You know, I don’t think this is a situation that is going to be solved based on the advice of a bunch of desk jockeys hundreds of miles away. It’s a personal matter between two people, who are the only ones who really know what is going on anyway. And I have a feeling the people who are actually involved don’t particularly enjoy the fact that they’ve become entertainment for others.
Everything on this BB, and life in general, is caveat emptor – if you post a horse on the Giveaways forum, you’d better do the legwork to make sure the person who offers to take it is a good home. If someone posts a plea for help, the people who are actually offering to help need to do their own gut-checks to make sure everything seems kosher in real life, not just on the computer screen. Although even that may not be enough sometimes.
But honestly, the amateur armchair quarterbacking is really neither helpful nor constructive. And the stick-poking is pretty pathetic. While there were some valid concerns raised on these threads, there were also an awful lot of misinformed assumptions and just plain whackjob conspiracy theories. (No, all the players on these threads are not alters of mine cooked up in an elaborate joke, but I’m flattered someone thinks I’m that creative.
) Which is why such determinations are really better left to those interacting in real life, not through pixels.
So really… step away from the keyboards already. If anyone involved needs assistance, I’m sure they know who they can contact off BB.