Casey Anthony Relationship History

[LCoastMom]

I am starting to rethink KC as a sociopath - although there may be many different patterns of a sociopath, kind of like cancer. Someone has cancer but there are different variances - lung, spleen, breast, etc.

KC had longer relationships and friendships than I ever did. Annie was her bf since high school. Jesse was still in her life, she constantly socialized with people from her past.

KC held on to these people from her past who in many ways hadn't moved very far past the HS/early college mentality of party, party, party til you drop. Every chance you get, for whatever reason we can come up with. No judgment intended, it is a life style choice that most of us grow past when we enter into loving, monogamous relationships and start having families, in order to spend time with our SO and children doing things that are geared more towards our children. We only pull out the party hats occasionally to regress and get stoopid drunk and wake up hung over (or still drunk) and still have to deal with our kids which mainly serves to remind us why we decided to move on in the first place.


I think most of the relationships fell apart when people realized she was a liar - again, not falling apart by KC's choice, but falling apart because her friends and lovers (for lack of a better word) were "on to her".

Or just plain growing, while KC wasn't. Do you consider relationships based on lies and deceit true relationships? Do you lie to and steal from the people you consider close friends? KC uses people, she bleeds them, she hangs on until she gets every last drop. Unless they leave her first. Then she just finds someone new.

KC wasn't moving on, those around her were moving on. EXCEPT for her parents. They put up with her and put up with her lies and deceit. Her mother constantly defended her to others and blamed others for their flaws -

Which is why I think KC had a love/hate relationship with both parents.

She still lived at home at 22 for God's sake.No job, no money except for what they gave her and what she stole. She was at the MERCY of her parents, and she despised that feeling. Without Caylee to worry about, she could be free to go from place to place as a drifter, not worried about where she would be staying every night when things got too rough at home.

This was all by KC's own choice. She was in a management trainee program at Universal. She wasn't fired over misconduct, she wasn't laid off due to hard times. She just walked away, no notice, no phone call, no thank you for the job, no nothing. I doubt trainee programs pay what KC thought she was worth but had she stuck it out she could have used that training anywhere she wanted to go. She had no bills except her cell phone. Holly, then Jesse were babysitting free of charge. She lived in her parents home, free of charge. She kept herself tied to Mommy and Daddy's purse strings all on her own. By not getting in her car every day and driving to her JOB. I have no sympathy for the situation KC kept herself in. She could have moved out anytime she wanted. Exactly how rough were her parents making it for her, that the only time in her life that she attempted to go out on her own, she instead mooched off her ex boyfriend and stole from her current bff?

She lied to make herself appear successful in other people's eyes and I HONESTLY believe she really did care what people (at least friends and potential men) thought of her.

She was disturbed by her mother's outburst when Jesse was there. Her mother made her feel worthless in front of the man she was seeing.

I never heard KC comment on Cindy making her feel bad, Jesse said it made him feel bad. If KC felt bad, why didn't she attempt to improve herself?

She could have told Tony R that she wasn't in any way going over for a booty call, but she didn't. She lied and blamed the nanny and her mom for why she couldn't come over.

Until she did go over. If she didn't want to string Tony along, why the long, long IM conversations? You don't want some guy's attention you put him on ignore. IMO she enjoyed the power she got over not seeing him as much as she enjoyed the power she felt when she did see him.

Will W. - again, she could have just told him "I'm just not that into you." and let that be that - but she didn't - she made up bogus excuses.

She lead this boy/man on, feeding into his ego. Telling him how wonderful he is. Talking to him while waiting at the airport gate for ToNY. Talking at him all morning while ToNY was in school. Inviting him out to a club one night when she and Tony were going to be there together. Will, who admits to having a wicked crush on KC actually showed more maturity and self esteem than I've gotten used to seeing in this bunch by not only saying no, but asking KC why she would extend such an invitation.

Amy - could have told her she was lying about the house situation - but instead, she dragged it on and on giving excuse after excuse for why Amy couldn't move in.

Leaving Amy in Limbo, with no place to live. Left her sleeping on the couch at JP's house, for weeks when she could have been looking for another place or other roommates.

And Tony L. - she shopped for him, cleaned for him, cooked for him, enjoyed playing little miss homnemaker for him - WHY? To keep him. Yes, I think she was desperate for love, attention, adoration and security. And sadly, Caylee did not fit into the lifestyle that KC craved so badly.

KC felt trapped in a life she did not feel was her own. She was stuck in a dead end. She was miserable, saddled down because there were times when she couldn't remain in her parents home without losing it, yet places that she could escape to, Caylee was not welcome.

KC's life was KC's own doing. Caylee would have been welcome at Jesse's, but KC's own jealousy prevented that. Caylee was also welcome at JP/RM's place. They stayed there together several times, before and after KC and RM broke up. I know I read that ToNY said not to bring Caylee around, but I didn't hear it or see it come from him. As matter of fact Clint's gf and Nate's gf both commented on the guys liking Caylee and not minding having her around. I will not give KC points for not taking Caylee to ToNY's house because it wasn't an appropriate environment for a little 2/3 y.o. child, KC had brought her there on other occasions, so why it suddenly became a place Caylee couldn't be will not work for me.

And leaving without her daughter, leaving her daughter behind, was not an option that KC would consider - for she hated her parents hold on herself - they would turn her own DAUGHTER against her if they had that much influence.

Please don't even consider that KC murdered Caylee because she had no place to take her!!! Please! If KC didn't want the responsibility of raising her child and she was too selfish and cruel to leave her with Cindy, where Caylee truly wanted to be. KC could have left her at any hospital or Fire station no questions asked per the Safe Haven law. KC had a slue of choices. The route she selected aside from being illegal and immoral was an act of hostility, selfishness and cruelty to a little 2 y.o. baby. It is an act against nature and against her parents who, imperfect like all of us, love Caylee with their whole hearts. KC wouldn't stand for Caylee taking over as reigning princess in training. She is a spiteful b!tch, since KC no longer wanted Caylee, no one else could have her either. I really hope she remembers Caylee's last breath with every breath she takes, for the rest of her life.

Red by me.

 

[LCoastMom]

I recall at some point RG saying either in an interview or on NG that he had caught Casey cheating on JG with Brandon on MySpace, and I believe he has also said that he believed her to be a liar. (I'm searching for a source to cite on this.) If that's true, then I wonder if KC broke up with JG because they were on to her.

Yes RG alerted JG to KC's cheating while they were engaged. And Brandon does fit the time frame.

 

[Kreeblim]

Yes RG alerted JG to KC's cheating while they were engaged. And Brandon does fit the time frame.

Ah, so CA is NOT the only person to call Casey out in front of JG...maybe RG is responcible for Caylee's demise too. Poor Casey, everyone made her feel like crap for no reason!

missmybaby ITA with your last 2 posts. People come out of alot worse situations than Casey was ever in and don't murder their children. And that's even assuming her situation WAS that bad. Thousands of Holocaust survivors, parental abuse survivors, kids kicked around and raised by foster homes with NO family, kids severely neglected or sexually abused grow up and DO NOT murder their children and then go on partying like nothing happened.

And the POWERLESSNESS people felt in those death camps, or that a kid feels when he's shifted to his 5th foster home in a few years...I guess it just can't compare to the powerlessness one feels when she just can't move out of Mommy's house because it would mean she might have to get a job. Poor Casey. Poor poor Casey.

 

[Ripley007]

Ah, so CA is NOT the only person to call Casey out in front of JG...maybe RG is responcible for Caylee's demise too. Poor Casey, everyone made her feel like crap for no reason!

missmybaby ITA with your last 2 posts. People come out of alot worse situations than Casey was ever in and don't murder their children. And that's even assuming her situation WAS that bad. Thousands of Holocaust survivors, parental abuse survivors, kids kicked around and raised by foster homes with NO family, kids severely neglected or sexually abused grow up and DO NOT murder their children and then go on partying like nothing happened.

And the POWERLESSNESS people felt in those death camps, or that a kid feels when he's shifted to his 5th foster home in a few years...I guess it just can't compare to the powerlessness one feels when she just can't move out of Mommy's house because it would mean she might have to get a job. Poor Casey. Poor poor Casey.

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[jon_burrows]

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What is missing from this seemingly ideal relationship - I honestly believe it was a money factor. KC realized Jesse could not provide the lifestyle she wanted. Her lies about the "nanny". I truly think she would have spared her daughter's life (*sorry, tearing up on this one*) had she met, say, a Jesse who was rich, had money to actually have a real life nanny and devoted his life to making KC happy.

I didn't have the nerve to say it, but I have thought the same exact thing. :hug:

I thought the same thing too.

 

[Seebra]

Red by me.

Please, please please do not get the impression that I at all am trying to defend KC's actions or excuse them in any way.

I hate this woman with my entire being and find her a waste of life on this planet.

I have just heard so many people talk about how she was irresistible to men, how she was constantly leaving them and giving them broken hearts because she got bored.

I cannot wrap my mind around this theory.

I cannot see KC as this desirable woman who "plays" men and enjoys sex because she fills an emptiness with it and is this tigress on the prowl.

Rather, I truly believe that SHE was being used for sex, that SHE was the one being left by these men and that she actually does not enjoy the act of sex, but the power she feels when she is with a man.

I don't think she enjoyed the excitement of the act of sex and I don't think she experienced the pleasure of sex EITHER - I think she was numb - I think she enjoyed proving herself as the woman she thought she was in her own mind, this creature of pure desirability that brought men to their knees.

And if she left a man, it was ONLY because she sensed that he may have been planning to leave her, and she could not take the rejection.

NO, I don't think KC was as desirable as she thought she was in her mind.

I think that she was searching for love (I really believe this) and the men she met were with her cause she was "hot" and put out a lot.

Please don't even consider that KC murdered Caylee because she had no place to take her!!! Please! If KC didn't want the responsibility of raising her child and she was too selfish and cruel to leave her with Cindy, where Caylee truly wanted to be. KC could have left her at any hospital or Fire station no questions asked per the Safe Haven law. KC had a slue of choices. The route she selected aside from being illegal and immoral was an act of hostility, selfishness and cruelty to a little 2 y.o. baby. It is an act against nature and against her parents who, imperfect like all of us, love Caylee with their whole hearts. KC wouldn't stand for Caylee taking over as reigning princess in training. She is a spiteful b!tch, since KC no longer wanted Caylee, no one else could have her either. I really hope she remembers Caylee's last breath with every breath she takes, for the rest of her life.

As far as not having anywhere to bring little Caylee, I absolutely don't think she murdered her daughter for that reason.

But in KC's mind, Caylee was HER property, and she simply did not want the burden anymore, yet she was not about to give "her property" to someone else to raise. She wanted the burden gone forever.

Just my thought process. I CANNOT believe that this woman was someone who did all the using, that men fell in love with her and she broke their hearts.

She was not captivating enough to have a slew of guys fall at her feet. They wanted sex from her because she was easy.

She wanted more from them and perhaps thought her daughter was the reason she was not the goddess she thought she was.

 

[Seebra]

CONTINUED THOUGHT PROCESS OF MY LAST POST:

I truly think that KC had an overinflated sense of ego and worth. She thought of herself as a goddess - having been told most likely by CA many times (I got this from CA's interview, talking about how pretty her daughter was and how her eyes and smile were captivating). Remember, she also got away with SO MUCH with her parents, who enabled her.

I think KC blamed her daughter for the fact that KC was so discardable by men (yes, I think that men discarded KC either because of her lies or because they got what they needed and that was that).

I think KC thought that if not for being a mother, I could truly be a creature of pure desire that no man could resist. They would give me anything I want. I would be a GODDESS.

I think the long conversation with Tony on the night of 6/15-6/16 is a huge trigger. I think that this elusive conversation sealed that innocent child's fate. I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back and set KC's plan in motion.

We don't yet know what they talked about during the longest phone conversation they have ever had (according to cell phone records), but I have a feeling it had to do with Tony not ready to commit to a woman who already had a child.

I have so many more thoughts about this, but for now I will simply leave it at this: I truly believe that this conversation will be used as testimony during the trial and it will PROVE that KC's mindset was to discard her child.

And let me just also state that I think KC is the lowest form on the planet. KC, you don't know what it feels to love anyone. YOU WERE BEING USED - you are not irresistible, and your daughter was worth 100000000000000 times more than your waste of a life.

 

[Clock's Tickin]

KC is an actress above and beyond all else. Her "string" of relationships and the way they overlap are all her doing. She will never admit that. She purposefully pulls them in and just as purposefully pushes them away. The statements she makes to other people about them are all said for show. She uses her words to gain sympathy and to maintain her grand facade. What woman is going to say (especially to a potential new exploit or bff that she intends to take advantage of) "I love men...love to use and abuse and throw them away"? How many peeps would she keep in her entourage that way? Every man she has ever been "in love with" has been a tool. Even KC herself doesn't understand her lack of attatchment. She tries really hard to gain some real emotional bond, but she just can't seem to figure it all out. She walks the walk, and talks the talk, but the connection just doesn't happen so she licks off all the goody and moves on the the next.

 

[Seebra]

KC is an actress above and beyond all else. Her "string" of relationships and the way they overlap are all her doing. She will never admit that. She purposefully pulls them in and just as purposefully pushes them away. The statements she makes to other people about them are all said for show. She uses her words to gain sympathy and to maintain her grand facade. What woman is going to say (especially to a potential new exploit or bff that she intends to take advantage of) "I love men...love to use and abuse and throw them away"? How many peeps would she keep in her entourage that way? Every man she has ever been "in love with" has been a tool. Even KC herself doesn't understand her lack of attatchment. She tries really hard to gain some real emotional bond, but she just can't seem to figure it all out. She walks the walk, and talks the talk, but the connection just doesn't happen so she licks off all the goody and moves on the the next.

This would imply that she is a user, though, and she is in control of her relationships - I'm trying, have tried since the beginning to comprehend this, but I cannot.

If anything, Tony and others have said she was VERY clingy - I think she was desperate for attention and love, and I don't think she ever "threw" a man away. I think she set up the next and the next because she feared that the current would push her away or leave her, and she couldn't stand that. Her desperation for Tony's number in the jail call - she wanted to talk to him so badly. Like I said, I may be way off here, but I really can't accept that she was the one brushing off men and using them. I tried. I can't do it.

Something doesn't fit for me.

 

[Amil]

CONTINUED THOUGHT PROCESS OF MY LAST POST:

I truly think that KC had an overinflated sense of ego and worth. She thought of herself as a goddess - having been told most likely by CA many times (I got this from CA's interview, talking about how pretty her daughter was and how her eyes and smile were captivating). Remember, she also got away with SO MUCH with her parents, who enabled her.

I think KC blamed her daughter for the fact that KC was so discardable by men (yes, I think that men discarded KC either because of her lies or because they got what they needed and that was that).

I think KC thought that if not for being a mother, I could truly be a creature of pure desire that no man could resist. They would give me anything I want. I would be a GODDESS.

I think the long conversation with Tony on the night of 6/15-6/16 is a huge trigger. I think that this elusive conversation sealed that innocent child's fate. I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back and set KC's plan in motion.

We don't yet know what they talked about during the longest phone conversation they have ever had (according to cell phone records), but I have a feeling it had to do with Tony not ready to commit to a woman who already had a child.

I have so many more thoughts about this, but for now I will simply leave it at this: I truly believe that this conversation will be used as testimony during the trial and it will PROVE that KC's mindset was to discard her child.

And let me just also state that I think KC is the lowest form on the planet. KC, you don't know what it feels to love anyone. YOU WERE BEING USED - you are not irresistible, and your daughter was worth 100000000000000 times more than your waste of a life.

Bolded by me
Was Tony L a Grand Jury witness? Could he have testified to the GJ the gist of the conversation of 6/15-6/16? Their conversation did not appear to be part of his LE interview. oooh - what if this seals the conviction?

 

[Seebra]

Bolded by me
Was Tony L a Grand Jury witness? Could he have testified to the GJ the gist of the conversation of 6/15-6/16? Their conversation did not appear to be part of his LE interview. oooh - what if this seals the conviction?

Now I could be way off here, of course. But I have ALWAYS felt that TL was one of the state's most important witnesses with the most privvy information about her mindset during a crucial time.

He spoke with her AT LENGTH the night before, and saw her the very next day with no Caylee.

Yes, I think the state has something extremely important up their sleeve. I just feel bad for TL because he had no idea what was happening, or what his words may have assisted in. Through no fault of his own, and quite innocently, he may have pushed KC off the edge of the cliff.

 

[Theonly1]

Now I could be way off here, of course. But I have ALWAYS felt that TL was one of the state's most important witnesses with the most privvy information about her mindset during a crucial time.

He spoke with her AT LENGTH the night before, and saw her the very next day with no Caylee.

Yes, I think the state has something extremely important up their sleeve. I just feel bad for TL because he had no idea what was happening, or what his words may have assisted in. Through no fault of his own, and quite innocently, he may have pushed KC off the edge of the cliff.

Maybe Casey asked him point-blank to come over (with Caylee in tow) and maybe he told her "you can come, but not Caylee because it's just not cool to have a toddler here right now"...

After all, we've never seen the text messages between Casey and TonE from those fatal days, have we?

 

[Seebra]

Maybe Casey asked him point-blank to come over (with Caylee in tow) and maybe he told her "you can come, but not Caylee because it's just not cool to have a toddler here right now"...

After all, we've never seen the text messages between Casey and TonE from those fatal days, have we?

EXACTLY.

Imagine, and this is how I believe the conversation played out that night:

KC: I can't stay here anymore, had a fight with my mom, we need to talk about where our relationship is going, do you want to be with me or not, blah blah blah.

AL: I don't know KC. I mean I'm young. I want to have fun. You're a mom. I'm not ready to be a dad yet. I'm still in school, planning for my (exciting) future and when I want to have kids I want all boys. I am not sure we have a future together.

KC: upset, desperate. Can't we just see where this takes us? I thought you loved me... I can't stay here. My family is evil. I am losing my mind here.

AL: If you want to talk about it, why don't you stay over tomorrow night and we can talk about it. Come over say about (time)

KC: (wheels rapidly turning) I might not have anyone to watch Caylee. I am DEFINITELY not going to leave her here with my crazy mother.

AL: (SIGHS) see? That's what I'm talking about - you're not free to go out, do anything, you have responsibilities that I am not ready to deal with. Look - I'm here if you find someone to watch her, if you want to talk and be with me, just let me know tomorrow.

Could KC have been so selfish to realize she had to rid herself of her daughter to go hold on to a man? Could she have thought that the only thing standing in the way of her future with Tony was her child? Could she have planned on going to New York with him and realized that bringing Caylee wasn't an option? Did she imagine a life in NY that did not include having a child with her?

Absolutely I believe this could be a very likely scenario.

And the movie "Untraceable" that she rented that night. I think her ulterior motive was that scene with the body in the trunk, sort of a study guide for her.

 

[archenemy toenail]

This would imply that she is a user, though, and she is in control of her relationships - I'm trying, have tried since the beginning to comprehend this, but I cannot.

If anything, Tony and others have said she was VERY clingy - I think she was desperate for attention and love, and I don't think she ever "threw" a man away. I think she set up the next and the next because she feared that the current would push her away or leave her, and she couldn't stand that. Her desperation for Tony's number in the jail call - she wanted to talk to him so badly. Like I said, I may be way off here, but I really can't accept that she was the one brushing off men and using them. I tried. I can't do it.

Something doesn't fit for me.

Think of how easily and carelessly she was toying with WW, though.

I used to work with a girl who reminds me of KC in her relationship patterns. It was like she was just desparate for attention and sympathy, and yet every move she made alwasy seemed so calculated and manipulative and I get the same vibe from KC, that she knew exactly what she was doing or trying to do. I think for most of her relationships the using was mutual, and when they ended, she played the victim for more attention and sympathy, and my guess is that if she was clingy with TL, then there must have been something in his reaction that gave her what she wanted and this was her way of manipulating him.

 

[archenemy toenail]

I think the long conversation with Tony on the night of 6/15-6/16 is a huge trigger. I think that this elusive conversation sealed that innocent child's fate. I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back and set KC's plan in motion.

We don't yet know what they talked about during the longest phone conversation they have ever had (according to cell phone records), but I have a feeling it had to do with Tony not ready to commit to a woman who already had a child.

I have so many more thoughts about this, but for now I will simply leave it at this: I truly believe that this conversation will be used as testimony during the trial and it will PROVE that KC's mindset was to discard her child.

And let me just also state that I think KC is the lowest form on the planet. KC, you don't know what it feels to love anyone. YOU WERE BEING USED - you are not irresistible, and your daughter was worth 100000000000000 times more than your waste of a life.

I'm rabidly curious to know what they talked about then, too. My theory's that Caylee was already gone, and KC was experiencing an intense adrenaline rush and needed an audience...

 

[Seebra]

I'm rabidly curious to know what they talked about then, too. My theory's that Caylee was already gone, and KC was experiencing an intense adrenaline rush and needed an audience...

Actually, this convo took place the night before GA saw KC leave with Caylee the next day.

 

[momtocjnalexis]

Okay no flogging me, I don't support Casey by any means but I'm trying to look at this objectively. I have a hard time believing that it was Casey's intent from the positive pg test to the passing of Caylee that she was going to kill her or that she was a black widow chewing up guys and spitting them out. I don't believe she was born a baby killer and I don't believe it was an accident either. There is the great debate of nature vs. nuture when it comes to personality disorders and I believe that the family dynamics truly helped shape who Casey grew up to be. I can see just from my limited opinion that Lee was probably the "good" child and Casey was the "screw up". She wasn't real popular in high school (according to some) and she probably didn't have a lot of boyfriends, it's said that she was a smart girl which doesn't usually bode well with popularity. So picture this, she's in a relationship or however it happened but Caylee is conceived. Casey is in grand denial, now her parents have proof she's a screw up, it's not bad enough to hear it implied all the time but this was concrete (no pun intended) evidence to it for sure. So she denies it as long as she can thinking of a plan. She could've easily had an abortion some where along the way and she chose not to. Maybe when people found out and talked about how cute and cuddly babies are she finally found a way to gain attention from others, perhaps the attention she was lacking at home. So she decides to keep Caylee because she's going to be cute and cuddly right?! Well if you have kids you know how hard it is to raise them. So now she sits in a house with the most critical people giving her parenting advise every step of the way over a baby she didn't really want to conceive (speculating here) in the first place. She feels trapped, she's lost her youth, probably had some effect on her body (stretch marks etc.) and she has a daily reminder of how much of a screw up she is. Parents will tell you that in the first year of life you feel like a failure almost daily. I can't imagine how she felt when it was compounded with someone like CA telling her she's a failure in not so many ways (ie. no sweetie that's not how you burp her, no you don't feed her that way, geez could you support her head or your going to hurt her etc.) It's pretty obvious where Casey gets her control issues from. So now Casey is finally meeting some friends and getting some attention, attention which she probably wasn't used to if the stories about her being unpopular are true. She suddenly has a lot of guys looking at her, parties to go to and she feels free and young and doesn't want anything in the way. She wants to recapture the youth she felt she's lost so she walks away from a presummably good job and starts dumping Caylee on Grandma and Grandpa all the time. Since they are such great parents they can just take care of her she thinks, since she's nothing but a screw up. She probably battled depression, post partum or otherwise. Casey was obviously afraid to be alone, she always had one relationship or another and even said herself something about she'd rather have her heartbroken then to never love. And for some reason the burden (I hate to use that word) of Caylee became more then she could bare. She had a great relationship with Jesse but then Caylee got in the way and she got jealous. Again her daily reminder was reminding her that it could never be all about Casey, she had to share that attention and the world will always know she's a screw up since she has this kid. She starts to think of ideas on how to keep this life, this new life she loves so much and she turns a very dark page. There was a turning point in her life that caused her to cross that line, I don't know what it was specifically but I don't think it was always there.

I just can't see hatred in her eyes in all the pictures, conplacency (sp?) possibly but not murder. If she had the intent to murder her from the beginning then she would've done so long before now. Nope I believe something or someone even triggered the ultimate issue. Maybe she thought about it for months on a "joking" level she says to herself. How easy would life be if she was just kidnapped she says to herself. Then the fight with her parents and the whole house of cards starts to fall down and in a fit of rage she decides to go through with her dark thoughts and do away with Caylee. She knows what she has done was wrong and she knows she doesn't have much time before she's caught and put away. That's the reason for all the hardcore partying, she's living up every last thing she can before she has to pay the piper because she knows it's not long now. She can justify that Caylee is much better off without a "screw up" for a mom and she is getting what she finally deserves and that's to be put away forever because she doesn't deserve any better. There are so many times she could've fled, she had places to go and money to go there with. There are so many places she could've put poor little Caylee and chose to put her close to home. There are so many things she could've easily done and gotten away with but she didn't leave, she knew no matter how far she ran...

Sorry to ramble, I just have so many thoughts about this topic. I'll shut up now.

 

[Vegas Bride]

I honestly don't think Casey put much thought into any of her relationships. She went with whatever was available at the time. She fabricated so much with her fake job etc, nothing she did was aimed towards having a real relationship, only moments where she could weave her fantasy tales. The only true reality she had was in having a child, this is something she was faced with every day and she hated it imo. The men were interchangeable, whichever one would give her the feeling of being important and wanted at the time, I also think she viewed them as schmucks and she enjoyed getting something over on them. In her mind she was smarter than anyone she surrounded herself with. She looked down on them, yet craved their attention. It would be interesting to know if Casey ever took SAT's in school and what her scores were.
I think also she got some cues in how to view men from her mother, GA was belittled quite a bit at home it seems.
Casey was groomed to think she was so special, such a beauty, such a princess, now all she needed was to find a prince to help her excape the life she was stuck in. Unfortunatly for Casey and for Kaylee none were lining up at the door, only 1 was willing and he was chased off by both Casey and Cindy. I'm thinking Cindy did not view him as marriage material because he wasn't making big bucks, maybe she wanted her daughter to be with someone who would be the main breadwinner, or maybe Cindy just didn't want to give up control?

VB

 

[OneLostGrl]

Think of how easily and carelessly she was toying with WW, though.

I used to work with a girl who reminds me of KC in her relationship patterns. It was like she was just desparate for attention and sympathy, and yet every move she made alwasy seemed so calculated and manipulative and I get the same vibe from KC, that she knew exactly what she was doing or trying to do. I think for most of her relationships the using was mutual, and when they ended, she played the victim for more attention and sympathy, and my guess is that if she was clingy with TL, then there must have been something in his reaction that gave her what she wanted and this was her way of manipulating him.

I don't see what she was doing with WW as "toying" (with her mind-set not a "normal" person's mindset, of course) IMO she was warming up the back burner just in case things didn't work out with TonE. People with personality disorders are not all about manipulation and playing the victim. A lot of what they do is because they are afraid of abandonment.. they are afraid they are unloved and unlovable. Sadly, the behaviors they learn to cope with those issues usually end up pushing away the very people they are afraid of losing.

 

[Vegas Bride]

When you look at the whole picture, really, how well was she able to use any of the men in her life? Sure she could camp out at someones place, if she was willing to do the cooking/cleaning/bed partner thing, but I don't recall seeing anything where any man was giving her expensive gifts/trips or anything of real value.
Years ago I babysat for a woman who really knew how to play a guy, she worked as a waitress at a resort, she dated some of the men she met who stayed there, omg the gifts she got!!!

VB