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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t open them all but some of those could be legit posts.

And sometimes I post from a different perspective to get opinions. Maybe OP is really the ex-wife and mother of the 15 yo. Or her sister is going through that situation.

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You can post your own perspective, then ask others what MIL or daughter or employer or husband might be thinking, and what their perspective might be. [b]There is no need to pretend to be someone you're not;[/b] if you do that, you'd be bringing your own "stuff"  into the perspective, so you wouldn't get an accurate picture in the responses. [/quote]

No reason why we can’t though. 
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Of course you then risk being called out as a troll. [/quote]

Is that really trolling though? A real situation. Real question. Just described from an alternate point of view.

[b]I change details about myself and my family all of the time - # of kids, genders, etc. Does that make me a troll? [/b]

I guess my point is that I think real trolls have the intention of stirring up trouble. Not just providing some misleading details. 
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If you knew the OP, you would know she was either the ex OR she was the single girl.  No way she could bring both.  [/quote]

If they are small details changed to protect your privacy, then, no, that doesn't make you a troll.

But if you pretend that you have two boys and post about your "boy mom" experiences, or if you pretend you are your MIL to see what people will say about your DIL, then you are lying. And annoying. And 
I would also say a troll because you are deliberately misrepresenting yourself to control the responses you get or to speak with supposed authority on something with which you have no actual experience. [/quote]

I don't think of even those sorts of posts as being trolling per se - you might have a legitimate interest in trying to see how folks would see a situation in your life, described from other points of view.

I think of trolls are being people who are just posting to stir sh*t up. People who are bored, or whatever, and just make stuff up for the hell of it.

I've actually tried to avoid even looking at the relationship forum anymore because it seems too troll prone. I work at a computer and - like PP - am basically on DCUM all day every day (gd help me), but I just feel gross spending time reading or responding to most posts on relationships, given how many turn out to be from trolls.[/quote]

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