Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned Who Writes To Tell Me All About It

I received a disturbing email through Facebook on Friday from someone I have never met. Did you know that people can still send messages to your inbox even if you aren’t “friends?” Now you know.

The email started out friendly enough, “Hi, I keep seeing comments from you on Monica* and Chandler’s* status… and your name caught my eye. So I went to your page, and funny thing… I “dated” your husband about 6 years ago.” Sounds innocent enough, right? Thought maybe she just wanted to say ‘hello’ and leave it at that. Nope. From there it got nasty and she proceeded to tell me how Mr. S had been a “big jerk,” treated her badly, and then never called her again. I won’t get into all the details but I’m not sure why after 6+ years she thought it would be okay to send an email like that to someone she has never met. I can’t even remember most of the guys I dated 6 years ago. Nor do I care to.

From what Mr. S has told me about his past I’m sure it’s true. He wasn’t a saint. We all have a past. Sometimes we treat others badly and make poor judgment calls. But that’s what is great about the past. It’s behind us and we move forward. We learn from our mistakes and we strive to be better. The Mr. S I know is none of the things she accused him of being.

I am debating whether or not I want to respond to her message. I have a lot of sarcastic (and some not so nice) replies milling around in my head, but if I decide to respond I plan on keeping things very diplomatic. Or I can always say the mean things I’ve come up with and end it the same way she ended her message, “Sorry, just had to get that out.” Any suggestions?

*names have been changed to protect the innocent.