Sherbie
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Very thoughtful and well written post. Of course there is the parallel to Scott Peterson's behavior after Laci went missing - the partying, the lies, the apparent lack of concern. Yet so many people described Scott and Laci as a very loving couple. I think, just like Scott went through the motions of being a loving husband, Casey went through the motions of being a loving mother. Neither of them have the capacity deep inside to feel love, except for themselves.
I think Casey doesn't show grief because she doesn't feel grief. She believed that eventually everyone would simply forget Caylee ever existed and they'd stop asking questions, just like Scott Peterson believed people would forget about Laci and he could romance Amber publicly after a month had passed.
It's said that sociopaths learn to emulate the emotional reactions of others because they have no real emotions of their own. If Casey has never observed a mother's grief, she has no idea how to fake it.
Thanks, Chilly. :blowkiss:
That's exactly the alternative to the accident/psychologically blocking it scenario that I hate to think about. But if she didn't have some sort of break with reality, what you describe has to be the case -- there's no way anyone with any kind of feeling (especially a mother's love for a child!) could be so HAPPY after losing the child...UNLESS they are just incapable of feeling guilt, grief, loss.
So I agree, in the absence of a break with reality, this just about has to be the case -- she didn't appear emotional or sad because she actually wasn't. She might have even been relieved. Lordy, I hate to even type that, but what other alternatives are there to those two scenarios to explain her happy demeanor all that time?
Either way, it's so sad for little Caylee. I hope and pray that the minuscule chance she's alive somewhere -- that Casey gave her away or sold her or something -- might turn out to be the case. The likelihood is so small, but wouldn't it be the most wonderful news ever for it to be true!