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In reply to the discussion: I have a painful tooth that must come out (plea for help) [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)being any kind of an expert on grifting, my take is that she's simply someone who does a short con, and therefore doesn't assess what's gone on before on the internet, who only knows that a particular kind of story is normally very effective. The chutzpah, as you so accurately named it, isn't in walking in here as if she's never done it before, but in a more global sense of having the chutzpah to start the grift in the first place.
I really wish that misanthrope and her husband were willing to give us more details on what exactly happened last year, when out of the genuine goodness of their hearts, they tried to rescue Yoshi and provide a better place for that dog. To begin with, the dog was not at all as advertised by TTW. Akitas can be problematical, and this particular one was definitely so. Then misanthrope and her husband tried to place Yoshi with an Akita rescue group (and I want to give a shout-out here to ALL rescue groups. I have a brother who does Irish Wolfhound rescue, and I understand the amazing things these groups do.) but TTW totally freaked out, accused misanthrope and her husband of stealing the dog, and things got very ugly. Misanthrope and hubby did NOT deserve the crap that TTW dumped on them.
TTW then went silent for a very long time, with occasional posts on various groups. Until two days ago when she showed up the the OP here, begging for help for her painful tooth. This, despite having not so long ago said that getting dentures was wonderful because of the relief from tooth problems. Various people in this thread have tried to micro-interpret TTW's various posts as showing that she has ONE denture (an upper or lower, not determined) from old posts, and are willing to give her a bit of a pass here. Personally, I won't give her a pass on anything.
And because I'm both a bit OCD and VERY detail oriented, I have all of the threads from last year that either she started, or someone else started in connection to her OMG! I'm going to be homeless! threads. Shall I post them?