I have been down in the dumps since Friday - yes, recently last Friday. I was at work and talking with MizzDeaf when I got an email through my work email system. I went to check it and up popped a picture...that was so AWFUL, so demeaning, so insulting... and it said that it was me on top of MizzDeaf and going woofofofofof ...
I was so shocked and hurt - I forwarded it to MizzDeaf and she was angry at whoever sent it to me. I looked at the name and header of the sender and was suprised to see it "coming from" one of my closest and dearest friends... I knew she would never send me anything like that, so I forwarded it to her and mentioned that someone was using her name with a fake email address.
Very soon after all that, I got another email saying that I was fat and going oink oink at me... and MizzDeaf got two herself - saying that her girlfriend was fat and mooing at me... and then another one oinking at me and saying that he/she HATES me...
I just couldn't believe it... that there was someone out there that would want to hurt me this way.
We did reply to this person - and got emails back oinking at me and saying how fat and ugly I was.
I couldn't leave work until just before 7 pm - I was so hurt and crying hard. I also knew that if I left, I would go to the nearest eatery and eat my heart out. My friend came online and she was very upset that someone would use her name, and both she and MizzDeaf stayed online until I was able to calm down and get myself under control.
I did some searching Saturday - I noticed that the IP number was the same for all the emails so I had it traced back to a location where I knew my friends were, and emailed them there. To my suprise, it was the same IP number.
I AIMed the friend that night, and talked about the situation; emailed her what we had on our sidekicks and the friend was very angry with the sender, but was having troubles, also.
Later that night, I got an AIM from someone else, and that person was very angry with me because it looked like i was putting the blame on them because it looked like it was from their computer.
It took me several days, but we are all OK now and still friends, but it still bothers me that someone would do that to me and try to destroy my relationship and friendships - and it has been very hard for me because I am used to helping other people, but it seems that when I reach out for help, I can't do so because it appears that they want me to help them, but they don't want or can't help me...
Im just glad I had MizzDeaf and Cheri, along with my close friend, to talk to during those difficult days.
I am still having trouble sleeping and pretty much down - I am at a point of where I am not sure of what I am going to do or what I should do.
I do know one thing - it will take me a while to get through this.
I was so shocked and hurt - I forwarded it to MizzDeaf and she was angry at whoever sent it to me. I looked at the name and header of the sender and was suprised to see it "coming from" one of my closest and dearest friends... I knew she would never send me anything like that, so I forwarded it to her and mentioned that someone was using her name with a fake email address.
Very soon after all that, I got another email saying that I was fat and going oink oink at me... and MizzDeaf got two herself - saying that her girlfriend was fat and mooing at me... and then another one oinking at me and saying that he/she HATES me...
I just couldn't believe it... that there was someone out there that would want to hurt me this way.
We did reply to this person - and got emails back oinking at me and saying how fat and ugly I was.
I couldn't leave work until just before 7 pm - I was so hurt and crying hard. I also knew that if I left, I would go to the nearest eatery and eat my heart out. My friend came online and she was very upset that someone would use her name, and both she and MizzDeaf stayed online until I was able to calm down and get myself under control.
I did some searching Saturday - I noticed that the IP number was the same for all the emails so I had it traced back to a location where I knew my friends were, and emailed them there. To my suprise, it was the same IP number.
I AIMed the friend that night, and talked about the situation; emailed her what we had on our sidekicks and the friend was very angry with the sender, but was having troubles, also.
Later that night, I got an AIM from someone else, and that person was very angry with me because it looked like i was putting the blame on them because it looked like it was from their computer.
It took me several days, but we are all OK now and still friends, but it still bothers me that someone would do that to me and try to destroy my relationship and friendships - and it has been very hard for me because I am used to helping other people, but it seems that when I reach out for help, I can't do so because it appears that they want me to help them, but they don't want or can't help me...
Im just glad I had MizzDeaf and Cheri, along with my close friend, to talk to during those difficult days.
I am still having trouble sleeping and pretty much down - I am at a point of where I am not sure of what I am going to do or what I should do.
I do know one thing - it will take me a while to get through this.