# Dying Girl Bullied Online by 33 Year Old Neighbor **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125 "2010-10-14T13:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SevenOfTeemingMillions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@SevenOfTeemingMillions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SevenOfTeemingMillions)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/41 "2010-10-15T09:59:25Z")
I pity the Petkov kids. I don’t know if they’re growing up to be like their mom or not but they no doubt are receiving flak for what their mom did. If they’re growing up to be like their mom, I doubly pity them. > [@An\_Arky](#): > > This bitch and that fucker that stabbed the boy at Dave & Busters really, really challenge my opposition to the death penalty. People like that simply do not desrve to live. I won’t abandon my opposition to the death penalty but I will make an exception for her. 😃 > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > He’s quite the aficionado of euphemism, as evidenced in [this article](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319276/Scott-Jennifer-Petkovs-cruel-taunts-dying-Kathleen-Edwards-7.html). The husband apologizes for his wife’s “brutal honesty”. That’s not an apology. He’s defending her behaviour saying that she’s just being honest. > [@Nava](#): > > > [@tdn](#): > > > > She now seems contrite about it, but her actions were so extreme that they can’t really be undone. This isn’t going to end anytime soon. > > > [@Dante](#): > > > > Sounds like she’s contrite on the advice of counsel. People like that don’t just suddenly come to the realization that they’re giant flaming assholes. I bet good money she’s not sorry in the least. > > Yeah, contrite she’s been caught and is catching heat for it, not contrite she hurt someone. Sounds like the kind of person who _knows_ that you’re supposed to say “sorry” but doesn’t _understand_ why. I too doubt that her contrition is sincere. I believe she’s publicly apologizing now out of fear of a lawsuit and because she’s getting flak from people from around the world. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/42 "2010-10-15T10:31:15Z")
Encyclopedia Dramatica has a page about Jennifer Lynn Petkov: NSFW (porn adverts on the page) [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jennifer\_Lynn\_Petkov](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jennifer_Lynn_Petkov) ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/43 "2010-10-15T12:53:15Z")
The Law of Thread Disagreement states that no less than 1 person will eventually come along and somehow disagree with the notion that this is an awful thing. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/44 "2010-10-15T12:55:24Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Yeah, contrite she’s been caught and is catching heat for it, not contrite she hurt someone. Sounds like the kind of person who _knows_ that you’re supposed to say “sorry” but doesn’t _understand_ why. Yeah, I said “seems”, not “is.” She’s probably now wondering why people are being so mean to her. I’m not sure I’d give the husband equal blame in this. It can’t be easy living with a complete psychopath. I’d bet that he’s now wishing he’d never met that nightmare of a woman. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/45 "2010-10-15T14:09:59Z")
OK, I generally find that these sorts of stories are overblown and the actions seem a bit more reasonable in the context of what came before, but that idea was sunk as soon as I saw the video. She really is a loathsome bitch. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/46 "2010-10-15T14:35:44Z")
> [@elninost0rm](#): > > The Law of Thread Disagreement states that no less than 1 person will eventually come along and somehow disagree with the notion that this is an awful thing. Indeed, in one of the following forms: 1. Let’s not be hasty— we don’t know what \*really \*happened until all the information is in, and then it’ll be old news so why dwell on the past? 2. It’s partially the mother’s fault for not inviting Petkov’s kids over to their birthday party (which is allegedly what incited the feud). 3. Funny how everyone is such a fan of censorship all of a sudden. It says in the Constitution that you’re allowed to harrass dying children on Facebook, and nobody is allowed to say anything about it! ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/47 "2010-10-15T20:25:58Z")
Update: Jennifer Petkov has been arrested. For trying to run someone over with her car. Aaand, she’s already on probation for disorderly conduct. [http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested\_jennifer\_petkov\_20100915\_dk](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested_jennifer_petkov_20100915_dk) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/48 "2010-10-15T20:33:58Z")
I see a padded cell in her future. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/49 "2010-10-15T20:39:37Z")
Christ Jesus on a pogo stick. The more I learn about people and study them, the more dysfunction I see. That woman’s behavior seems to be that of a classic psychopath. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/50 "2010-10-15T20:39:46Z")
Pity it went this way before “The Real Housewives of Detroit” had a chance to make her a star. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/51 "2010-10-15T20:41:01Z")
[Jennifer Petkov was just arrested today (Oct. 15),](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested_jennifer_petkov_20100915_dk) for “assault using a dangerous weapon” [her car, in an alleged attempt to run someone over]. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/52 "2010-10-15T20:53:46Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > Update: Jennifer Petkov has been arrested. For trying to run someone over with her car. Aaand, she’s already on probation for disorderly conduct. > > [http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested\_jennifer\_petkov\_20100915\_dk](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested_jennifer_petkov_20100915_dk) This story makes it sound to me as if the husband is just as bad. > [@](#): > > Her husband Scott Petkov parked a pick-up truck in front of Rebecca Rose’s house, the place where Kathleen lives, that had tombstones and messages of death painted on it. A coffin was placed in the back of the truck. Gotta wonder about people, sometimes. It sounds as if these two haven’t gotten past the 8-year-old bully mentality. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/53 "2010-10-15T21:33:18Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Encyclopedia Dramatica has a page about Jennifer Lynn Petkov: > > NSFW (porn adverts on the page) > > [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jennifer\_Lynn\_Petkov](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jennifer_Lynn_Petkov) I love the quote on that page: “I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for harassing a 7-year-old girl with a degenerative brain condition.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/54 "2010-10-15T22:28:55Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Hoo boy. Sociopath… Fuck them. Only after forced sterilization. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/55 "2010-10-15T22:52:35Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > > [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > > > Update: Jennifer Petkov has been arrested. For trying to run someone over with her car. Aaand, she’s already on probation for disorderly conduct. > > > > [http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested\_jennifer\_petkov\_20100915\_dk](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/woman-who-taunted-kathleen-edward-is-arrested_jennifer_petkov_20100915_dk) > > This story makes it sound to me as if the husband is just as bad. > > > [@](#): > > > > Her husband Scott Petkov parked a pick-up truck in front of Rebecca Rose’s house, the place where Kathleen lives, that had tombstones and messages of death painted on it. A coffin was placed in the back of the truck. > > Gotta wonder about people, sometimes. It sounds as if these two haven’t gotten past the 8-year-old bully mentality. On the other hand, don’t you get a warm glow knowing that somehow these two people found each other? True soulmates, like some twisted version of [“Love is…”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is...). ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/56 "2010-10-15T23:49:02Z")
How does someone like her find a spouse while plenty of non-psychopaths struggle? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/57 "2010-10-16T00:12:49Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > How does someone like her find a spouse while plenty of non-psychopaths struggle? Maybe [Mickey and Mallory](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110632/) settled down and started a dating service to help others find their special kind of love. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/58 "2010-10-16T00:28:20Z")
> [@flight](#): > > OK, I generally find that these sorts of stories are overblown and the actions seem a bit more reasonable in the context of what came before, but that idea was sunk as soon as I saw the video. She really is a loathsome bitch. This. Add me to the list of people who think she apologized at the advice of a lawyer. I wouldn’t want her in my neighborhood and would certainly invite her to leave given the chance. Not surprised she was arrested again. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/59 "2010-10-16T10:28:49Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > > [@Ogre](#): > > > > Hoo boy. Sociopath… Fuck them. > > Only after forced sterilization. I don’t know if they’d fit in the autoclave. But I’m willing to try… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125/60 "2010-10-16T11:19:47Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > > > Only after forced sterilization. > > I don’t know if they’d fit in the autoclave. > > But I’m willing to try… 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125.md?page=4)