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AloeVera

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4. Gaslighting, cheating narcissists are the worst people imaginable.

Reply to haele (Reply #3)

Sat May 9, 2026, 11:07 PM

10 hrs ago

The amount of mental anguish, dissonance and heartbreak they inflict on people cannot be fully grasped except by their victims. Even reasonably sane and stable people can come close to snapping. That Betty snapped is not shocking to me either. Would not wish their fates on anyone, I mean all 3 victims. We all know murder is wrong and rarely justified except in self-defense but this story is a cautionary tale.

Perhaps in Betty's mind there was no other way out of her torment and I believe that what she suffered was pure torment.

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Double murderer Betty Broderick dies at Chino hospital [View all] MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago OP

Meanwhile the 20yo man that raped and killed my best friend at 15yo? Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #1

So sorry for your loss of your best friend MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #2

I was sixteen. It was a white-hot dividing line in my life. After that Maru Kitteh 9 hrs ago #10

Women get longer sentences. AloeVera 9 hrs ago #12

He was an abusive gaslighter. No excuse, but there was a lot of cruelty and she snapped. haele 11 hrs ago #3

Gaslighting, cheating narcissists are the worst people imaginable. AloeVera 10 hrs ago #4

I can't argue with that, but in the eyes of the law, those mitigating circumstances are moot, MarineCombatEngineer 10 hrs ago #7

Well, even Battered Woman Syndrome has not been very successful in reducing sentences. AloeVera 8 hrs ago #13

This is what alimony was created for IbogaProject 10 hrs ago #5

you need to watch "Dirty John (Betty)" CatWoman 10 hrs ago #6

Just went to Youtube and watched the trailer, looks interesting, MarineCombatEngineer 10 hrs ago #8

What a horrible person Sewa 9 hrs ago #9

Good riddance. Justice was done in this case, unlike so many others involving the rich. valleyrogue 9 hrs ago #11