Comments on: Brazen Faith – David Dellifield of Ada, Ohio is a Good Guy

By: Xanthe Wyse

Xanthe Wyse — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:55:53 +0000

I agree that her behaviour was despicable & out of malice, which is not an Aspie trait, but a narcissist one.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:30:04 +0000

great post. I came across Penelope's blog when she ripped into Tim Ferriss for tricking her into a cup of coffee, and for apparently being an asshole. I felt she was completely out of line and unprofessional, granted it is her opinion. After I read the post about David from Ohio, I have zero, absolutely zero respect for her. She's just a bitch, plain and simple. Thanks for a great post, Rikin.

By: RK

RK — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:39:54 +0000

I landed at PT's site after I Googled a career advice search and for once thought the blog was something that I should subscribe to. Then I fished around the blog only to find that the David Dallifield post was her most popular post and the latest blog (Jan 2011) is about her life with a farmer and breaking her head with a lamp and what not…what lessons should I be taking away from all this…I am already getting a headache! I agree fully with your response…what David did may not be saintly but how PT responded was definitely devilish…

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:16:39 +0000

Penelope Trunk is a cunt – plain and simple.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:37:47 +0000

I thought it was shocking what Penelope did. The same kind of shock one might get from seeing two kids pee in a church fountain before setting fire to the confessional box.

Someone makes a snarky remark on Twitter, and this woman goes berserk and calls him at work? David's remark wasn't even that bad - I've said much worse things to my friends as a passing joke.

It's like a bad episode of Jerry Springer, or a Howard Stern prank gone wrong. But then again, I suppose that make for good reading.

Moral of this story: Jerry Springer is way cooler than CBS News!

By: disgusted

disgusted — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:36:07 +0000

The big problem is that people think they can tell others how to live and think.

PT was bored – it can happen – but David told her she didn't want her kids – one had nothing to do with the other. If you do the samething for too long, you can get bored.

I had a total stranger tell me that I couldn't walk my dogs on my own lawn – where does it stop? Why don't people have respect for others anymore? Why is everything me, me, me these days?

By: disgusted

disgusted — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:36:07 +0000

The big problem is that people think they can tell others how to live and think.

PT was bored – it can happen – but David told her she didn't want her kids – one had nothing to do with the other. If you do the samething for too long, you can get bored.

I had a total stranger tell me that I couldn't walk my dogs on my own lawn – where does it stop? Why don't people have respect for others anymore? Why is everything me, me, me these days?

By: rikin

rikin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:04:25 +0000

Hi Monica,
Thanks for coming back and leaving a comment that I know you thought about.
I agree, it'd be nice to hear what a lot of mothers had to say about PT's
post but I believe some have commented here and I know I've read quite a few
comments by mothers on either side of the argument.

I also don't think my post lacks the thought that David was 'attacking' her
children because in my eyes that's a little bit of a stretch. I might be
wrong but I just don't see how he 'attacked' them, I can't find any threat
in there.

Oh wells. I guess it's all over with now but we definitely can learn
SOMETHING from this even if everyone doesn't take away the same thing.

Thanks for coming by again!

Rikin

By: Monica O'Brien

Monica O'Brien — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:28:21 +0000

Hi Rikin,

I'm somehow back here again. Why? Probably because I need to write this comment.

I don't completely disagree with what you're saying, and it's very well-laid out. I think you have to remember that Penelope is very popular and thus every move she makes is very criticized. It's not her "fault" because she puts herself out there for everyone to read. We all do that as bloggers, it's just most of us don't have a lot of people who care.

Did she flip out on David? Maybe. But it wasn't because he attacked her and she couldn't take it. People attack Penelope all the time online. What I think is missing in this post (and others like it) is context: that Penelope probably saw David's comment as an attack on her children. That's how I would see it.

Maybe her actions were extreme. But look. If someone attacked my children or my love for my children (and I don't even have children, so technically we're talking about my future children) I would probably go nuts. Because normal people who love their children go crazy over those things. And sometimes those people are semi-famous like Penelope is.

Maybe you're right, but my sympathy is with P at the end of the day. I don't think what she did was that despicable and it certainly wasn't unprovoked when you put David's tweet in the context of attacking P's children.

PS. No offense to Rikin or any other guys, I'm just wondering if there are any mothers who have written a post like this. I've only seen versions of this post on single guy's blogs. Just a passing thought.

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