Joel

How long did it last and what are your current thoughts/feelings on it?

Replicants were defined as very humanlike androids but, in the new movie current replicants are being made. Now they are clearly bioengineered humans-so artificially insemenated super-humans not androids. Calling the different types of being the same thing causes great confusion if the comments from friends (who are scifi fans mean anything) are any indication.

I came home the other night to one of my parents on the phone with "Apple Support" and it looked like the computer reloading after an update. This was at approximately 9PM so I asked what was going on. I was told that a call came in from Apple support detailing their computer had been hacked 47 times and assisted them by going to a GOOGLE HELP SITE to update the computer. The parent had been on the line for an hour already and was just waiting with this screen indicating it would be ready in 35 minutes. There was a woman on the end of the line constantly talking. I had to intervene to get the call to end and disconnect the computer. I changed as many passwords as I could. The parent in question kept claiming they didn't think they did anything wrong and had disconnected before the thing was completed even after I told them that wasn't the case. I told them to not use the computer until it could be cleaned in a few days time.  Thoughts, suggestions? My brain is fried.

I met a middle aged woman through a friend. I didn't think to ask her out because she was in mutual flirtation with him. After talking to him thinking it was just a matter of time before they were an item, he revealed his reasons for not being interested in her at all.

1) She's older than him (40 something) although she looks younger.

     1a. No one he knows dates older women, only younger. He's only into 20 somethings.

2) She has a 16 year old son that she dotes on.

Days later, I thought about my conversation with her and realised I was very interested in her. I mentioned it to my friend and he reiterated his thoughts while transferring them to me. He strongly stressed the fact she had a son and I didn't want to be with someone who had a child.

He added that she had a good job and is self sufficient so she wouldn't be interested in a guy who made significantly less money. This was finished off with a classic "I'm not gonna tell you what to do..."

His reasoning is illegitimate and he's being a terrible wingman. I never asked him to be one, but he's been completely negative. I asked him to keep it to himself and found out the next day that he didn't keep his mouth shut. 

I don't know if he likes the woman, or what. If he does, I would step aside as he knew her first and has formed a bond. If not, I'm not sure why he isn't encouraging me, or getting out of my way, or giving me valid reasons to not date her.

If you have thoughts on this, please share them.