Teddy Wayne describes his long back-and-forth with an overseas scam artist:
"Claire" quickly asked me to send her money by Western Union so she could come back to the U.S. and be with me, her "husband." Over the next three months, I kept up an ongoing dialogue via Facebook messages and chat in which I continually found ways to irk her by screwing up the Western Union payment, demanding she send me more photos and de-friend the other men on Facebook she'd added in hopes of scamming them, claiming I'd lost all my money during Irene, and repeatedly confiding in her that I had chronic diarrhea and hoped she would still love me.
A favorite exchange:
Teddy Wayne: i am afraid you will stop loving me once you have to live with my chronic diarrhea. please tell me you will not let it get in the way of our love.
Claire Anrie: i wont i promise you my love
Teddy Wayne: thank you. it has gotten worse with the stress from the hurricane but i am only having "episodes" 12 or 13 times a day now.
– but enough about me. how are YOU?Claire Anrie: 24 and you?
Teddy Wayne: 32. i have had the chronic diarrhea since i was 24, though, so we have something in common!
Claire Anrie: what we have in common is love
Teddy Wayne: yes. love, and your age being the age when i developed chronic diarrhea.
Claire Anrie: – and i will always be there for you my love
– honey when are you sending me the money i asked you?
The Dish 