Fri Mar 19 2004 - The secret life of my sister
The secret life of my sister
Well, here I am, ALONE. Michelle is somewhere, she is mad at me. Another argument. While I was going to write all about it and stuff, i ended up getting automatically logged into my lil sister's yahoo messenger. Since I remembered that I set up automatic logging of all conversations, I decided that I wanted to see why all of a sudden, there has been an upsurge in her desire to go online. NOt only that, I noticed that when I come in, she logs off of stuff real fast and even turned off the computer by just pushing the power button. ANyways, I looked at it.

So I started going through some messages, I was feeling guilty because I was noseing in on her conversations. I was thinking I'd stop soon when I started to notice most of the people she chatted to were guys. I started to read what she was saying and realized that she is trying to meet some guys online. There is this one, ben, that she talks to the most. She gave him her friends number to call her at. They are going to try to meet soon.

What is interesting is that around me, she doesn't acknowledge liking guys, much less trying to meet them. Also, she doesn't cuss offline, or be totally flitatious towards guys. She has told multiple guys that she "loves" them. They ofcourse, say the same thing back. *so young and delusional* My mom has informed me that there are a few guys that my lil sis thinks are cute, but doesn't think of dating. While I know she is getting older *14* and the hormones are kicking in, I'm still surprised to see this other side.

As I type, I'm wondering if I intervene right now, tell my mom, or let it slide. I'm trying to think of a creative approach to all this. She will totally hate me if I bust her straight up. Then again, there are alot of people out there that are manipulative and could take advantage of her. *advice would be nice* Especially harder for me to take a tough stand because I ofcourse, met Michelle online. Well, I'll be online. Waiting for Michelle. I miss her.

Comments (2)

InaudibleMelodies (Legacy)
I personally would just keep an eye on her, make sure she doesn't go off anywhere alone that could be iffy for her. Maybe have a subtle word with her about the dangers of the net, don't say you know anything, just suddenly talk about some problem you had on the net (even if you never had one) just so she gets the idea.
If you have a go at her about it she'll be annoyed at you and will still carry on what she's doing anyhow.
kaliko88 (Legacy)
I would talk to her. Let her know that you were using the messenger and she had left it to set to log her in. You saw that she's been talking to people, including strangers. Just let her know you care about her and you don't want to see her get into a dangerous situation. Yes, you met Michelle online, but you took your time getting to know her and talking on the phone first.

Just warn her, if she insists on meeting someone, not to do it alone, and not before she actually talks to them several times on the phone. People lie on the internet. You've seen it happen here on DD where they turned out to be someone completely different from who they said they were.

Just because they say nice things online doesn't mean they are nice. If she gets mad, fine. Hopefully, though, she'll take the warning to heart. The last thing you want is to see her name on an Amber Alert.

>^..^<
 
 
 
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