Molly McPherson recounts her personal reaction to a local couple’s controversy, expressing empathy for Kristin Cabot and describing how the Internet and community turned against her. She explains that the couple was close to her social circle and that Cabot uses the opportunity to tell her side and highlight the shame she experienced.
Now, thankfully, I had dental. I had crown work, so I couldn't speak. I had novocaine. So thank goodness, because I really didn't want to talk about this story, because I didn't want to pile on with this couple. I already had an inkling, like, a feeling. I'm like, Something tells me, like, the CEO is. He just kind of reeked of something to me. I could put my finger on it. But there was something about Kristin Cabot that I kind of felt. I felt for her, because I knew. I'm like, this is a woman my age, and also, they're in my neighborhood. Like, I thought, I'm going to know people who know these people, this. People in my community know this in real time. Because I was texting this and everyone I was telling them when I was finding out, like, yep, sure enough. And that couple got really close to my universe, you know, So I found inside stories there. So I certainly have empathy, you know, for her. And in this piece, you know, that's what she's talking about. It's highlighting the shame that happened to her, how the Internet turned against her, and she recounts very personally. She wanted to tell her side of the story and what she does well, and I'm glad she had the chance to do it.
