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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it isn't grooming by "Pap", but it just feels really [i]wrong[/i] to me. I feel like the gift of an iPhone is not just extravagant, but a way of sidestepping communicating with DD through her parents. We both have cell phones and landlines that he could contact her through. The only thing I can figure he can do through a cell phone of her own that he can't do through our phones is Snapchat.

20:47 that is a great idea, thanks! Right now, the phone is powered down and in my purse. I will look into how I can set controls on it. Her email address already automatically forwards any incoming mail to my and ex-husband's own email accounts. Maybe I can do the same with text messages?[/quote]

That was my initial feeling, too...that the gifted phone was the perfect way to communicate with her privately. If I were you, I would go as far as texting him back with something like "this is DD's mother. She will not have access to this phone in my house. She will talk to you next time she sees you." Let him know EXACTLY where that boundary is...and that you've got your eye on him. Any potential "grooming" will likely stop right there. Predators (not saying he is one, but like you said...blood running cold) thrive on those little loopholes where they know no one is watching. [/quote]

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