It's all about the "he says, she says" bullshit

[wombat_socho]

For some reason best known to God and/or their ids, a number of acquaintances who live in the Ninth Circle of Hell* have felt it necessary to inform me of the doings of my ex-wife and her (apparently) soon-to-be-ex.
My general reaction to this is best expressed by the following picture posted last month by P:

Comments

[huladavid]

Will do. Sorry.

[wombat_socho]

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger; as you may have gathered from my intemperate rant, some of my Detour acquaintances made the same mistake.

[huladavid]

Oh dear... 'Though that is better then the image I had of all of MNSTF calling you up and making things worth.

[huladavid]

Did I at least ask if you wanted to hear about the ex and the door mat? I THINK I did, but I'm not sure.

ex's in general

[anonymous]

i got so tired of people informing me what the 'ex' was doing that i had to get rude with a couple of people. i don't care what he's doing, or with whom. the only way we communicate these days is through our lawyers, since i am a 'gentile' and not worthy of the attention of a morman in good standing with temple recommendations. go have a nice adult beverage and count yourself lucky that you live far enough away that she doesn't decide to show up on your doorstep unannounced for a shoulder to cry on.

[wombat_socho]

David, I don't think I'm on speaking terms with very many people in MNSTF any more, which is no great surprise after I posted a copy of the HRMP replete with snarky comments and historical context here some years back.

[huladavid]

Actually I could picture them swinging in on a rope vine anyway. There's a twisted code of honor in fandom along the lines of, "I must defend my enemy to the death for it is a fine and lonely thing to be a fan yada, blahda, Doo!"

(Side note: I've been going to the occasional MNSTF meeting (it's nice to see people without going to a funeral), but no involvement beyond that.)

[wombat_socho]

Madge, she already did that via email a couple months back when things were starting to go off the cliff. While I may be largely indifferent these days, I'm not about to stand by while someone contemplates suicide...but I'd do that for any j - random stranger.

[jtrainor]

I, and my mother, would appreciate it if y'all would stop trying to drag even more people into the mess that is our lives lately. Our lives are not a soap opera for your entertainment and I'd appreciate it if the whole lot of you (Dad excepted, since I know he won't talk around) would just shut your fat yaps about the subject entirely.

[wombat_socho]

Hopefully things will settle down a bit up there and return to some semblance of order.