Kat
Kind words do not cost much
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Because some people are good liars, that's all it is. There wouldn't be any domestic crime if people couldn't fool their friends and family members into trusting them.
Even if Kaine saw something strange, the first reaction is usually denial, especially where children are concerned. If you read some of the high-profile cases here, no family member ever wants to believe that someone could be a bad mother or father, or even want to hurt a spouse.
One example: In the Peterson case, even with all the evidence stacked against Scott Peterson that came out over months and months, his brother and mother and father still took the stand in his defense, even knowing that he killed a pregnant woman and a baby. Laci never saw her own death coming from the father of her unborn child either. She and her family trusted him, but he was a chronic liar.
As far as what this poor woman said about TH, good for her. That's her perception. Whether it matches the reality when all is said and done is another thing entirely.
Hi Thoughtfox, I'm jumping off your post because I noticed you changed your avatar and I miss the D'onofiro one :wink:
JMHO and past experiences in life...
We tend to see other's as we see ourselves. We tend to judge other's by our own actions.
What I'm trying to say (and what I'm trying to teach my teens before they fly from my nest is this~) if we are good people, if we have kind hearts and wouldn't hurt another person intentionally (whether emotionally or physically) if we are law abiding---we view other's as having the same attributes. Especially if we have a friendship or any other type of relationship with them.
Conversely, if someone is capable of lying, is not worthy of trust...etc. They are usually the first ones to accuse you of being such when you aren't JMHO.
This woman defended her friend. I don't know her but within her relationship with TMH she judged TMH by her own sense of common decency and her own love for her own children (if she has any).
Also, it doesn't help when there are certain people we meet in life that will mirror us or present what we want to see in them---to gain our trust, but in fact they are nothing like what they present.
Life is very tricky isn't it?
All JMHO.