Byrd is the Word

She even received the digital censorship of her foul mouth. Can’t remember when I last saw that. Having the knowledge to job the system doesn’t qualify one as you smart, it just qualifies you as a hustler. She tossed out invitations to her pity party in hallterview but by everybody was done with her. She’s trash just like the crap furniture she left behind.

This to the Nth degree.

I’m not sure a JJ epp ever brought tears to my eyes before today. I felt so bad for that girl I lost sight of the fact that the little dog was killed. This one will bother me for a while. Shame on that awful woman.

To say I despised that woman would be the understatement of the year. She became pregnant at 15-16, gave the girl up for adoption and evidently hasn’t learned a f’n thing since. Argumentative, evasive, self absorbed, shallow waste of space. One of her dogs kills the other dog and she sues the 18 year old, not to bring the dog back to life, but for money. Absolutely vile woman has now thrown that girl away twice. I’d like to see bio mom thrown under a bus next. Props to the boyfriend who came off well. Someone needs to throw their arms around that kid.

Precisely. The end game here is to raise kids to be happy, productive, kind, respectful, responsible, etc. In the final analysis will suing your son over a dog mainly to prove a point yet likely fracture the father/son relationship improve the chances of that happening or harm them? I know which way I’d bet.

Not to read too much into things but it might be telling that he was identified as a software engineer; a profession that's about precision, control and power...none of which are often present in life, particularly parenting.

In fact, there is no wife Number 2. He’s only separated from his wife; a separation that’s lasted 5 years. (What’s that about?) In the meantime he’s met another woman (who referred to in court as a “girl”) treats her kids as his own and then made a new baby with the girlfriend. The BITW Respect-O-Meter started pretty high in this guy and steadily dropped the more he talked. He presents himself as traditional dad with all the strict rules and expectations then revealed that he’s started a new family while still legally entwined with his wife. I wonder what HIS dad would say about all that. (Maybe he’d want to take his son's dog away also). Also, if people don’t think long and hard before suing a family member they’re a special kind of stupid. Every one of the few such cases I’ve been close to has lead to a permanent fracture in the relationship. If the dog or the money or the f’ing Rototiller is worth it, have at it. But I brand you some combination of fool and jagoff when you sue your son over a dog that will likely die before the bitterness of the lawsuit subsides.

This. And as much as I did like the father, and the mother as well (if only for remaining silent and not joining the fight) it was telling to me the number of times he used the word “rules.” I’m all for boundaries and expectations that build character and a sense of responsibility, but in my experience both as a child and a parent those fathers who leaned hard on their rules often fell over and landed on their asses when the kids hit high school and you could no longer control them like you could see they were 12. And frankly, I’d rather see my son work as an attendant in a movie theatre then a day trader.

"I don't want to hear "basically"!

Oh Nancie, just when the plaintiff’s case was about to be dismissed you sabotage your victory with your own text message evidence. We’ve seen this case 100 times. Dud guy loans much more attractive woman money and expects a romantic bond as a result. She plays the damsel in distress well, with full knowledge of what’s going to happen next and is willing to trade a bunch of unwanted advances for four grand cash. It doesn’t change whether or not it was a loan, but probably not a loan he’d make to an ugly woman. Agreed, she’s a predator. However, I award her 5 style points for calling out JJ for the unnecessary rude remark.

Ha! I see what you did there! Well played sister.

When she told him (he off camera) “stop it!” I’m saying to anyone listening “wait for it, wait for it!” 💥 😥😥😥

She pretended to be incredulous when the very believable plaintiff described the daisy dukes and halter top she was wearing on the day of the incident. As if anyone seeing all the skin she displayed in court thought the plaintiff was lying.

Not that I was leaning in her direction, but the “I’m a victim” remark sealed the deal for this curmudgeon.

I’m not proud to share this but I just about hate this kid. Aside from the blatant lies he told, it’s probably due to what I fear is a very, very dangerous temperament (there honey, that’s the correct use of that word). His rage coupled with the crying jag tells he that this is one very unstable dude capable of scary violence. Sooner or later Jacob is going to seriously hurt somebody. If that little woman/child was half as smart as she pretended to be she’d run like hell from Jacob and never, ever look back. “No one go on Tinder! Ever!” Probably excellent advice. Thank you Miss.

This case is testament to the stupidity of some that with the real life horror going on in this family two grandmothers fly to California to adjudicate a case of some piece of shit car while drug addicted babies are struggling in foster care. F you both. Go back home, put your heads together and work on your family. Why JJ let this well intended but goofy, annoying dufus prattle on and on is a mystery. Perhaps it was sushi day and the epp was taped after lunch, which might explain her good humor.

It occurred to me that the confusion the defendant demonstrated could be due to the stroke she suffered. This case also struck me as one that probably could have and should have been worked out without a judge’s intervention. The defendant was hired to care for the plaintiff’s father and by all accounts she was good at it and cared very much for him. Now he’s without a quality caregiver and the plaintiffs won a battle and maybe lost a war.

@funky-rat one of the best things about being a dude is that the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is three weeks max.

I had a similar feeling about this case. It makes sense that the defendant was at fault, but there was something about the plaintiff and her husband that was way, way off. The addition to the football game detail seemed a bit contrived. I know it's a huge game in Alabama, but is it really likely that game is playing on the TV in salon that caters to old women? And the defendant seemed both truthful and competent some how. I agree with JJ's logic on this. Men are guilty of lots of stupid, violent behavior but using bleach to intentionally destroy clothing is not something one of us is likely to do. Accidentally destroying them with bleach is another matter. That's why Mrs. BITW now hides the Clorox. 😐

The sibling vs sibling case was absolutely shameful and pathetic. Plus, you don’t need the wisdom of Salomon to figure out who’s the problem when 3 siblings stand against 1.

So true. Unless there truly is time travel, virtually nobody comes out of nowhere. What these people don’t realize is what they are saying in fact is “I wasn’t paying attention and I didn’t see the (blank) until it was too late”. Don’t we all hear this a lot in real life all the time? I have a brother with an anger issue who will tell me the events of a conflict he’s recently experienced. It could be a cop or it could be a driver in a parking lot. He’ll include a bunch of irrelevant and maybe untrue details that bolster his case and omit, what I’m certain, is incendiary behavior on his part. In the end it all boils down to personal responsibility and the admission that we screw up or misbehave occasionally.

The plaintiff in the Junk Food Junkie case may be the first of his kind to show up with an actual loan contract. Nothing fancy, just some chicken scratch on the back of an envelope and it’s a slam dunk for him. Bravo kid. And did anyone else notice the the squeaky blonde defendant woman child appears to be carrying baby number 3? Evidently the men in her life are also “on again, off again”. 🙄😉

Certainly it’s the very, very rare human that’s comfortable sharing their mate and more rare still to find two such persons married to each other.

Good grief, you nailed it. The defendant looked like a bit of a serial killer with that haircut and neck button but his new girlfriend positively gross. The poster child for the dangers of poor oral hygiene JJ remarks often that her show isn’t Dr. Phil. Though not a fan at all of his program, I’d pay to watch that ménage a trios slug it out with Phil as the referee.

One hundred times this. As an employer, I see red every time an hourly employee who would abandoned her post to run to the social security office or the ER (understandable & forgivable, but still problematic) then make an accusation of discrimination when she was terminated. I’d wager that Miss Anger Management sees better than I hear. I wonder if there’s a hustle for being legally deaf. 🤔