tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post765633241916215773..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Interesting ThoughtMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-23490582867533805152007-12-13T14:26:00.000-06:002007-12-13T14:26:00.000-06:00I hadn't heard of this. Of course, I don't watch t...I hadn't heard of this. Of course, I don't watch the news often and must have missed it on MSN.<BR/><BR/>Very strange, indeed. Some times I wonder if people have any common sense whatsoever.<BR/><BR/>AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-77640071386586556562007-12-13T14:02:00.000-06:002007-12-13T14:02:00.000-06:00But since the wife didn't turn him in and work som...But since the wife didn't turn him in and work something out with the insurance company it made her out to be just as guilty in the courts, press and those kids eyes as if they concocted this hairbrained scheme at the very beginning. It's just sad. I've heard of people doing this to avoid the authorities, prosecution or to assume a second life with a new love but to get money to start a holiday canoeing business is absurd.Sassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973302115026129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-64296529852823343292007-12-13T13:40:00.000-06:002007-12-13T13:40:00.000-06:00I agree. If I were their children I'd be so pisse...I agree. If I were their children I'd be so pissed. The mother wasn't apparently involved until he showed back up a year later. I'd have turned his butt in then but I'm guessing she'd probably already spent the insurance money (one story I read mentioned they were in debt). Still, work out a payment plan instead of going to jail. Or never get involved in the first place.Kira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-57520751433530591462007-12-13T13:24:00.000-06:002007-12-13T13:24:00.000-06:00I find the whole story bizzare. I couldn't imagin...I find the whole story bizzare. I couldn't imagine how betrayed the children of this couple must feel. Their entire lives are now going to be under a microscope trying to see if the are truly innocent. And then on top of it how ignorant there parents are going to be made out. They are probably embarrassed.Sassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973302115026129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-23499449430046975442007-12-13T08:28:00.000-06:002007-12-13T08:28:00.000-06:00I've only read the headlines so I'm only minimally...I've only read the headlines so I'm only minimally knowledgeable about it. But I agree that involving his wife was probably a bad idea. And I can understand how his kids could be so angry.<BR/><BR/>I'm just not sure my life has ever been so bad that I'd want to escape -- either by disappearing or ending it all.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-56776823708595828352007-12-13T07:45:00.000-06:002007-12-13T07:45:00.000-06:00I don't understand why he took off in the first pl...I don't understand why he took off in the first place. I understand the whole 'get away' thing, but to fake your own death, you'd think he'd be facing a jail sentence, major debt his life insurance would pay off, something horrible that would justify doing it. And if he just had to, I think it was wrong of him to involve his wife. If she was innocent in it, at least then the kids would have someone to turn to in all this. How do you get over a betrayal like that? I don't know that you can.Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-17274056474852178542007-12-13T07:01:00.000-06:002007-12-13T07:01:00.000-06:00I have been following it somewhat. Very odd. It'...I have been following it somewhat. Very odd. It's the utter devestation it would bring to the lives of loved ones not *in* on it -- how could you do that to your children unless they were utterly horrid people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-37952955138150546622007-12-13T06:54:00.000-06:002007-12-13T06:54:00.000-06:00I've been following the story a bit and it sounds ...I've been following the story a bit and it sounds like his kids are so angry over the lie that they're never going to forgive him or the mother. That would be a hard thing to get over, IMO.Rhonda Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282645541260334424noreply@blogger.com