Have you ever known anyone personally that writes life stories & gets things wrong about every other paragraph?

I have a sister that posts long stories on Facebook. She reposted something she wrote a couple years ago about young life on the farm. She made 6 major errors including attributing some things that happened to me or my sister to herself. Claims she was in 1st grade when JFK died, I remember sitting in 1st grade myself & having our teacher tell us & the whole classroom crying. She wasn’t even in school yet. This same sister has been writing a book about life & the family and has said she will publish it.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

About the only thing you can do is write your own account (or copy hers and correct what you see as errors).

Such things have been common since humankind kind began writing things down. I bet tribal members of cave drawing artists went back to their own cook fires and said "That's not how it happened at ALL."

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Mamapolo2016 Once something gets posted or published many will take it as truth. It’s like you have to unravel the stories from the beginnings.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@cherokeepatti That's why there are historians - if the first teller of a story told it the way it really happened, there wouldn't be much reason for anybody to challenge it.

As one of six children, I can tell you that quite often, one or the other of us remembers an incident differently than the rest. I don't think it's intentional - we were just different ages and had our own perspective. Things like date of birth are fairly easy to prove - but point of view isn't.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Mamapolo2016 She’s extremely narcissistic. She takes an interesting stories and embroiders it around herself.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@cherokeepatti People who know her probably know that. As for the rest, how much do casual FB readers matter?

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Mamapolo2016 They don’t but she has a way of gaslighting people. Eventually she’ll get dealt with on it. I think she fears legal problems is the reason she doesn’t mention my name.