brian, not ALL women “lack the confidence of men” and “ruminate over minor issues.” A LOT of women who came of working age in a “man’s world,” attempting for years to penetrate a “glass ceiling” are VERY confident. But the bulk of these women are likely “retired” by now.

Rowe is around 53-54 by now. She’s not exactly in the age group I’m referring to above but close … I don’t think either of your comments pertain to her. I think she became a more than a little batshit crazy taking constant care of her profoundly developmentally-disabled daughter without too much help from her spouse all the while holding down a FT job and became burned out and resentful of this.

I’m not making excuses for her and I’m no psychiatrist but on the whole, her actions in this case strike me as having germinated from a combination of untreated severe depression, boredom and her fantastical delusions stemming from untreated borderline or bipolar personality disorder.

I don’t know if her actions were based entirely (or at all) on “revenge” as there are SO MANY available properties in this county that could have served she and her family’s needs. I think the people who ended up getting their offer accepted on a home that Rowe bid on were just “handy victims” for this sordid exercise and she had met them and knew a few things about them and where they lived. And since they didn’t really know her, maybe she felt they would never suspect her.

Still, there is no excuse for pulling all these stunts in an effort to (indirectly) harm or scare another person.