The thread about safe calls is still happening over on FetLife. Here is my recent post on the topic. I have paraphrased those I am replying to so as not to betray any confidences.
Some_Guy lets us know it is a “wonder” that those people who don’t use safe calls are “still alive”.
I know, its like totally amazing! It was much worse back before cell phone… the history books are simply packed with the millions of humans murdered every day by their overly violent predatory dates. Frankly, it is amazing we as a species survived.
Fortunately, our cell phone overlords have now tamed the darker nature of the human animal. Now that we all live in the light of their safe call goodness we can finally, after millennia, dare to truly love.
Some_Girl lets us know that she demands a verified full legal name and a copy of a photo id with a verifiable address and the same for a phone number.
I like it when someone has such clear ideas of what they wish to use to blackmail me with in lieu of actually waiting till they know me. it makes it so much easier to say no.
FictionalSubOnPhone: “I want a blood sample, and a photocopy of your drivers license”
Me: “No.”
FictionalSubOnPhone: :: blink :: “But how can I protect myself?:
Me: “That’s easy, don’t meet me if you don’t trust me”
FictionalSubOnPhone: “But how can I trust you if I don’t give the power to ruin your life to my friend who you don’t know?”
Me: “I’m guessing Daddy never bought you a pony, right?”
FictionalSubOnPhone: :: silent pause :: “And there won’t be any bondage”.
Me: “I agree.”
FictionalSubOnPhone: “Good.”
Me: “Because we aren’t going to meet”
FictionalSubOnPhone: :: blink :: “You’re serious!”
Me: “You really expect me to show up at this meeting where you don’t trust me and do it subject to your rules of how I should behave. All the while being held hostage to the raving paranoia of your friend who by now thinks I am a axe murderer? – Let me know when you figure out how that will be valuable to me.”
FictionalSubOnPhone: “You’re bad for women.”
Me: “You know it.”
update: this post was edited on 08/17/2012 to make it even more obvious this phone call is fictional.