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ThrillianIsOkay t1_iswpevk wrote

Years of abuse? Sorry, but did I miss something? Shouldn't Nico be on the brunt end of Melissa's ire?

He's her boss and the more likely culprit! And it seems like the model barely knew her.

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Ellie_The_Mermaid129 OP t1_iswpxeb wrote

>barely knew her

I knew OF her, but I never cared enough about her to remember her name. I worked with her for years I suppose, but like I said, she was only a face to me. Nothing more.

I’m sure there’s people you work with that you don’t know very well. Someone in a corner office or someone who works a different shift, perhaps?

In the fashion industry, it’s even worse. There are very few colleagues you get on a name-to-name basis with, simply because everything is moving so quickly. There is always a another place to shoot, a new brand to promote, a new style to push, a new fragrance to bathe in.

As for her ire towards Nico, I can’t say. I think her hatred and anger was directed towards me because I was so beautiful. Did Nico enable my inexcusable behavior? Absolutely. Was he ultimately responsible for her misery and resentment?

No, I was.

It eats me up.

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ThrillianIsOkay t1_iswrqvy wrote

I suppose I understand better. But at the same time, if the cruelty was impersonal and not exactly ever directed to this female assistant, her "revenge" still seems misdirected.

Unless there was some more personal misgiving done, or the model stands for something that is against the assistant's values, then the assistant is projecting her hate and using the model as a scapegoat. Add her envy and Nico's verbal abuse to the mix, and we have a ticking bomb.

The only thing that might have been the OP's fault is that she has been enabling Nico's behavior all these years.

Sorry, analyzing the nature of human cruelty is an interest of mine.

The story is intriguingly tragic to say the least.

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boldcattiva t1_isx6ltw wrote

You weren't responsible for anything. She was messed up in the head. No one deserves to be recognized. It was a job, if she didn't like it she could quit. Being ignored is no excuse for attempted murder and body mutilation. Honestly the scariest part about this story is how many people think you got what you deserve.

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CleverGirl2014 t1_isybpub wrote

Melissa was "only a face... nothing more" to you? As you were to your clients, darling.

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ArgiopeAurantia t1_it0i308 wrote

Melissa had no doubt observed OP being horrible to a whole lot of other people as well. It might not all have been personal revenge. And if OP had become emblematic to her of abusive bullshit in her career, it makes sense that this might be her last stand. It sounds like she just finally broke.

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