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Dear Christina,
Hi, you don't know me, but I know you. I'm Marcus, Editor-in-Chief of a website called Chicagoist. We've been kind of mean to your "fiance" Drew in the past and chances are we won't be too nice to him in the future. We've also been following this ongoing saga between the two of you, this crazy on-again, off-again relationship. It's like something we'd read in US Weekly, except neither of you are that attractive. Now, I know Drew is innocent until proven guilty and deserves a fair trial by the jury of his peers if he's ever formally charged in the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio or the "disappearance" of his fourth wife, Stacy. But still, your recent decision to move back in with Drew warrants this letter in which I'd like to offer you the following advice.
- GET THE HELL OUT. NOW. Have you seen what happens to women who marry this guy? He's already divorced two, one's been missing for over a year, and one ended up dead. By a homicide. At the very least you'll wind up divorcing this guy and believe me when I say the "Peterson Taint" does not wash off. Do you really think this is going to turn out any different than the first four wives? If you go on statistics, there's a 100 percent chance it will end and only a 50 percent chance you'll come out of this relationship alive.
- SHUT THE HELL UP. NOW. Look. You already called this a publicity stunt. We know it is. We know you're doing this for the money. When you divorce Drew (and yes, "when" not "if"), it's pretty transparent you're angling for a book deal. And whatever else you can use to dig up money from your experience. Again, assuming you don't end up dead or missing. So, please, shut up. Just go on about your business and stop squawking at the press. You go on one show to call your relationship a publicity stunt and then show up on another show to call it real love.
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We know it's all bullshit anyway. Of course, the media attention (including, admittedly, this site) has probably only fed this desire to keep running your mouth on television. We get it, so please spare us any further pain and just get the plan going.
- REALIZE YOU'VE BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF. When it all falls apart (again, assuming you survive), you're going to appear on one of the morning shows. Or, God forbid, Oprah. You're gonna cry and mascara is going to run down your face and you're going to plead, "I loved him" and then go on about how he broke your trust. You will receive no sympathy from me. You know what you're getting into, Christina. And you know why you're getting into it. So don't cry when it all falls apart.
Okay, that's all I have. Please keep these things in mind. Now, I may be wrong. Maybe you'll wise-up and run away, far far away. Or maybe you'll marry Drew, live happily ever after, and he'll be proven innocent of everything that's happened. Who knows? I'm proven wrong on an almost daily basis and I'd love to be proven wrong here. I'm just not sure that'll happen. Until then, though, I'm done covering you. I wish you all the best luck in (literally) surviving this marriage and making it out alive when the circus tent collapses on you.
Best,
Marcus
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To borrow from the Simpson's treehouse of horror -
Hey, Chicagoist! Are you suffering from the heartbreak of...Monster-itis? Then take a tip from Mr. Paul Anka! "To stop those monsters, one-two-three, Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free. It's got Paul Anka's guarantee...[winks], Guarantee void in Tennessee. Just don't look. Just don't look. Just don't look. Just don't look."
Ha! nice reference! And yes, I know, thus "I'm done covering you."
Wow...Marcus...referring to her as 'not attractive' was a little harsh. She's not that bad...the eyebrows drawn on with a Sharpie are a tad over the edge...she doesn't deserve insults, imo...she deserves our compassion.
maybe the insults are harsh but compassion? no. she knows exactly what she's doing.
Maybe I'm being naive, but what is she doing?
I think she's really immature...she sounds like she had the mental capacity of an immature 12 year old, so how can a 12 year old know what she's doing?
I don't know...maybe I'm being a bleeding heart, but I feel sorry for her.
Him I have nothing but disdain for, however.
This woman does not deserve compassion. Hitching her wagon to a man who is, at very least, a creep and at most a murderer? She is an adult, not a child.
Add to that her love of the attention, because why other than love would you keep seeking out interviews and chats with the ever-hungry media?
This is not an abused wife trying desperately to escape some thug (like some of Mr. Peterson's previous spouses) or some teenager trying to get away from an abusive parent.
As for being "unattractive", I'd say that has more to do with her presentation and grasping at the winnowing straws of fame than her appearance.
Totally in agreement with Marcus, not attractive at all.
I think you are misusing quotes around "disappearance". Stacy actually did disappear.
yeah, i see your point.
Marcus, please don't take this the wrong way, because it is meant as an honest question:
Do you actually care about this woman, about her situation, or do you merely like to comment on the situation, including in a manner that allows you to show off your writing (I say this because the post was entertaining)?
As for me, I don't care about this woman, nor Drew, nor really about the issue at all, so I have no axe to grind. I'm just curious about what motivates some of the commentary in various forums. And I don't think it is evil to try to generate site traffic or anything, if that indeed a motivation (Drew-related posts always seem to get multiple comments).
I'd argue that every generation has it's scandalous goofballs. When I was a kid it was the "long island lolita", my parents had Patty Hearst. They're fascinating in their audacity for idiocy. But over a long enough time line, they're just sad bastards and petty thugs.
Squeeky Fromme, baby. For a while, the Manson family was a never-ending gift.
The Manson story still fascinates me.
Especially when you consider how frightening the whole thing seemed to people back then and you look at the Manson group now and they're just so
old and pathetic. Last I heard, one of the 'girls' was dying of cancer, had limbs amputated and in hospice and she STILL didn't get out when appealing to the probation board.
It doesn't irk you that he got away with murder? I see what you're saying and all...I don't care about this guy either, but it gets to me in a big way that he's a cop who knew what he was doing and he got away with multiple murders.
Yeah, yeah..innocent til proven guilty and all that....but we all know OJ did it too.
Marcus: Cool. As I said, I was just curious.
Ingrid: That's not what I meant. I mean of all the problems in the world, all the death and murder and what not, I don't care about Drew, as I don't know him, don't live near him, know none of his alleged victims, and fail to see how this case affects my life. Enough people are emotionally invested in this case that I doubt my absence will be noticed. This case, no matter what happens, is merely a tabloid sideshow to those of us with no personal stake in the issue. Therefore, I don't really care (do a care a tiny bit? Of course. Who can turn away from a highway accident?)
Matilda - no problem at all.
By the way, I think the open letter format, though it can be abused by hacks and op-ed blowhards, isn't used enough on blog or in media in general. It's a wonderful device.
You know, I think this is similar to the OJ case actually in a lot of ways. Like, he probably did it but with no body and a smattering of hearsay evidence, wouldn't it seem like a miscarriage of justice to actually convict him on the evidence before us?
Sometimes, cases come along, like OJ, where, if he had been convicted, justice would have prevailed. When he was found 'not guilty', justice also prevailed.
You know, I think this is similar to the OJ case actually in a lot of ways. Like, he probably did it but with no body and a smattering of hearsay evidence, wouldn't it seem like a miscarriage of justice to actually convict him on the evidence before us?
Sometimes, cases come along, like OJ, where, if he had been convicted, justice would have prevailed. When he was found 'not guilty', justice also prevailed.
I agree with you.
Better a guilty man go free than an innocent man go to prison.
No problem. Actually, this was not meant to draw traffic. I highly doubt it will draw much at all. We've been just as guilty as every other news organization of giving this woman air time and I suppose while I may not care or have the same level of compassion as some others, I find that I do have an emotional reaction to her and her appearing on so many television shows and mugging for the camera. Is this self-indulgent? Sure, a little. Was I trying to be a bit more creative in my commentary than our usual style of posting? Yes. Will it succeed or fail? Who knows, but that's on me and as the person who wrote and posted it, that's my criticism to take. But the motivation for it was an actual emotional reaction to her and the situation.
You know a relationship has staying power when the woman says the man is "nice" when asked to describe him.
You know,
in all this mess, no one really has addressed the fact that this woman has 2 kids that she keeps dragging to/ from this ass's house. Where are the kids father(s)? Yes, she also sounds mentally challenged. Poor kids, never had a chance...
ditto the kids from Peterson's previous marriages.
She pulled herself into this mess of her own free will and agreed to every TV interview that came her way. She's fair game. Write as many critical/analytical columns as you want. Be as hard on her as you want. She wants to be part of "the game", so be it. No sympathy.
Well, I don't want to see her dead, but other than that...
Soon, dictionaries will be changing their definition of bimbo to include her photo.
In a truly sick way, I hope she does disappear!
Then Drew is finally up Shit Creek without a paddle!
I wonder if that's her idea, a stupid plan, live with the creep, keep breaking up with him & then disappear on her own, making everyone think he did it.
While that idea looks good on paper (or screen) Scooter, I would highly doubt she has the intelligence. I think her old man will kill the guy in a fit of rage. She'll get a book deal while at the same time have her kids taken away from her. In a fit of depression she will blow all the book money at the Empress and then, and only then, will she disappear.
You forgot the ensuing appearance on "Flava of Love"
I know she's stupid, but even stupid people have ideas & maybe that's her's.
And yeah, I agree, if she disappeared, her dad would kill Peterson.
He'd probably torture him first, though!
Is there something I am missing with Drew? Why are women so head over heels for this guy? I wouldn't touch him even if he offered me lots of money. *shudder*
Uh, not to be that guy, but since Drew's been divorced four times, but only killed one of his wives, statistically she has an 80 percent chance of getting out alive, not 50.
Christina-
Wake up! Go back to your father now.