My girlfriend works at the emergency room admissions…we were in tears laughing when comparing horse stories vs. hospital stories the other day. Stuff like this seems to be commonplace anymore.
Yes, I read the inital thread. Looking at a horse in a paddock is not stalking. I said it was ODD behavior. If she was seen always staring at the horse, I think that is strange, Staring while driving by does not qualify as stalking.
I know there were also e-mails back and forth from the trainer. Again, it is strange behavior. I would say the trainer is obsessed with the horse, but not stalking it or the owner.
Well I know I’ve talked to you via PM Fleur, but most of us on this forum do you believe you and are really hoping for a happy ending 
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I know there were also e-mails back and forth from the trainer. Again, it is strange behavior. I would say the trainer is obsessed with the horse, but not stalking it or the owner.[/QUOTE]
I agree that it is not really stalking- but stalking is used as a term for this kind of behavior in a facetious sort of way. Usually when people think of real stalking, they think of someone doing or threatening harm to a person, either emotionally or physically.
The one thing that bumps this from annoying to creepy is that the OP is a minor.
Fleur is a lovely girl and she is not making this up. It is an entertaining story but it isn’t fictional. She has no need to come on here to seek attention.
The “trainer” (think loosest interpretation of the word) is a nut. You can tell from the first minute you meet that she doesn’t know what she is talking about. Anyone who would ride with her is clearly lacking in more than just common sense. Therefore it doesn’t surprise me in the least that this accolyte would accost Fleur at the tack shop. There are also some very nice photos of the pair that were taken at a show that are on Gallop Prints. It makes sense that the crazy trainer may have shown those to the “client” and that is how the woman recognized Fleur.
I will say though that I think the name Winston is growing on Tommy. He seemed to like it when I called him that! :winkgrin:
I believe Fleur. I just get the feeling the story is a bit embellished and a little over dramatic.
I have run into my share of reality-challenged people. There was the woman who claimed her relatives were stealing parts of her house, (not the furnishings, copper pipes, and fixtures, mind you, but walls and things) and wanted me to stop them from stealing the rest of her lawn. (Now, maybe that’s a problem in the 'burbs, but it certainly isn’t here.) Actually, she wanted our Senator to stop them from stealing her lawn. There’s the guy who is convinced everything is a huge conspiracy… and I do mean EVERYTHING. There was the barefooted guy in tights who claimed he was an underwater welder and said the border patrol had taken his shoes. I could go on and on. So yes, there are definitely a LOT of unbalanced people out there and I have no reason to disbelieve Fleur.
For those who think someone can’t be stalked for no reason whatsoever I’m here to tell you it Can AND does happen.
I was engaged and went out one night with several friends. We were at the Legion Club for square dancing. One of the men brought a man with him that none of us had ever met. We’re all sitting at a table having a good old time when a woman appears at the table and pulling a GUN from her purse screeches which one of you B**CHs is with my husband? Uh, who is your husband? The new guy and she start arguing and security finally comes and hustles her out the door. Turns out the new guy and she were getting a divorce. I NEVER saw that man again but for some reason she had decided that I was the one. She called and called and called. I’d leave the house and she’d fall in behind me with her car. She claimed people saw her husband at my house (you can’t see who is at my house from the road, way too far and he sure as heck wasn’t ever there.) Said she was going to tell my husband to be about our “affair”. I told her to hold on I’d put him on the phone and she could tell him now, she hung up. This went on for months and months and then it just stopped.
I wasn’t particularly afraid but it was annoying as heck and I still haven’t a clue why she picked me, how she knew where I lived or even my name cause we sure weren’t introduced.
Yeah, it can happen.
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For those who think that this is too far out, all I can say is Jerry Springer (I know some of the stories are made up, but most are not!). 'Nuff said.
Although Fleur, maybe you and trainer and crazy mom could go on Jerry Springer. You could bring GM himself to tell crazy Mom that Tommy/Winston will never take her daughter to the Olympics because you just sold him to GM.
Yes, cheval! That would be fabulous!
Years ago I had a fellow employee that was kind of strange, but seemed harmless. We only talked a little at work and never had any outside relationship, not even going to lunch during the workday. On my birthday there was a very expensive gold locket engraved with “I Love You” left on my desk. He was totally delusional and when I gave it back to him making it clear that I had no interest in him he decided to ‘punish’ me by starving himself (how this was supposed to bother me I have no idea) and after a few days of languishing around and whining to the other employees about my disdain for him he announced he was accepting another job and leaving. I never heard from him again and probably wouldn’t recognize him now if I ran over him. Some people are so delusional that it’s shocking to realize that there is no way to get through to them. Unfortunately, that’s why they are so dangerous and need to be dealt with harshly from the start…
Yes, I liked CowGirlJenn’s new breeds as well; personally though I think the horse’s name should be Winstom.
I also liked Tidy Rabbit’s suggested response to the Tack Store Madam: fencing with dressage whips. The image just cracked me up.
I for one completely believe Fleur. The world is full of crazy, self-obsessed people.
Moreover, while this saga isn’t (in my view) fiction, I do think that Fleur could make a small fortune turning this into a novel. This tack shop drama is just the kind of interaction that the novelist T.C. Boyle has a field day with.
Good luck dealing with the crazy people.
I think it needs to be depicted in Stick Horsie Art and immortalized.
Fleur, sometimes people are whack jobs. And if you’re fortunate to not run into many, you think they are rare. Sadly, they are not.
I’m glad your uncle is a lawyer and your parents and family know, just as an added protection.
Stick art for the saga…
____How dare you dash my daughters Olympic dreams with OUR horse Winston you little hussy!!!
:eek:|–:mad:
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Oh… what… sorry…
I should give you a piece of my mind… but now our paintawalkaloosa vanner will kick your horse’s but I challenge you to dressage whips at dawn…
>–:mad:
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/____/\
Ohhhh kaaaay… backing away slowly
The next morning…
___________________Coward!! Grab your weapon and fight for your beast!
__________________/~~~~~~ Eat my paintawalkaloosa vanner’s butterfly
_________:mad:/farts!!
_____:sigh:><_|
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++++++++++++.+++++/~~~~~ Charge!!!
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++++++++++.+++++_/~~~~~ What the???
:lol:/~~~++:o/___
~/-/>BOO<o|__/o
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/______+//__//_oo
+++++++++.+++++_/~~~~~ What the???
:lol:/~~~++____:eek:
____~/-/>BOO<o|/o++++++~_/o>
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HL, you are awesomeness in ASCII
horse-loverz that was GREAT!!!
I even gave Fleur a Pink whip… her favorite color:lol:
horse-loverz I love it!!!
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