LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

[flatbottom]

Chuck, you are so right, once again. I hope the days are better ahead.

[gottaflylee]

Like is said before, DONT give me any information, just tell him, there is not risk in that is there? If he would like to speak then great, if not, his loss. I am not asking any of you to understand, obviously none of you have been in this situation and I understand people being skeptical, so again, DONT tell me anything, if you happen to know this man just tell him that I am looking for him. My name is Corinne, he would recognize the name.

Lookingforfish, first of all, I do know what you're going through. Over 40 years ago I had a cousin walk out the door never to be found till a few years back when word of his death was reported to us, yes it was sad but closer for our family. I hope this is not the case.
I can under stand why people on this site said what they said this morning. I read you post this am and thought it was vague at best. You gave us very little to go on about your self and this site has been duped before and gets kinda protective with what goes on here.
Next time you may want to make your opening interdiction a little more personal, like...Hi my name is _______ I'm trying to locate my father. He disappeared from_____ in 19___ and we-I have not been able to locate him since.... and so on.
I think we all have learned something from this and I pray that you locate him one day, just realize that he left for a reason and if he does not want to be found, he won't. Another thing, don't be disappointed with what you find, my dad split when I was 3 and did not get to see, talk or know him till I was 17. You are not alone, there are a lot of us that have walked in your shoes...

[Gettinwet]

WOW
I can't believe how cynical everybody is getting lately
I don't understand why all the criticsm was thrown at this person???
Avenger summed it up perfectly, there is no reason to accuse this person of having nefarious motives!! If somebody can help lookingforfish that is awesome, but to tell her that she should just keep moving, we don't trust her, so no thanks. Sportfishermen.com has never been like this before. It takes a lot of courage for a person to go through a search like this, KNOWING, you might not like what you find.
Sometimes, before jumping on someone, howabout putting yourself in their shoes and seeing how it all looks.!?!?
Lookingforfish, I wish you luck in your search and I hope you find what your looking for.

i have to agree with you 100%...if you can't help the girl why respond.....good luck in your search i wish i was able to help...

[KEY-LIME-PIE]

I have walked & continue to walk in your shoes. My dad left for a pack of cigarettes one evening when I was 3 years old......He never came home, ever! I grew up with out a dad. It sucked and still does, he walked out on me and my family and never came back. I finally located him a few years ago...the problem is, he has alzheimers and vascular dementia so severe he doesn't even know who he is. I wounder if he ever even loved me or tryed to see me!!! Good luck finding your dad I hope the end result is much better than the one I found. Just love your children up to heaven!

Tom

[EMTAE]

BS...........WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT WHAT IF.LOOKINGFORFISH BEST OF LUCK HOPE YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED.

[Snapp]

Amazing that this thread has spanded 3 pages..........

[BlueH20Boss]

yeah it spans 3 pages and yet NOTHING has been accomplished. I feel dumber for even reading through all of it. Good luck in the Hunt.

[trollman]

the following facts are now established:

No one begrudges LookingforFish for trying to find her long lost father. SFC is full of caring decent people so everyone on SFC wishes LookingforFish the best of luck in finding her father.

Since LookingforFish is new to SFC (s)he hasn't had a chance to gain any credibility on any subject matter - (s)he is still 90 posts away from a free T-Shirt. We do not even know if she really likes to fish. Consider that if LookingforFish were instead Lucky Lady (sorry to drag you into this Mary, but indulge me) who posted this same thread. I and probably others would perceive this thread very differently.

No one knows whether this early post by LookingforFish is legitimate, in fact some of us are reasonably skeptical. LookingforFish has posted up now a few times and not once about the subject matter that brings us all together = FISHING.

SFC is NOT a Missing person's Forum.

So YOUR HONOR and ladies & gents of the Jury, I argue that at this time this is NOT AN APPROPRIATE first or early post on SFC. IMHO it alters the subject matter dramatically.

Sure, Avenger is right, IF you know Mike Wars, then pass it on and let him decide what to do IF anything.

[xxmacplherexx]

I think he or she is trying to get a free t-shirt!!!I wish I thought of it...

[lookingforfish]

the following facts are now established:

No one begrudges LookingforFish for trying to find her long lost father. SFC is full of caring decent people so everyone on SFC wishes LookingforFish the best of luck in finding her father.

Since LookingforFish is new to SFC (s)he hasn't had a chance to gain any credibility on any subject matter - (s)he is still 90 posts away from a free T-Shirt. We do not even know if she really likes to fish. Consider that if LookingforFish were instead Lucky Lady (sorry to drag you into this Mary, but indulge me) who posted this same thread. I and probably others would perceive this thread very differently.

No one knows whether this early post by LookingforFish is legitimate, in fact some of us are reasonably skeptical. LookingforFish has posted up now a few times and not once about the subject matter that brings us all together = FISHING.

SFC is NOT a Missing person's Forum.

So YOUR HONOR and ladies & gents of the Jury, I argue that at this time this is NOT AN APPROPRIATE first or early post on SFC. IMHO it alters the subject matter dramatically.

Sure, Avenger is right, IF you know Mike Wars, then pass it on and let him decide what to do IF anything.

O.k., I'm not trying to get a free T-SHIRT, and yes, I do like to fish, thanks to my Dad, but trying to find him is more important to me right now.