Already received "anonymous" email link to the drudge report from someone up north. .....Yep, this will be around for awhile just like STD hoopla.

Who was probably hurt was both of their spouses. Her picture is haunting me. I hope she won't harm herself. I hope she gets some help.


Now all of us living here have become the butt of jokes.

Well, I agree with this. I've heard it all from relatives and friends......those that have never been here...first off, they think this is a small retirement community with homes, trailers and mobile homes. They think that half of us sit around playing bingo and shuffleboard, the other half are all swingers with STD's.

Grace, I feel the same way. At first it was funny, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought of her as a person in need of help and also became concerned for her welfare.

When I saw it made the National news I actually felt some anger. The story being nationalized was not only an unnecessary hit on her, but also seemed to ridicule our community and people in our age group.

If he was 68 and she was 49, it would have been a non-story....at least nationally.

I am afraid its international. http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/in...#axzz34Aw61Vwc

It shows up in UK and Australian media as well and probably will appear in others soon. It is the kind of idiotic story that quickly goes world wide with little or no thought about the community involved nor the subjects and family of people in it. I do not see what can be done though. It sells ads. Look how many hits it has got on TOTV in its various threads?

It is international. Try googling her name. It's in the UK, Australia, even Nigeria.

I was not aware of the Nigerian one. I could make a sick joke but....

Guess what????

Every time you click onto any link that references this encounter (including TOTV threads) it increases the "hits", drives it further up the counter with all of the search engines and increases it's profile on the interwebs as a whole.

Welcome to the interconnected world.

Looks like she already has more than her 15 minutes of fame. This could last a while. Several people I know who know I am contemplating buying in The Villages have sent me links to news stories about this. In the past they have teased me about the STD story.

Who knows, it may sell more homes for the developer.

I don't think she looks humiliated. Just drunk.

This is what people around our past home taunt with, too. Their summary of us as being interested in that kind of immersion just shows how little they know, or how jealous they are of people having the courage to move out of their boring existence, knowing there's a whole world out there to experience and enjoy....or to move on from.

Oh well, look on the bright side. This publicity, while unwanted, is also likely to help TV real estate values keep rising (no pun intended)

As the irish author, Brendan Behan quipped: "There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary."

That it has been splashed all over the interconnected world bothers me not one single bit.

The intent of my post was to point out to those that it does, the reality of how the net works.

I want to know why his name and picture wasn't also in the news all around the world.... Her whole life as she knows it now is ruined, very,very, sad....