I'm not even really sure the letter is describing a real situation. It's very soap opera or romance novel trope-ish. It might be wise to take it as that, because it's so out there. As is the response.
I mean, I would never do that to someone because it's absolutely horrible to gaslight them, and this advice columnist is obviously a terrible person if it's a real letter. The letter writer is not, because it's no one's business if she has a child, and that child could be damaging her to career, so I don't blame her for keeping her daughter a secret.
But omg. Advice to gaslight? For serious? That's just such terrible advice it's hilariously bad and I'm half-convinced the columnist or the LW has made it up to see if the editors really would print anything. I am, in my head, making up wild scenarios such as "if it's the LW making it up, the columnist did some due diligence, found out it was fake, and is now just fucking with them to play along."
ETA: I hope that if the LW is telling the truth, that she is ABSOLUTELY NOT listening to the columnist, because the WTF-ery is strong with this one.
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I mean, I would never do that to someone because it's absolutely horrible to gaslight them, and this advice columnist is obviously a terrible person if it's a real letter. The letter writer is not, because it's no one's business if she has a child, and that child could be damaging her to career, so I don't blame her for keeping her daughter a secret.
But omg. Advice to gaslight? For serious? That's just such terrible advice it's hilariously bad and I'm half-convinced the columnist or the LW has made it up to see if the editors really would print anything. I am, in my head, making up wild scenarios such as "if it's the LW making it up, the columnist did some due diligence, found out it was fake, and is now just fucking with them to play along."
ETA: I hope that if the LW is telling the truth, that she is ABSOLUTELY NOT listening to the columnist, because the WTF-ery is strong with this one.