OK. I remember seeing Jodi's Editor of the Year letter before, but looking at it again I find it even more disturbing. Maybe because it has had time to sit and rot for a while.
This is just referring to the portion cited above:
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1. Was she doing a favor for a friend, or just trying to attract attention to herself? Hm. Tough one.
2. Did she specifically want "people" (the circle of friends she was still trying to insinuate herself into) to know that
her section was bigger than
Katie's section because that meant Travis liked her (Jodi) more? Respected her more? Depended on her for more? Wrong, wrong, wrong. Maybe it was just busy work he threw her way to keep her out of his hair. And who knows what kind of job she did. I can imagine. Just reading a portion of this email makes it clear she's just pretending to know "how" to write, but it's really just disjointed, badly-formed bits and pieces. I know the rules of composition are loosened for email (and blog posts, thank goodness). That doesn't get under my skin as much as Jodi pretending to be a Master of the Craft of Writing. Also, any self-deprecation on her part is only a passive-aggressive attempt to get other people to compliment her.
3. "Logically, I am your friend too." Never mind the misuse of "logically." This innocuous-looking statement of friendship is a demand and a threat.
4. "... being the human that I am..." Oh, Jodi. It's never a good sign if you have to remind people about your humanity. (Plus, of course, there's the obvious irony of your statement.)
5. "... I feel I never got the proper 'credit' or recognition as your girlfriend...." I hate you, Jodi. If you don't like the way someone treats you, back off. Or leave altogether. Do not try to use past relationship issues to twist somebody's arm after the relationship. And maybe Travis did give her what he considered to be the "proper" credit and recognition. He just wasn't that into her. I'd bet money that he never shared Jodi's "boyfriend/girlfriend" fixation, and maybe never thought of her as His Girlfriend. (Is "frenemy with benefits" a thing?)
6. Refer back to the beginning if you wish blah blah blah. That doesn't sound at all shrewish, not at all.
7. She wondered if he'd ever subscribe to the philosophy that behind every great man is a great woman? Oh, come on. What "great woman" are we talking about? Jodi was the knife-wielding psychopath behind him. Not the same thing. Apples and oranges, pretty much.
8. "... that philosophy is a two way street.." Jodi, what does that even mean? In
front of every great woman is a great man? Is that what you're trying to say? If so, that's a weird thing to say. Plus it has nothing to do with anything else you've written.
9. She comes right out and tells him she knows he's hesitant (understatement of the year) to "grant her recognition" in front of his friends. She leaves out "because I'm scary." Anyway, it's all just her usual passive-aggressive blackmail. Maybe she wouldn't feel the need to do Thing X (beg for attention) if he would do Thing Y (make sure all his "other" [i.e. "real"] friends know what good friends he and Jodi are). Basically "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, but one way or another you will pay attention to me!" Did Travis know about the sex tape at this point? (Maybe if her own life weren't such a vacuum, she wouldn't need Travis' friends, life, coattails, etc., and we wouldn't be where we are today.)
10. "I'm going to digress a bit..." No. Really? Jodi?
11. "Despised" is maybe not a word one wants to use in an ostensibly friendly letter. Particularly in reference, in any way, to someone who is dearly loved by the letter recipient.
12. "I could care less now." Again, not quite the right tone. And it's "couldn't." And nobody believes you.
13. "Double-edge sword?" Huh? How so? That's like "two way street" above. What's her point? Whatever it is, she's not making it.
14. "If Deanna was happy, Travis was happy, Jodi was happy." OK, that's not the least bit creepy. It comes off as totally sincere to tell the person you're obsessed with that it makes you happy to see how happy somebody else makes them. Wait, no, it doesn't sound sincere. It sounds creepy.
Having any kind of dealings with Jodi is like stepping in gum. You'll never get rid of her. You'll end up tracking her around everywhere you go.
Fortunately gum does not kill you.
