November 1, 1999.

From the Aren't you glad it didn't happen to you? Department:

This happened to an ex-girlf of a friend of mine.

About a year ago, she became involved with a guy she met - where else? - over the Internet. And a month ago, he came to the city to get a visit with her & her young daughter.

And it wasn't until after he'd gone back to Australia that she found a link from his website leading to a pornography site. Following the link, she discovered pictures of herself & this young man. Having sex. Pictures she didn't remember him taking.

But I suppose the worst part about breaking up with him is figuring out what to do about her brand new engagement tattoo.

This story was told to me the other day, and my first response was, 'so did you get the website address?' Not a question that would've gone over that well, I think. But I still feel curious, maybe because I want to see my friend's ex-paramour in an undignified pornographic pose - having never met the girl, I think it would fill the gap in my imagination occupied by their affair.

And because I'm mean, of course. Duh.