Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m just saying that on that first day of the murder I posted on the closed thread that it’s weird when families only post their kid on their Christmas card and so many people said that was BS and that they were a loving family… but Sometimes when it smells like BS, it is BS!
Oh man, we only put our kids on our xmas card (they're cuter than DH and I)!![]()
Honestly, most of the cards we receive are just the kids and not the parents....
Agree. Who wants to see adults on a Christmas card? Kids change from year to year- it’s fun to see how they’ve grown, especially if you don’t live close by. And yes, most kids are tons cuter than their parents.![]()
Going off on a rando personal tangent on a thread about 2 brutal premeditated murders is a touch narcy too, perhaps...
It's definitely a sign of an unhappy family in SOME cases. Another sign was his FB page that had photo of him and his dog...no family. Before you say maybe they didn't want that public- Christine's profiles are all public and have pics of their child.
You are really reaching here, to the point of sounding ridiculous. Lots of people only put their kids on their Christmas cards- in some cultures, it would be considered vain to send out a picture of yourself, but kids are okay because they’re growing and changing every year. A lot of people see Christmas as being about and for children, so their Christmas cards keep the focus on children, not grown adults.
There are lots of reasons to think something was very, very wrong with this guy and his relationship with his wife(and the human race in general with the way he was able to use an innocent man to try to hide his actions), but putting a picture of a child on a Christmas card is not one of them. Please.
+1. Would also say most families I know only put the kids on the Christmas card. Heck sometimes the grandparents put only the grandkids on the Christmas card. I would say those who post photos of their entire family on a Christmas card are more atypical than typical.
That is not my experience at all! Usually the people that don’t include themselves are upset they gained weight or don’t like pictures of themselves.
I liked sending pics of my kids as my extended family didn't get to see them. I always thought it was a little narcicistic to include the adults in pictures. I love Halloween and do my house up inside and out but I don't wear a costume because that's for the kids. It's kind of the same thing to me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m just saying that on that first day of the murder I posted on the closed thread that it’s weird when families only post their kid on their Christmas card and so many people said that was BS and that they were a loving family… but Sometimes when it smells like BS, it is BS!
Oh man, we only put our kids on our xmas card (they're cuter than DH and I)!![]()
Honestly, most of the cards we receive are just the kids and not the parents....
Agree. Who wants to see adults on a Christmas card? Kids change from year to year- it’s fun to see how they’ve grown, especially if you don’t live close by. And yes, most kids are tons cuter than their parents.![]()
It's definitely a sign of an unhappy family in SOME cases. Another sign was his FB page that had photo of him and his dog...no family. Before you say maybe they didn't want that public- Christine's profiles are all public and have pics of their child.
You are really reaching here, to the point of sounding ridiculous. Lots of people only put their kids on their Christmas cards- in some cultures, it would be considered vain to send out a picture of yourself, but kids are okay because they’re growing and changing every year. A lot of people see Christmas as being about and for children, so their Christmas cards keep the focus on children, not grown adults.
There are lots of reasons to think something was very, very wrong with this guy and his relationship with his wife(and the human race in general with the way he was able to use an innocent man to try to hide his actions), but putting a picture of a child on a Christmas card is not one of them. Please.
+1. Would also say most families I know only put the kids on the Christmas card. Heck sometimes the grandparents put only the grandkids on the Christmas card. I would say those who post photos of their entire family on a Christmas card are more atypical than typical.
That is not my experience at all! Usually the people that don’t include themselves are upset they gained weight or don’t like pictures of themselves.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
Wonder what they told Christine re: the trip to NY in January, shortly before the killings?
She knew he had cheated for years with many people, it likely was a sad, lonely marriage.
The cover for the trips was that they brought the daughter along too. Juliana was able to say she was going along to experience a new city and take care of her. Brendan would often visit friends during the day. Once the daughter would go to sleep they’d continue the affair at night
To the Fall Out Boy concert??
I thought that was local?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
Wonder what they told Christine re: the trip to NY in January, shortly before the killings?
She knew he had cheated for years with many people, it likely was a sad, lonely marriage.
The cover for the trips was that they brought the daughter along too. Juliana was able to say she was going along to experience a new city and take care of her. Brendan would often visit friends during the day. Once the daughter would go to sleep they’d continue the affair at night
To the Fall Out Boy concert??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
yea i'm a neighbor who moved in a couple of months before this. i really thought the au pair was the mom at first because she'd be walking with the dude all lovey dovey and shit. they were definitely not hiding their relationship to others in public.
It sounds like CB likely knew about it or maybe had given up on BB given all his prior affairs, but they were still living together....especially with JM posting publicly on social media photos of them together. Were CB and BB starting to talk divorce? Or living separate lives while stlil living together for their daughter?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
yea i'm a neighbor who moved in a couple of months before this. i really thought the au pair was the mom at first because she'd be walking with the dude all lovey dovey and shit. they were definitely not hiding their relationship to others in public.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Now we know why JM hasn’t pled. With these facts and planning, the prosecutor will want real jail time. She is a threat to society. At some point they will need to decide how much they need her or whether the other evidence is enough. The goal should be nailing BB.
I believe they have enough physical evidence to find them both guilty. It is not and either or question right now. The prosecution has already stated they will go forward with JM’s trial next month. They are not currently offering her a deal and they will not unless she were to give testimony that damns BBs case, and even if they offer her a deal it wont be time served, she still physically did a progressively fatal shot ending Joe’s life along with BB. They both are guilty and they both will pay for what they have done, no jury alive won’t clearly see their guilt.
I agree with most of what you said. I’d just be surprised if we had any insight into what plea discussions have been had, if any.
Not a lawyer but deal with federal cases. We always hear about the hazards of litigation.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
yea i'm a neighbor who moved in a couple of months before this. i really thought the au pair was the mom at first because she'd be walking with the dude all lovey dovey and shit. they were definitely not hiding their relationship to others in public.
Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really curious what their family dynamic was prior to the incident. It didn't seem like BB and JM were trying to hide their romance even before the murder...
Wonder what they told Christine re: the trip to NY in January, shortly before the killings?
She knew he had cheated for years with many people, it likely was a sad, lonely marriage.
The cover for the trips was that they brought the daughter along too. Juliana was able to say she was going along to experience a new city and take care of her. Brendan would often visit friends during the day. Once the daughter would go to sleep they’d continue the affair at night