The Saga Continues - Another PM!

[ostarella]

Yes, she did! She sent me another one - which I again have sent to TPTB over at DS. Some neat quotes, folks:

"he was very hungover the Saturday of the Motor City Comic Con by his own admission during the his panel (which I have on camera now)"

Strange - because as I've said before, I was at that con and he certainly didn't look hung over to me. And I'd love to see her film of that panel (again, which I also was at) - must be a wonder in the world of "creative editing"

This referring to some person (no one I know, btw) who is apparently part of the infamous Dirkette Mafia (which, I'm proud to say, she now includes me as a member):

"she will pay for any vandalism to my mother's house no matter who really does it. I weigh more then she does, am stronger and I have my sanity."

Not only does that sound like an absolute threat, but my god - she has her "sanity" - by whose definition?

"I'm too grown up."

Right...

"Karma is a bitch and it does go around"

Does she even know what karma is?

She told me not to bother responding - and there probably is no point, as she would ignore anything I said. Funny, she's perfectly willing to say this crap in a PM but has yet to post publicly on DS. I'll bet when she does, it'll be so profound and full of truths it'll just knock our socks off...

Comments

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

Well, that's been tried. She just gets worse. I used to ignore my boy's tantrums, as well - but then when he started throwing things to get my attention - let's just say he got it. And he learned not to do it again. Unfortunately, she apparently doesn't catch on as quickly as a three-year-old...

[odonaill.livejournal.com]

That's true.
We've all tried the "reasoning" approach. That didn't work.
Then we tried the "calm and nice" approach. That went over like a lead ballon.
Then we tried the "ignoring" route. And she got louder.

You can't win with someone who is beyond reasoning with and will scream at the top of their lungs until *someone* turns around and notices it.

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

okay - so I can see that either way... you're not going to win (quickly)... I will never complain about my 3 year old ever again :D

okay - so comparing her to my 3 year old once again... another piece of advice I got (and I am by no means supermum here or anything) was "Choose your battles wisely." Some things I give in to, let my 3 year old win... others I don't. So with this, choose some things to ignore, and others, go all hell blazing :D

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

"Choose your battles wisely."

Definitely. There are a lot of little snide comments she's made that just aren't worth responding to. And a few more that required a subtle "yeah, right" type of response. Then there are the big ones, like accusing Dirk of being a drunk. *That* demanded a strong no-BS response. And basically, that's the progression of her comments - if something gets ignored, she ups the ante. And much as you'd like to ignore everything, on a public forum you really can't - not if you care at all about the people being maligned. Because there are people out there who don't know about her, and will actually believe the crap she spreads (not only about Dirk but about others as well). And I know if it were me being talked about that way, I'd like to think *somebody* would say something in my defense.

[odonaill.livejournal.com]

Well that's just it isn't it?
That's her MO. She does put in these little digs and for the most part people just shake their heads and don't respond, but when she gets the claws out and starts in on the totally outrageous, then your conscience says "I can't let her say these things because I know they aren't true" because there are those out there who *do* believe it.

I do not, nor did I ever, want this woman in my life. I don't want any battles of any sort, but when she comes on and says "he's a drunk", "he was stoned on his cruise", ... I mean..I KNOW this man. It couldn't be further from the truth and when a *friend* is being attacked, you're darn rights I'm going to stand up for them and set the record straight. Put it this way, if she's going to spout off she better have the hard proof to back up what she says. And she simply doesn't. She never did. All the things she said behind his back about his cruise she was on and bragging about "all her friends" who were "witnesses"...not ONE has come forward to back up *anything* she said. To this day.

He doesn't *deserve* this, none of us do.

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

And I know if it were me being talked about that way, I'd like to think *somebody* would say something in my defense.

Absolutely ;-)

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

oh obviously not as clever then ;-)

[bibbinut.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's been tried. She just gets worse. I used to ignore my boy's tantrums, as well - but then when he started throwing things to get my attention - let's just say he got it. And he learned not to do it again. Unfortunately, she apparently doesn't catch on as quickly as a three-year-old..."

I'll say! :-O