Unfortunately, some of those who perpetuated the lies got used to it, and assumed I'd do that always. I won't. So, when one sibling in particular rushes over to my sons wagging papers she's certain will prove their father's a dolt, as she recently did, it will be countered. It will be countered for three reasons:
- It will be countered to illustrate the hypocrisy in the platform she's using.
- It will be countered because my sons are sick of hearing it.
- And it will be countered because she's wrong.
Ironically, the platform she's using is the same one I was kicked out of when I made a comment that my ex found offensive (Weight of Gravity). That platform is not one held for equal voices, which is why I make mine heard here. It's one for those that are self serving. If I make a comment that calls the paper wagging into question, I'm asked to leave. If the paper wagging seems self-supporting, it's allowed, even if it is harmful to the psychologies it's aimed at.
To my sons credit, they each questioned her. They questioned her publicly the way they've questioned things privately. They're asking questions that have answers outside her control which is why she's wagging papers. Papers, as one of them discovered, that are 8 years old. Papers that hold elements of the story I've been telling. One that remains unchanged, as another noted.
They're also seeing things through their own eyes. Following the funeral of my dead uncle one remarked to me that he'd be "pissed" if my siblings show up at my funeral. Another told her they aren't interested in talking to her about this no matter how many papers she wags. Those are mature responses, responses unwilling to allow something opposite than the truth they have lived.
They're authentic.....
