Of course, on WS we have to take facebook postings as rumor. My burning question is, if all the people knew about all the horrible things Gypsy was having done to her, WHY on earth didn't anyone say ANYTHING!!!! They knew these things and now have the GAUL to post on facebook that they knew and did nothing!
Maybe it has more to do with the by-stander mentality than anything else. Maybe they saw red flags but in the back of their heads they reasoned "it's none of my business" or "it's probably not as bad as it looks" or whatever reasoning led them to just note it at the time, but then do nothing else about it.
I think part of the reason for that kind of thinking is that no one really wants to believe it IS as bad as it looks (or worse). Especially when it's someone in your own family. I mean really, if you think about it, every family has that ONE guy, or woman, who displays all sorts of behaviors that seem off. He may be a jerk or she may seem like a drama queen or whatever... you suspect they're weirder or meaner than what you've seen but you don't really think they're the next Eileen Wournos or Ted Bundy. I mean, not really. Right?
Until they get arrested and you're slamming your head off the desk asking yourself WHY you didn't pay closer attention to the signs. I mean most people likely wouldn't go on SM and start saying "I knew it all along!" but in private, in your thoughts, you might be saying that to yourself.
Maybe it's part self-preservation. Maybe it's part selfish I don't-care-ism, maybe it's a ton of stuff all rolled into one. As they say, hindsight is 20/20 and those in the Pitre/Blanchard family are discovering that right now and likely weeping over what they knew, what they thought they knew and what they
didn't do. I can't even imagine being a family member right now, or what they're forced to deal with NOW, now that Gypsy finally said "enough" and ended nearly 24 years of mental abuse the way she did. Sadly, someone finally DID do something to stop it.
Once again, just thinking out loud. MOO.