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pearbottomjeans · 19/04/2025 20:53

Why do you need to think anything? She’s been through the mill to say the least, nice that she’s got a new companion and I for one would be making all the money I can off of that fucking sordid ordeal.

Stripeyanddotty · 19/04/2025 20:54

Why do you have to think anything?
Do you think that the burden of shame is hers? That she should suffer for the rest of her life?

ArtemisiaTheArtist · 19/04/2025 20:55

I wish her the best. Other than that, I'm keeping my sticky beak out.

TimeForATerf · 19/04/2025 20:57

Good for Gisele, she’s in her 70s she’s been abused and raped for decades, what’s for you to think about?

whathaveiforgotten · 19/04/2025 20:57

You don’t know what to think? What are you conflicted about?

Gettingbysomehow · 19/04/2025 20:57

I'm surprised she can trust another man. I don't think I could.

Ted27 · 19/04/2025 20:59

All I can think is good for her. She deserves some happiness.

Maitri108 · 19/04/2025 20:59

I'm delighted she's found happiness.

ladygindiva · 19/04/2025 21:00

I'm happy for her

WinterMorn · 19/04/2025 21:00

What’s the issue OP?

Redheadedstepchild · 19/04/2025 21:01

I'd just like to live a quiet life. Not sell my story for an HBO documentary. I'd be too exhausted. I also don't know whether I'd be ready to have any man in my life ever again. Is she being exploited again?

OP posts:
JaneJeffer · 19/04/2025 21:01

“This autumn, she shifted the shame; this spring, she shows the world that neither ignominy nor terror could undermine her confidence in life.”
🙌

CaptainMyCaptain · 19/04/2025 21:02

ArtemisiaTheArtist · 19/04/2025 20:55

I wish her the best. Other than that, I'm keeping my sticky beak out.

Yes. This. It's nobody's business.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 19/04/2025 21:02

All anyone could wish for is that she experiences a smidgeon of happiness from the life she has left.

N.b. Not just a smidgeon, all the happiness possible.

WinterMorn · 19/04/2025 21:03

Redheadedstepchild · 19/04/2025 21:01

I'd just like to live a quiet life. Not sell my story for an HBO documentary. I'd be too exhausted. I also don't know whether I'd be ready to have any man in my life ever again. Is she being exploited again?

Good job you aren’t her then. I can’t believe that anyone would pass judgment on this.

Branleuse · 19/04/2025 21:04

Good for her.

ThatPearlPanda · 19/04/2025 21:04

Honestly, good for her if she’s found a new partner who she’s happy with, that’s fantastic and I’m pleased to read it. They should be left in peace.

Bruisername · 19/04/2025 21:04

She’s doing the HBO to make sure the story is told on her terms I’m sure. Would you rather it was just left to some bad actors?

let her have some happiness without speculating behind her back

thehorsesareallidiots · 19/04/2025 21:06

Redheadedstepchild · 19/04/2025 21:01

I'd just like to live a quiet life. Not sell my story for an HBO documentary. I'd be too exhausted. I also don't know whether I'd be ready to have any man in my life ever again. Is she being exploited again?

You have no idea what you'd do in her shoes. Neither have I, for which I thank the fucking stars. You have no idea what her financial position is. You have no idea what she is finding helpful as she tries to reconstruct a life after massive, overwhelming trauma.

I hope she is healing as much as possible and finding peace and happiness. The how is none of my fucking business.

BoIIocks · 19/04/2025 21:07

Redheadedstepchild · 19/04/2025 21:01

I'd just like to live a quiet life. Not sell my story for an HBO documentary. I'd be too exhausted. I also don't know whether I'd be ready to have any man in my life ever again. Is she being exploited again?

Well you weren’t repeatedly raped by dozens of men as your husband drugged and filmed you (I’m guessing), so what would you know about what you’d do?

Good for Gisele. She needs to own the narrative of her story.

CagneyNYPD1 · 19/04/2025 21:08

Good for her. She deserves happiness and has every right to live her life to the fullest.

I hope she makes a heap of money from her book and from HBO so that she can live a comfortable, content retirement.

CalicoPusscat · 19/04/2025 21:11

It's lovely if she's met a nice companion though

Frozenpeace · 19/04/2025 21:13

Absolute fair play to her from me. What a story to tell the world, that there is a life to be lived after everything she was put through, and everything she bravely went to to hold her rapists to account.

I hope she got a decent sum of money from it that she can use to build a new life

Simonjt · 19/04/2025 21:13

Ah yes, as she is a victim of a crime her actions must now be policed so she remains a worthy victim. What a surprise.

Frozenpeace · 19/04/2025 21:14

Redheadedstepchild · 19/04/2025 21:01

I'd just like to live a quiet life. Not sell my story for an HBO documentary. I'd be too exhausted. I also don't know whether I'd be ready to have any man in my life ever again. Is she being exploited again?

That's nice, I would feel the same. But I am guessing you and I wouldn't have had to the guts to do what she did in the first place and I admire her so much.

It is possible to move on after abuse.