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Still not date on the Anderson Cooper airing. I’m beginning to think it was too raw for them. Not Hollywood enough. Not sexy, not enticing. Just plain horrible with no glitz factor.
I told the representative that their holding this and not staying in contact about their decisions about airing is painful to me. That this is very sensitive personal information that not all our family is aware of, and I don’t want them to be blindsided. They told me they would tell the person responsible for scheduling the shows. Oh well.
Hi Lynn,
So they have not sent you the tape either? I though i remember you saying they were going to send you the tape so you can view it before it airs.Flora
Lynn, that sucks. It doesn’t need to be sexy or glitzy for America to “love” it. Tragic works even better. Americans love other people’s drama.
If I am ever on a TV show, it’s gonna be that show “Snapped.”
If you don’t mind me asking, if you plan to tell your families, why wait for a date of the show?
It’s hard to believe they can be so blasé about something like this. And yes really unfair on you, what is wrong with people! If they are no going to air then have the decency to tell you.
Thanks for supporting me FeeFee, Kim and Flora. As far was why wait, probably because I had a sneaky suspicion that this might be more/less than described to me on the phone. I wanted to know if it was necessary to burden my famiy with more yuck from my camp. The divorce between me and first H was so scary and yucky they were forced to lie, and sometimes even take trips, to keep the children under cover and safe from him taking them again. He had absolutely no regard for the law, and law enforcement, sadly, proved him 100% correct. Police never ever protected the children or me from him. Even when there was a restraining order, he was listed on Federal NCIC, and listed for family abuse and neglect.
I don’t want my extended family girding down the hatches, possibly to protect the children who are now old enough to know what’s going on. I do see a bit of an isolation risk for my children. So, I want the chance to know what to say and when so that there’s minimal panic and no fallout on my own children.
I have told my mom and 2 aunts, in case I have to quickly find a place to stay. The aunts are guardian ad litems in the court system, one in each state where I straddle the border (NC/SC) and will be invaluable if I have to leave quickly. I told them that H is a sex addict, that he is in counseling and a recovery group, that I am struggling with what to believe but have assurance the child are in no immediate danger, and am trying to maintain life as usual for the children while I complete my BSN. They understand, and hurt for me, but agree that given what the children went through before it’s best not leave abruptly as I had to in the previous situation. Too traumatic for everyone.
Are you considering not telling them at all if the show never airs? I can certainly understand it from what you’ve described. I hope it all works out for the best for you. If you see the tape and disapprove, do you have the legal right to refuse to allow them to air it or are you stuck with whatever editing they choose?
Any way it goes… you are one brave lady for having done it in the first place,
Lynn, i just have to say I’m so amazed at your strength and the forward motion you’re making in your life. You’re back in school, working on an exhibition, for God’s sake you went on TV to help spread the reality about SA. Let’s see, what did I do this week…. oh yeah, that’s right… watch Judge Judy. I want to be like YOU! Love, Liza
Liza, I am doing nothing but riding out this riptide of pain til I can get oriented to the shore again. NOBODY wants to be like me, guaranteed. But thanks for the encouragement. Trying with whatever strength I have left to take the choices before me now, and to do whatever is most impacting for the good each day, for either my family or someone!
Just refusing to let life go on like this never happened.
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