OK, I think that the most outrageous story that I have read about recently in the US now is the one of the real life "Runaway Bride." The woman being that one Jennifer Wilbanks from Duluth, GA. Who got cold feet and took a bus across country and ended up calling the police in New Mexico to say that she had been kidnapped by a couple while she was out jogging. Now, the District Attorney in GA is beginning to look into criminal charges and the county is thinking about making her pay the 40k-60k dollars they spent on searching for her as well. OK, OK, I understand that the woman made a mistake and obviously should have just sat down with her fiance and talked it out with him. However, look how much stress she has been through and what the seeming expectations must have been. There were 600 guests coming to the wedding and 14 bridesmaids and groomsmen for this gargantuan wedding that was to take place last Saturday. Obviously this family has some sort of Trust Fund for weddings or it is a very rich one. I am guessing based on her suburb that it is the latter. Maybe she felt there was no way she could live up to there expectations as a new member and the wedding had seemed to take on a life of it's own. So, mother nature came in with a natural response to threats, "Fight or Flight." She chose the most used measure and decided to hit the trail to get away from it all. No blame from my side of the room in the matter.
Then, the town decided to overlook some key factors in beginning there search. Number one, the girl took off her engagement ring for her "run." I would say normally that is a smart thing to do in any situation where you are going to do some exercise and work. However, usually brides-to-be like to have the opportunity to show everyone that they are taken, not to mention the stone! Did the fiance look into her side of the closet to see if maybe some things were missing? She bought the bus ticket a week earlier and probably packed a couple of items. Then the woman got a haircut, that can be overlooked because there was a wedding in a couple of days. However, did these genius's down in Georgia think about looking into the girls credit card summaries. That would have been the first thing I would have checked. Not to mention with travel services as well, they usually require some form of ID. I have never taken a bus somewhere but I would think some sort of identification would be necessary to purchase the ticket and the records, maybe, I don't know put into there database???
Next, when did the media decide that this was a situation to step in on? Hmmm, a rich girl from Georgia dissappears days before her wedding, must be a kidnap situation here. Let's run the story without a shred of evidence and overlook obvious factors. This didn't happen on FoxNews did it??? They would never do something like that! The already stressed out of her mind girl was probably somewhere in Texas or Nevada when she saw her own picture and the words possible abduction tag-lined beneath it. Hell, she didn't make it up, everyone else did it for her. They started the story and let it run away, following the trail it left them to follow. Kinda like trying to find water with a stick if you ask me, ohh...this way!
So, to end I think that this woman has been through enough. Her fiance still wants to marry her and I think that is her only crime against anyone. If the girl had called and said, oh, I ran away because I don't know if I can do this, everyone would not have been satisfied. They planted the kidnapping in her head to start with. I think that if someone should pay for what has taken place it should be the media. They turned a story of a runaway bride with cold feet into a frenzy that whipped around these "possible" reasons for the woman's dissappearance. Next, the county in which Duluth and the people of Duluth should prove what kind of community they are and instead of patronizing the poor woman actually come to her aid and help her out. Who are they to judge, like her husband said: "We've all made mistakes." I am with you guy.
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My gosh, she is 32 years old. She needs a backbone. Check my post at lucilocket639.blogspot. This one really got me going.
i have a take on this subject as well. check out my comments at leftfieldperspectives.blogstop.com
OK, I am not saying that what she did was right, but the fact that people are trying to bring criminal charges and make her pay for the search??? Come on, I mean really she did nothing wrong except for the end there. Then she came around really quick. What does intent to leave her husband have to do with it? Nothing. I think that the police are also inferring quite a bit saying that she left her hair to be discovered, what was she supposed to do with it? Put it in a zip-lock and carry it with her along the way?
heehee, i keep wondering if this is the sean that i knew in english class that tormented me for having too much of a bleeding heart :)
whenever i see the runaway brides family members, church people, towns people or friends on the news i always get this overwhelming feeling that i want to run. i mean, they are really obnoxious. instead of being delighted that she is alive they fully admit to be a bit "dissapointed". one of the guys on Fox news asked one of the bridesmaids about the bride. he asked about how this jennifer girls feelings have been....the friend said, "oh, jennifer is always happy! but we don't really talk much about feelings". WHAT? females talk about their feelings.
i just feel like her 'support system' is filled with some strange people who want to be stepford wif-ish. very odd.
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