Well, it surprises me too. Then again, I think people are smart enough to know that the money they would potentially get on here would only help them a very little
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I had a "good" friend, she went the extra mile to pretend that she is my friend, at the end of the day, she learned about my deteriorating health conditions, and recently stopped to correspond with me, I think she finally realized that she is not going to get money from me. In the last three months she would only ask me for money when we talk, she wouldn't talk about anything else. I did tell her about my circumstances before, but I think she blindly believed that I would send her money, despite my own lack of income, and the fact that she works full-time.
I thought of sending her a message to tell her what I think about this, but then decided rather to keep to myself, learn from it. Also joined a penpal site, in hope to find a pen-pal, sadly it seems like the majority are looking for friendships/marriages with financial benefits.