I really need advice please help!!!

[Steve]

Also, most of you seem to have thought that he is mentally disabled and dangerous. Guys, I'm not an idiot, yes it may have been stupid of me to give him my address, but i am a god judge of character, i wouldn't have done it unless i was 100% sure he wasn't dangerous or mean spirited, he is not. I have skyped him a couple times and had genuine conversations. he said that stuff about san fran and all that because he thought he really liked me or something i dunno, im not trying to stand up for him, more for myself.
Telling my parents isn't the issue, it's the shock they'll get when they open that envelope, which is totally out of my control

Please, I don't think that you're an idiot. I think, from your first description of the situation most everyone gave you sound advice. As it happens I still think that advice is valid. No matter how much you may have communicated, and in what manner, people who prey on other people show you what they want to show you. They show you what you desperately want to see, and often it isn't truth.

The fact is, he is still blackmailing you. If he's using you by threatening to out this really intense information to your parents, who already know that you're gay, then he must know that this information is worth enough to hold it over your head. Don't see him again. If he cares for you he'll keep this conversation from your parents.

What if you make a miss-step in your dealings somewhere along the line with him? What if he decides he's tired of you, or gaming you? And I do strongly believe that you're being gamed. This is still a control issue for him. Power over you. Do you really want to be a puppet? What if he does have these caps and decides, after making you jump through whatever hoops he provides for whatever reason, to mail what he has to your parents anyway. Blackmail information often lasts forever.

I won't say anymore. Please be careful and be smart.

xx