To My Friend & Her Co-Conspirators,

I had hoped my patience regarding your persistent inappropriate comments would result in a pleasant ending for everyone. I quickly realized that deleting your comments only resulted in your posting more. I have looked up the IP addresses used, and I was disheartened when I discovered the destinations. I have considered my options. I could, from this point on, close all my posts and all future posts from further comments. However, as my roommate pointed out, that would be unfair to my friends and few loyal readers that do comment. I could continue to delete every comment sent, but I believe that would only provoke you further. My third option is to contact the companies which several of the comments have been sent from and alert their attention to the situation, and I have, in fact, contacted one of the companies. However, I have no desire to get anyone in trouble. I could have handled any number of things, but commenting on a somewhat emotional letter to my unborn niece crossed a line. If your intention was to anger or to hurt me, you may consider your mission a success. This leads me to my last option which is to simply give up. I’m done. You win.