Posted by
FunnyMae
19 yrs ago
Recently a close lady friend told me of having finally found a boyfriend (at her age of 48, we have good reason to rejoice! a major breakthrough!!!). She met him on the internet, apparently a pilot of a US airline, apparently handsome (haven't met him)and very young, age 26! And just like a whirlwind romance I see in movies, already proposing of marriage, babies and blah, blah, blah...the most frightening thing is that my friend is sooooo in-love!
While happy for my friend, I couldn't help but be skeptical. What with all his exposure as a pilot, after he has seen the world, why settle for an on-line, virtual girlfriend? And what's more, he's quick ( a marriage proposal at the first meeting?).
Now I'm in the stage of verifying some of the information that I've gathered from my friend: first, as a Pilot for a US airline, I wonder why he's based and actually is living in HK? Could that be possible?
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lulu
19 yrs ago
There are lucky people around! There are pilot which is 26! but then i really doubt whether he will propose to a 48 year old woman...it's should be fine..I was told i am too negative so now i need to say something positive! :)) Sometime miracles do happen but it doesnt happen a lot. May be 1 out 1000 cases.
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Forget about the age diff. the fact that he proposed online and never met is already fishy, dont you think?
Honestly, I think your friend will be disappointed in the end.
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Thanks; i see a lot of concern here, which is a comfort for me to know that I'm not the only doubtful person. Now the matter is going for the worse: my friend said that the "pilot" is thinking of moving to a smaller flat (how convenient that his rent is ending after meeting my lovestruck friend)as he finds his flat too big for him. He said he wants to find one near my friend's place - in a dingy, suffocating area of Sheungwan. To my horror, my friend is discussing with him about him moving to her place instead. Now, how my friend was not able to suggest that she moves in with him instead since his flat is so big, I have no idea. And why the pilot has not suggested that, i have no idea either. FYI, my friend has never been invited (yet?) to his flat, which i think is safe to assume the airine company is paying for since they are basing him here in HK and he is an expat.
Anyway, I could form a lot of theories here, but I do not want to spoil my friend's happiness yet until after I've gotten the facts straight as I do not want to end up the naive one in the end; first I'd really like to find out if US airlines actually base pilots here in HK. Is there someone from the airline industry out there????
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nande
19 yrs ago
Understand the need for huge red flags but stranger things have happened... he is working in a very fickle, unstable industry and may have had no time to make any connection other than during brief stopovers... he may have found a relationship that has been lacking in his life, security and maturity that only an older woman can offer... he may not be impressed by the type of women who are usually attracted to pilots or the whole lifestyle package and wants some thing real in his life... your friend has lived and loved and surely you should trust her judgement and wish her well, for what has she to lose?...
However if you have a name... google him, if he is a US citizen get a credit/background check, talk to anyone at the airline... etc
oh and btw alot of the pilots based here have an accomodation allowance rather than fixed accomodation, it all depends on the contract.
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First off, find out which US airline he works for. It should be pretty easy to find out if this guy is legit. I know a good many people who work for Cathay as pilots and my sis-in-law works for Virgin.
Have you met this guy yet? You will only know if he is a farud when you meet im What about other friends, how do they feel about this 'pilot'?
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NO, our friends and I have never met the guy; the relationship had only started (beginning with the 1st e-mail) March 2006 and we've only known about it for a little more than a week. And yes all of us are cynical about it, except I took it a step further and posted in the void. But no, I do not have any sinister motive except to solicit opinions. Which is cruel. My faith should have made me a better person than this. But thanks because I had to courage to tell my friend to be cautious and know the guy thoroughly before she jumps into any major plans with him. That unsolicited advice I suppose is negative but I told her just the same.
And yes CrikeyM, I wish and hope and pray that your theory is the truest of all.
BTW, the pilot has conveniently resigned from his post so maybe I should forget about this "pilot" stuff.
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wow and now he resigned from his post? too much drama going on, what's your friend telling you about him resigning? is he now moving back to the US?
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seeing is believing...situation sounds very fishy to me. when is your friend going to introduce her new man to you and her other friends, FunnyMae?
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