I’m glad you are commenting on this post. As I said to you in my response to your private email that preceded this comment, my publishing my feelings was my effort to get everyone to cut the bullshit and admit that there was problem that could be resolved if we talked about it as the grown midlife women that we are.

As for your comment about my loyalty to my friends–I’m assuming that that is an effort on your part to deny the legitimacy of my feelings by positioning them as a function of my friendship with Chloe Jeffreys. My issues with you have nothing to do with Chloe’s issues with you. You earned my enmity and mistrust all by yourself way back in 2012. Since then your attitude and actions have only solidified my view of you as someone who will do whatever she has to to get what she wants. And part of my angst over this whole thing is that I never want to believe that women can behave so much like men. I think we’re better than that.

As for the Twitter chat, I assume I am the person you are referring to when you say “she did not answer.” I don’t believe it was my place to contact you about a BlogHer sponsored chat. It also didn’t occur to me that the hashtag was your Twitter handle – and I had nothing to do with choosing the hashtag.

I have moved past things that have happened and I do wish everyone else would, also. Partnerships end, life goes on. The midlife blogging community will continue to grow, whether or not you, or I, or anyone else is part of it. That’s a good thing. The most important thing is that we all keep writing. If there’s gossip and chatter about the end of a business, ok. But it really means nothing anymore.

I have to say I admire your loyalty to your friends. That’s a good quality in a person.