Speaking of IP matches...

I have no earthly idea how the hookabitches figured out that the popcorn hooka was Katie from AW. I didn't get it then and I don't get it now. What really astounds me is the excessive amount of time and energy expended tracking her down. For what? Did anything change by the new found knowledge that, gasp, someone was misrepresenting themselves online? No. Nothing changed. I don't really think it mattered. I think what mattered most was that the hookabitches were right and everybody had to know that. No matter the cost. Those were the diaper washing, ass wiping, breastfeeding days of our children's infancy and we spent it on the web trying to prove that nothing could be put over on the hookabitches. What ego.
Some of us got over that burning need and moved on, entirely and quite blissfully ignorant of the multitude of petty subsequent dramas that have unfolded over the years. Some of us hung on because real life was just a blur of inane chores. Others changed. Others fed off the drama, looking for it in every thread, every post.

Sometimes there was no drama but anything could be turned into drama if you knew just how to spin it. For instance, the GIA forum. It started innocently enough. I noticed that there were three or four mods for that forum and I asked why. Seemed excessive. By the time all the accusations were flung out and the conspiracy theories hatched the forum was shut down, an admin kicked to the curb and members left MD. Why? Because nobody puts anything over on the hookabitches. It's all about control.

What about Stephanie, Kelly, and the CaliMafia? I don't know. I admit I didn't read all the mile long conspiracy laden posts about IP sharing. I didn't care. Why waste my time agonizing over the possibility that some members were having a laugh at KKT {Kelly's Kitchen Table) while logged on to MD? Chat was just buzzing with it. It was the biggest drama to hit MD for quite awhile. Logs were shared, IPs posted, tons of stats and logon times highlighted...but nothing to prove that Kelly was still getting into the restricted forums under someone else's username. No IP matches were made. I didn't see it and said as much. Why did it matter? Kelly was already gone. But the accusation against Stephanie was still made public with absolutely nothing to back it up. And nobody knew what to do. You couldn't just say "Um, are you ok? 'Cause you seem to be taking this all so personal." That would have morphed into it's very own shitstorm of innuendo and mistrust. So, nobody said anything. Finally the accusation was withdrawn and an apology posted followed by the obligatory "it takes a big person to admit when they are wrong" posts. And why? No reason except maybe nobody puts anything over on the hookabitches.

Now it seems that part of that particular drama was my fault because I did not weigh in with my thoughts. I was damned if I did and damned since I didn't. It wasn't my place to say "leave it alone. You can't control what someone does in their own home half a country away." It was a no-win situation all around for me. The beginning of the end. The only reason I said 'don't worry, we'll get that bitch sooner or later' was to let you know, Camille, that I still supported you as a friend. I knew you were mad because none of us backed you up publicly. I knew you were embarassed. Funny how I'm the only one you resented for it. You went out on your own like a runaway train and ran out of track and only had blame left to throw around. I couldn't stop you any more than you could stop Stephanie and Kelly.

And, no, Camille never asked anybody to say there was an IP match when there wasn't. She truly believed there was one. So, saying that I compared her to Apiffany was just another drama log to throw on the fire.