Is this woman barking?

[agentkatebeckett]

My friend at work - let's call her M - is splitting from her husband and has understandably been really upset. Another colleague - R - who I think is a bit odd sometimes, (comes out with ridiculous stories such as her parents being millionaires despite no evidence to support it, has been on the scene at two major local disasters, which is either spectacularly unlucky or a pile of crap, exaggerates her qualifications - she doesn't have a PhD as I have seen her application ) sent her what M said was a lovely email in support. But...

Basically the language sounded a bit wrong for R so M Googled a few lines. Lo and behold the entire thing was a composite of quotes from some online site:

www.coolnsmart.com/breakup_quotes/

What would you make of that? Would you say something to her? M thinks it is really insincere, especially as R has been hanging round M lots since this all happened. M thinks she is some kind of ghoul - wwyd?

I wouldnt do or say anything. The woman sounds a bit lonely and is bigging herself up to impress people or make friends. The quotes thing is possibly her way of looking for the right words to say because she couldnt think of anything herself, so not done with any malice.

Sounds like deep down she feels very unworthy and therefore lies/ exaggerates to make herself sound "worthy" enough of friendships/ relationships. Sounds like the email is an extension of that - her own words aren't good enough so she steals other people's and tries to take the credit. I would just steer clear of R - I wouldn't call her a "ghoul" but I would note to myself that she is psychologically unstable and therefore maintain only the most minimal, superficial relationship.