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> She floats around church social groups, who all sort of give her a few months and then punt her to the next group. My teenager and her friends know someone l
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
> She floats around church social groups, who all sort of give her a few months and then punt her to the next group.
My teenager and her friends know someone like this who they described as "speedrunning friendships", and honestly that's the best description you're going to hear.
- thwayunion 4y agoIt's even worse. She cycles through, as in multiple times with each group. The church knows her issues, so they cycle her through 3-4 small groups for a few months at a time so that she's included and taken care of but not overly burdensome on any particular group of people.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoThe patience of saints. Good to know that someone's keeping an eye on her, I guess.
- datavirtue 4y agoThey are also very patient with sexual and financial predators in their midst. If I was going to make my living scamming, my home base would be a large fundamentalist christian church. Over 40, bald and fat? Want teenage girls fighting each other for the chance to be your bride? I can point you in a few directions. They will even house, feed, and clothe you until you can get on your feet and ravage their flock.
- thwayunion 4y agoYeah, we had to intervene with respect to a particularly scummy financial planner from the church in particular. Completely idiotic fixed income products that made no sense relative to the alternatives. He was a non-fiduciary and taking commission plus absurd fees, of course. The church is a net positive and mostly saints, as GP characterizes. But anywhere you find a high trust environment with low barrier to entry there will be some wolves in the flock.