Today was a little unsettling. Somebody who I had a brief platonic association with a long time ago still had my number and texted me today. She said times were hard and some bills had made things tough for her and her three kids. While I like to take people at their word, this sounded sketchy and I pictured her strung out and maybe put up to this by some guy. She offered PICTURES! I passed on them. I might have sent her something except she then said some manipulative, hostile, guilt tripping stuff! Maybe she was just wanting a hand temporarily but I can think of dozens of reasons to just forget about it, and maybe two or three reasons to give up some cash. I'm not doing it. Even if she is doing the best she can, and isn't strung out or into Lotto scratch offs or something else like that, it's not my responsibility to worry about people who would never reciprocate if I needed something. There's no friendship there. She got into my head a little.
Given the demographics here and the dynamics, I have a strong suspicion that many guys get calls like this one. Perhaps most don't want to spill their guts on the forum about it. This one isn't even from here so it shouldn't matter if I talk about what happened today.