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to think that my darling teen niece has lied about something so serious she has potentially ruined someones career?

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ReesiRoo · 13/06/2009 11:37

My lovely neice is 13 years old. Since the start of secondary school at age 11 she has been bullied. Although it has been all verbal and never violent, it has had a huge impact on her life and i've seen her go from a bubbly, confident girl to one who sits in her room constantly and doesn't know how to communicate anymore. It got to the point where DNeice was getting abuse from most of the kids in the class at every lesson, at break time, walking home from school, so it was happening several times a day. She is very bright but hates school or anything remotely academic as a result of the bullying.

My sister (neices mum) knows all about the bullying but has as much told her to get on with things and tell the kids to fuck off. Easy enough if neice was like that, but she is so painfully shy, it is never going to happen. I have thought about going into school to sort it for neice, but I didn't want anything bad to come of it, like making it worse for her, or my sister and I falling out. My neice has asked sister to move school on so many occasions, but Dsis has always refused, just for an easy life I suspect.

So now after 2 years of this DNeice has made an allegation towards one of her teachers. I can't go much into it but the teacher has been suspended and police have been involved. Dsis is STILL making DNeice go to school while all of this is happening and somehow, the kids in her class have got to know about it and as you can imagine, her life is a living hell with all the questioning and pointing, and word spreads quickly, so most of her year know about it now.

Thing is, I think my neice's allegations are false. I completely understand her reasons for coming up with this allegation, she wanted a way out, a way to actually make sis send her to a new school as it was probably the only way for her to get out of this hell hole of a school. I don't know what to do. If I ask DNeice directly, she will think I don't trust her and I am really the only adult figure in her life who she sees as reassurance and trustworthy, someone to talk to (least I hope she feels that way). Please advise.

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AitchTwoOh · 13/06/2009 21:08

exactly, dittany, trolling's trolling. and basically shitty behaviour.

but clearly silenced has learned her lesson on that one?

expatinscotland · 13/06/2009 21:09

'that there is just a sprinkling of possibility that there may be truth in this, just that it has been done about in such a back-to-front, higgledepigglede way that it made people point the finger more quickly?'

No, no I don't. Because the OP, who then forgot to change her name back, has been on here starting all kinds of horrible threads under her usual name.

AitchTwoOh · 13/06/2009 21:10

love, i think you're a troll and i think you're fucked in the head tbh. but what has made you like this could be a wealth of sad and very real stories. i hope you're getting some help with dealing with your rl issues.

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 13/06/2009 21:11

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chegirl · 13/06/2009 21:11

Someone posted a lot on a child bereavement site.

She made friends with a lot of vunerable, devastated people. She msn and pm'd them. They were generally people who had lost a child the same age and in some cases the same way.

She posted pictures of her child and a link to an memorial site. I lit a candle or two on their myself.

She suffered a traumatic pg and termination and posted about it.

Her 'partner' came on and informed us that she had 'gone to join [childs name] in heaven'. She had taken her own life.

Cue many many distressed posts. Parents grieving the loss of their children. Parents who also would like to join their children, almost envious that this woman had done so. Its hard to imagine but, believe me, I have been there.

There were several members who were utterly distraught that they didnt help more, do more to prevent this awful event.

Turned out to be a lie from start to finish.

No child, no death, no termination, no boyfriend.

All the work of some sick individual who wanted to be part of a club. A club that no-one wants to join. She had used pictures of a relative's child and set up a false memory website.

The website this happened on has not been the same since. It is now less accessible and harder to join. It still helps people but it will miss many more because newly bereaved parents will not always want to negotiate complicated registration.

MySilencedPast · 13/06/2009 21:12

Ok, I think enough has been said and this thread should be laid to rest.

dittany · 13/06/2009 21:12

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SomeGuy · 13/06/2009 21:12

It's simple for mnhq to prove this is a troll - lola and the op will have the same IP. MNHQ should really state whether or not this is the case and then delete the thread if it is.

expatinscotland · 13/06/2009 21:13

'Ok, I think enough has been said and this thread should be laid to rest. '

Too bad it's not up to you to decide.

Please, go find a compulsive liar website or something.

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 13/06/2009 21:16

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dittany · 13/06/2009 21:16

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AitchTwoOh · 13/06/2009 21:16

a compulsive liar support website, i presume..?

HecatesTwopenceworth · 13/06/2009 21:17

I agree, SomeGuy. Sometimes people need to know. Every time something like this happens, a little bit of trust is lost and it is worse when you are just left wondering.

Same thingie - what you said or different one. Simple to confirm and would remove this speculation.

She can't come back and say it was the same cos they were using the same computer (as someone did ages ago, remember?) because she said she was on MSN with the op, so clearly in different place.

AitchTwoOh · 13/06/2009 21:18

yyy no more deletions. we can all read, we don't need to be babied. the advice that this loop-the-loop got was good.

QuintessentialShadow · 13/06/2009 21:21

Lola??

Are you a troll?

You had me believe your Lola persona for a long time prior to this then.

expatinscotland · 13/06/2009 21:23

Don't feel too badly, Quint. You weren't the only person taken in.

Kimi · 13/06/2009 21:24

I thought Lolathe showgirl was a regular poster or is there another lola?

Ninkynork · 13/06/2009 21:24

chegirl, what a horrible experience. Awful

I have felt very sorry for "you" in the past, Lola, but this is truly shameful. Get help, please.

QuintessentialShadow · 13/06/2009 21:25

So, are we to believe that ALL the recent sick trolling posts have originated from ONE source?

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 13/06/2009 21:25

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RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 13/06/2009 21:26

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HecatesTwopenceworth · 13/06/2009 21:26

kimi - someone can post for a long time and not be 'real'. Some people build up a whole fantasy life for years, lurching from crisis to crisis, getting support and sympathy, and it's all false. So who knows? but simply having posted for ages means bugger all.

expatinscotland · 13/06/2009 21:26

I think the thread should stand.

It really does speak for itself.

QuintessentialShadow · 13/06/2009 21:28

Bloody hell. I prefer going out to dig a 30 meter trench while battling with moscitos the size of lorries, to this. Crapola.

Kimi · 13/06/2009 21:28

wonder why she changed