Clustfck city #2

TheMrsC23

Damn, Prudie is HEAVY today.

Dear Prudence,
My younger sister Beth and I used to be close, even through her four-year-long heroin addiction. She has been clean for three years and spent lots of time with my family and me. Then, in January, she stopped talking to me. I was hurt and thought she might be using again. Last week when my parents talked to her about our frayed relationship she told them my husband tried to rape her one night when I was away on business. Beth's story has several holes. She claims to have scratched him while fighting him off, but when I came home the next day my husband did not have any marks on his body. Beth said she stopped by to say hello to our kids, but she came by at 10 p.m., long after they were in bed. Beth has stolen from me and lied to me in the past, although nothing she has done has ever been as serious as accusing my husband of attempted rape. My husband denies her story. He said she came over to drop off some clothing she borrowed and left without incident. They have always been friends, and he is blindsided by her accusations. Beth does not want to press charges but says she can no longer be a part of my life if I am married to my husband. I have many reasons to disbelieve Beth, but it breaks my heart to think she would lie about something so terrible. She has been using again, too, because she says she is so upset about what my husband did. What should I do?

—Come Clean

NOLABridesmaid

Wow! I guess time will reveal the truth.

GBCK

damn, there is no 'win' there.

baconsmom

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_clustfck-city-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:cb8c5f83-3270-4c05-9741-2005eb467524Post:a82e986c-9147-4a7b-bae0-ce94796fd0ea">Re: Clustfck city #2</a>:
[QUOTE]damn, there is no 'win' there.
Posted by GBCK[/QUOTE]
Sure there is. Cut Beth out, and she's rid of a lying addict. <div>
</div><div>(Obviously, I have little sympathy for junkies. They're a personality type I just can't even deal with, and if it's not heroin, it's lying, it's meetings, it's SOMETHING because they need the attention or the escape or whatever. This would cause me no heartache at all.) </div>

tawillers

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_clustfck-city-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:cb8c5f83-3270-4c05-9741-2005eb467524Post:4206a320-59ac-46c6-b750-7a59163bc76a">Re: Clustfck city #2</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Clustfck city #2 : Sure there is. Cut Beth out, and she's rid of a lying addict.  (Obviously,<strong> I have little sympathy for junkies</strong>. They're a personality type I just can't even deal with, and if it's not heroin, it's lying, it's meetings, it's SOMETHING because they need the attention or the escape or whatever. This would cause me no heartache at all.) 
Posted by baconsmom[/QUOTE]

Same here.

shaylagirl

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_clustfck-city-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:cb8c5f83-3270-4c05-9741-2005eb467524Post:294974bf-0bb3-414c-b200-c8e65702b416">Clustfck city #2</a>:
[QUOTE]She has been using again, too, because she says she is so upset about what my husband did.
Posted by TheMrsC23[/QUOTE]

I just wanna know how she's determined her sister's using again because she says she's so upset about what her husband has done.  Huh?

That said, cut Beth out, let the chips fall where they may.  She's already suspect because of her past.  Not that I think rape victims should be forced to "prove" their rape, but because she seems to be threatening her sister for some unknown reason (perhaps blackmail?).  I'd be suspicious.