And... a very new female friend just asked me in reply to my Facebook post about a vacation if she could join me.

OMG....

I hardly know the woman, so I hope she wasn't serious!!!!

The first real vacation I took for myself, that I paid for, was ruined by a female friend I went with whom I barely knew. The second real vacation I took that I paid for, my honeymoon, was ruined by my ex husband.

I am NOT taking a risk this go around with my third vacation in my lifetime. I will not take that risk. No one is going to ruin this vacation for me.

I am a bit taken aback that she asked and it raises a red flag for me. She doesn't know me either.