Dear Certain Middle-aged White Dudes:
There must not be a bar, laundromat or coffee shop in your town. That’s the only reason I can think of that you would try to get close to women on Words With Friends.
I first noticed this phenomenon with “Sam.”
I play WWF with random strangers all the time. But he was the first to chat. At first, I just thought he was being nice. But then …
I didn’t reply to his last comment, kicked his ass in the game, and never heard from him again.
Then came “Martin.”
Actually, I didn’t reply. He was undeterred.
Fellas, I don’t want to get to know you better on WWF. I’m good, thanks.
I asked my regular opponent Adam about this trend. He said women occasionally would flirt with him. Then he changed his profile photo to a pic of his cat. He had some special advice for me:
Instead, I think I’ll use this as my profile picture:
It has made me laugh all week. Maybe it will give you weirdos enough joy that you don’t have to slide into my chats.
Yours with a different kind of score (you know, the triple-word kind),
Beth
Observe and report 
I am shocked that none of that escalated. (I mean, I’m happy it didn’t, but I am legitimately surprised.) Normally if you don’t answer a guy’s message right away, things get ugly FAST.
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Yeah, me too. I’ve seen that. Obviously, I’m also happy it didn’t.
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You know what these are, right? As a scarred veteran of the online dating wars, I’d get offers like these all the time. They are typically Nigerian scammers, and they target women who are no longer in their 20’s (ahem…we know you are still there, but I digress)…and when it escalates, they eventually ask you for money. It’s so sad that they’re now pulling these tricks on games as well as dating sites. Sheesh.
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Oh no. And who would give money to random folks they meet through games?
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