I’m reading Dungeon Crawler Carl book 1 and simultaneously rewatching Gossip Girl. The way I choked on my drink and cackled at this. My soul needed this tonight.
This may be a hot take, but Jenny could’ve had a very different high school experience if Rufus showed her a little empathy, or made the smallest attempt at understanding what Constance was like for her. He forbade her from keeping her promise to Eleanor which was a very prestigious job that somehow a 16 year old landed. Sure she was skipping school which wasn’t cool, but maybe if Rufus talked to her they could decide on homeschool and working with Eleanor, and she would have avoided a good chunk of trauma at a young age. She was keeping up all of her studies while working with Eleanor. Rufus made zero attempt to even understand her. When she stole the Valentino she did realize the value of, she cried to him about how hard things were. Things like bagged lunches. He then said “I’m not gonna apologize for not having a private plane Jenny” which was not even close to what she was trying to say. During the cotillion she once again had a great work opportunity, she was forbade from going to be there for her mother even though this was an AMAZING thing for her FUTURE. Then her family guilt tripped her for going when Dan was going simply to stick it to Cece and everyone was just okay with him blowing it off for that. I hate the way Jenny was treated.
My kids father’s lawyer sent out discovery requests and some of them seem like overreach that has nothing to do with the case. They want my mental health records, all correspondence with my therapist and psychiatrist, all notes from any appointments/sessions. They are also asking for all of my regular health records through my normal doctor and any and all specialists. Besides the fact that I take antidepressants, none of this has anything to do with the case. Especially since he was the one I had to file a protection order against for abuse. Is this standard? I don’t want to just hand all this over. Especially given I can’t trust him and he’s shown that he’s determined to ruin my life and turn everyone against me. What can I do to protect myself?