I think I’ve opened a massive fan of worms here and there seems to be two debates now; firstly should I have divulged what I divulged and secondly, what was my intention behind the sharing this information / can it be deemed to be accurate?
For the first one, on reflection, I probably wouldn’t share it again as it has brought into question my reliability and integrity while more importantly, possibly divulging something to the wider world that is very personal to a young lady that should have been kept private. I see that there are some possible merits to sharing with people on here, but it is still not conclusive proof and is really further speculation. Even though it came from the horse’s mouth, there was no additional information or context provided so we should not take it as a definitive answer to her eccentric behaviours.
As for my intentions, I could understand if I had said ‘she has an issue so don’t contact her’ as that would look like I was trying to drive business away. However, I didn’t say that ..I said she told me about this, so she may have an issue, but I liked visiting her anyway. And as such, I personally don’t really see why my motivations are being debated. My motivation was simply to share what she said so everyone is as informed as they can be. There was and still is no hidden agenda.
As I have said above, in hindsight maybe I should have kept quiet about it for TP’s sake. I will definitely think more carefully about what I share in future though so I don’t over share or upset anyone.
Final point though, I totally agree that my posts on TP don’t hold any more weight that anyone else’s on here. I would argue that an earlier review doesn’t also necessarily add much extra weight either though as there’s no guarantee that the review is any more accurate or truthful that any normal posts.
Bottom line, none of us has anything to prove on here, so I don’t really understand the credibility issue - maybe I am too trusting. I hope that most of us take the time to share for the right reasons, but ultimately as we don’t know each other in the real world we have to either take everything at face value or alternatively with a pinch of salt and make up our own minds based on our own experiences or gut feelings.