Friend!"
Me: hi
At this point I am absolved of any further interaction. I was polite. I came to win, not chat. Let's rock Elvis.
But every time I logged into my game a new message/question was waiting for me. Elvis wanted to share all his info with me and he wanted to know everything about me. Every stinking question began with "My Dear Friend". 😑 what do you do? where do you live? hobbies? What I wanted to say was "NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS" but what I actually said was therapist (played word), Kentucky (played word), and then I just played my turn without answering his message. I was already past done chatting with this annoying fucker. I don't care that he lives in Ireland and heck I don't even remember what he said his job was because I did not care to know, I just wanted to play a game. Period.
Elvis: My Dear Friend, did you get my last message? Are you blah blah blah (Okay I admit I zoned out after the first line of the message myself so.....)
Me: (played word)
Dude keeps messaging me, I finally said I like to read and then I simply acknowledged that I had read his messages without answering anything further about myself. Beat his ass and really needed the win because his last message to me was "My Dear Friend, can I ask you a personal question?". I mean COME ON! In my mind I was screaming WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY DO YOU NOT GET THAT I DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU? Incredulous. Disgusted. Done. I declined his invitation for another game and I never answered his last message.
I mean am I being overly sensitive about this or were both of these guys just a little creepy? It's possible the first fellow was just lonely and probably was, but I just found it odd to want to continue more of his oversharing and me emoji'n Elvis had definitely left the building. I am a skeptic at heart and I am empathic so I got creepy vibes and knew I needed zero contact.
.....but now I will never know what Elvis wanted to ask me.

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