Christ on a bike. Doing wheelies.
Just went & read end of previous thread & thus her last Evil Email.
(That was somehow almost Evil Emus. I'm really tired, but I'm not sure why my subconscious has taken against emus. V early childhood memories of Rod Hull & his somewhat sinister antics? But see me digress...) How could anyone, ever, make a comment like that about a survivor of CSA? I mean, I know people are stupid. I am routinely frustrated by The Stupid. And am only too aware that people are Not Good with even the concept of girls/women as perpetrators of sexual abuse (& as such will perform frantic mental gymnastics to try to avoid the concept). But that's a special level of wrong all it's own. A neatly labelled little shelf of wrongness upon which she sits. Or commutes between that & her other levels of wrong I suppose. But needs an oxygen tank to breathe at that elevated level of sheer wrong. Am vvv glad you were able to laugh about it - & totally get the Inappropriate Dark Humour Of Coping (turns out that when someone is telling a teenager that they're exceptionally intelligent & articulate & should thus journal &/or email them rather than self-harm & go seemingly interminably rattling on about teenager's insight & intellect apparently the appropriate response is NOT "mmm, yes, get much sharper & I'll cut myself - oh, wait, sorry, that's the problem isn't it?") but am sure you're only too well aware how devastating that comment could've been for lots of people (exacerbating simple fact of her broadcasting something lots of people don't tell anyone/tell v few people about - as she was assuming was case with you, vile article that she is). What sort of deeply warped person DOES something like that?! It's beyond cheekyfuckery & into something worse. Bleurgh.
Also, you win for being in recovery from bulimia & SH. Yes, yes you do. Not entirely sure what. Life, quite possibly. Should totally have a party for that. And put lots of pictures of it on FB. And get all your invitees to, too. Including a sleepover for some of the DC, of course
(I'm actually not sure how long I've been self-harm-free for now it's been so long. Sadly am still putting the fun in functional anorexic, but you can't have it all, can you?)
Still boggling over her sending that email. I mean, just... so much SPITE. And obvious spite. Not even well-dressed-up. (Everyone with any class knows spite should always wear evening dress. With either a top hat or a tiara as appropriate.)
Also, what she said about the toilet, while I'm sure she thought it sounded terribly clever - it sounded more like you obsessively scrub your toilet. Or have seriously misunderstood the concept of bog-diving.
Sending the bookmarks allows you to keep on going full Julie-Andrews-at-start-Sound-Of-Music on the moral high-ground. If Zilla's children are at same school as your DC I'm assuming the teachers may recognise the bookmarks as your handiwork. Any chance one of your MN chums could make it known she's not ponied up for them?
New email is utterly bonkers. Particularly hilarious she managed to land on exact date you & your DH were practically glued to each other. Whereas she seems to just be on glue
I mean just... who even what the why now?! What the hell's she hoping to achieve?! What can possibly be going on inside her tiny mind?!
Am v impressed by your stoicism & in-stride taking. I do get the Weathering All The Shite And Carrying On, but must be a wee bit...disconcerting, if nothing else...to have her suddenly flip & start sending these spiteful emails that are intended to really REALLY hurt you & destroy your relationships, even though her - transparent - attempts are failing so very epically.