So, I suppose we've all encountered people whose behavior seems normal at first, then they totally transform into some sort of psycho with no sense of logic or reality. Let's hear your stories... I'll go first

So DH is working on a photo book project that he hopes to publish on Lulu or Blurb. He's not expecting to get rich off it; he just has some ideas for photos and would like to collect them all into a book. He used to work professionally as a photojournalist, so he knows what he's doing. What he's putting together is a collection of boudoir/erotic photos of various women. He's not interested in "porn," he wants these to be unique and different from other photos in the genre. The particular case I'm talking about involves his idea to do a shoot merging Goth and cowboy cultures. He had a Facebook friend, a woman that I didn't know, but we have mutual friends. He has been talking to her for a couple of months (before his heart attack, even) about doing some photos. She was all excited about it, telling him her ideas and directing him to some of her modeling work pics on FB. He thought she would be good for the Goth/Cowboy shoot. They came up with a day and time to do it, and he was excited about it. He was gathering up various props the night before, getting his gear all ready to take out to the old cow corral off a little-traveled road that we know. This chick e-mails him and tells him, out of the blue, that she's afraid and wants to have someone go with them. He's got a truck with only two seats. He told her if someone wanted to go along, they'd have to ride in the back. The road is not suitable for cars. She was all whiny about not wanting to go with him by herself, she was afraid, blah blah. Now, this didn't make any sense because she'd been all gung-ho about the idea until now. If she had qualms about him, she could have asked our many mutual friends. And, mostly, why didn't she express this "fear" up front and say she wanted someone to go with them rather than waiting until the last minute? DH was pretty pissed off about it, and he sent her a message to that effect. I mean, really. He's a severe diabetic in kidney failure who just had a heart attack. This chick could probably take him in a fight. And she had some fear that, what, he was going to rape her? Next thing he knows, she e-mails him some virus. Luckily he has a good virus protector on his computer that caught it. Of course, she denied that she sent it to him, and - here's the weirdest part of all - told him that her boyfriend (who is in prison ) is a "black magic" practitioner and he (my husband) had better not try anything against her. WTF? All he wanted to do was take photos. She's the one who flaked on him - now she's threatening HIM with her jailbird "boyfriend" doing what -- cursing him? It is laughable but also just so whack that it makes no sense. I don't know if this chick is on drugs or what. I told DH he was better off not having gone anywhere with her - she sounded like the type who'd claim he tried something with her, and it would be her word against his. He agreed.

So what's your crazy nutjob person story?

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Translation: Her BF in prison told her he didn't want her to go off alone with a man. End of story.

Yep, that was my take too. She never thought twice about it until someone pointed it out to her.

That sucks for your hubs after all that planning, but I agree - chich's crazy enough to say anything. Better off keeping well away, and good you found out now.

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What a nutjob. Just as well he didn't go out there with her - who knows what kind of weird stuff she'd have tried to pull.

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Hmmm here's my take on it (and no offense coz I don't mean it that way, really) but I think your DH got lucky. Because she sounds like the "cry rape" type to me. Don't take that the wrong way (I'm not saying your DH would commit rape or that actual rape cases don't exist) I'm just saying that he was setting himself up (even unknowingly) for what could have been one hell of a fu**ed up scenario.

I don't blame him for wanting to get this book published. Sounds kind of kick ass to me and I think it would appeal to a broad plethora of people out there.

But your DH has GOT to PROTECT himself. If this scenario comes up again, please go with your DH. Maybe even take 1 or 2 more of your mutual friends. For back-up, for witness, so there is no future "allegation" of rape or wrong doing/emotional stress. Because unfortunately we live in a country that 99% of the time will take a woman's word over a man's even with no evidence.

I hope that this post doesn't come off as non-feeling towards rape victims; I in no way meant that. I just wanted to show maybe the other side a bit out of concern for your DH's future endeavors.

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I thought if you practiced any magic and used it to harm somebody, it came back to you like seven/ten fold... (Don't ask, I just had some interesting friends in high school. )

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Rule of Three @Desh
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Dodged a bullet

I'm betting it was this one. I agree that she probably would have cried rape.

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Magic used to harm someone comes back to you three fold. I think I learned that off an episode of Charmed... or maybe it was Buffy.

Ahh, thanks for the clarification! Makes sense.

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