{"id":28626,"date":"2018-01-05T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T00:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/?p=28626"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:19:52","slug":"my-facebook-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2018\/01\/05\/my-facebook-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened After Accepting Blessing’s Facebook Friend Request"},"content":{"rendered":"
How many times do you open up Facebook only to find friend requests pending from people who are very clearly\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>real? This was a major trend throughout 2017 for me. I received SO MANY fake friend requests, I lost count. There was some serious catfishing going on or something… I reported enough fake profiles that Facebook started sending me “thank you” messages for weeding them out!!! You’re welcome, Facebook.<\/p>\n Check this out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meet Hollie Morrison. She was really sweet for taking the time out of her day to add me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bianca was just a young girl looking for positive people to influence her life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oh and let’s not forget about Mary Fannin who hopelessly craved sexual desire. She even provided a link if you wanted to casually get to know her. I wonder what Mary Fannin is up to nowadays.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two weeks before the end of 2017, I received a friend request from someone named “Blessing Dirina.<\/strong>” According to her profile, she claimed to be a member of the Nigerian police force. She had nearly 5,000 friends yet we had 0 mutual friends. Hmm, nothing out of the ordinary there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I let the friend request sit pending during the holidays assuming it would be gone in a week or two once somebody else reported it. Except, when I checked back on January 1, 2018 it wasn’t gone<\/strong>. It was still pending! I began to further investigate her “profile.” Here is what I found:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her Facebook account began to feel more real once I realized her history goes back SEVERAL years. This wasn’t just an account someone whipped up out of the blue. It has history. She has a ton of photos of herself too! I started to wonder, if this “Izibeya” guy gets a 2018 full of Blessing, well, why shouldn’t I?!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dirina even offered me 7 solid reasons to add her as a friend validated with a “yea.”<\/p>\n It was in that moment that a decision was made. 2018 is my year of acceptance and it all begins with saying yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is like I always say, “It only takes one yes to bless.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My favorite thing was when I woke up the next morning to a missed video call from Blessing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Darn it. She could have been sending me my first miracle and I totally missed my window of opportunity!!! I told myself I must ensure my heart remains open to future Blessings.\u00a0On that same note, the fact she she video called made me honestly wonder if she was, in fact, TRULY a real person. Could Blessing Dirina REALLY be REAL!?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yesterday, while sitting around at home avoiding the crazy snowstorm, I got a notification on Messenger. It was Blessing Dirina checking in. I asked her to please make the snow go away. She launched a new video call request and I knew the line between us needed to be open for her Blessings to transfer so I accepted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just like that, I ACCEPTED AND OFFICIALLY MET BLESSING DIRINA!!!! Blessing and I shared a wonderful conversation that morning. SHE’S REAL. Not only is she real, she is actually AMAZING! She showed me around Nigeria where she works. I found the stark difference in weather there vs. here so amusing. Everyone in Nigeria was wearing shorts while on my end, I couldn’t show her anything beyond my own house because of the bomb cyclone snowstorm that had me trapped inside.<\/p>\nMeet Blessing Dirina<\/h2>\n
I accepted Blessing Dirina’s friend\u00a0request.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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