To think that some people really just love drama?

[SpiderCharlotte]

I've just been to a 40th birthday lunch for a friend of mine. Was a 'surprise' lunch in a village hall so lots of people there, including someone I remember from many moons ago. I remember her really well because I gave her a really wide berth as she was someone who seemed to fall out with everyone.

We were mulling around chatting etc and I found myself kind of cornered by this woman. She asked me about various mutual friends (who were at the party anyway) then told me how she had fallen out with each and every one and no longer spoke to any of them. She was smiling as she told me this, tried to tell me the details but I said that as I was still friends with them, perhaps it was best to leave it at that and politely made my excuses. About half an hour later, she came back up to me and accused me of being rude and who did I think I was blah blah blah (she was a bit pissed by this point). I just looked at her blankly because I was a bit taken aback before the poor host kind of led her away saying 'please, not here'. I barely know this person. Why do people do this? Are they so bored they have to create drama for themselves? It's weird.

The only problem with ignoring is that it can go two ways. With the colleague above, she eventually moves off to her next victim when she realises you aren't drawn in. They want the 'omg the bastards' response.

Others will carry on embellishing the story in an attempt to gain your outrage. I was once cornered in a shop by someone ranting about some petty livery yard squabble. My response was along the lines of 'oh well, just tell them to buy their own brush' By the time they'd finished adding details the other person was a known thief of everything, didn't pay rent, abused everyone, and if it had carried on long enough would probably have been a serial killer.

I don’t think booze helps. I bet a lot of these fillings out have happened after she’s had a few

I know one...went on to be Conservative party councillor.
Fuck k ows who voted for her.
Could start a fight in a cupboard on her own

My m-i-l is like this.
Her ultimate threat is wiping people out of her will. Like we all give a toss. She has fallen out with DH and his sister but weirdly enough not her two illegitimate children

She sounds hideous.

So people do seem to over complicate life.

I find it tends to be people who have always lived in the same small town and don’t realise that the rest of the world is out there.

I know a drama llama school mum.
Her DD is turning into a mini drama llama too.
We avoid them.

How did u feel when she had a go at you and cornered u?

It pissed me off to be honest, it was such a deliberate attempt to cause an argument at someone else's event, which is such a shit thing to do.