two steps forward, three steps back (burned)

[TJT]

Oh that is DIRTY. I didn’t think of that.

It would be dirty and I obviously can't say for sure that that wouldn't be the case. However... I honestly don't think it sounds that way. To me it just sounds like she's asking for money now for something she wants now (not sure if there's anything legitimate she would NEED, but since she didn't really provide a reason as to why exactly that "didn't work" for her, I do agree she's fishing for something.

But we have to be careful not to give them too much credit, either, and if she was trying to be manipulative I would think she would have had a better "reason" planned than just asking you straight up. Again, could be wrong. That's jut my gut reaction, FWIW.

Any other explanations? Control, fear, plan B stuff? Other than that I think you might have nailed it.

Lol... "other than that"... You just acknowledged that it literally could be a whole host of other things.

I think the other important thing to note here is that yes, while some people can become extremely vindictive for no reason in Ds, people also do a lot of things, as we all know, that say a lot more about THEM than us. To your point, it could definitely be control or fear or whatever, and she may NOT actually be trying to screw you over tenfold. Again maybe she is... but don't torture yourself (or put yourself into a deeper spiral) but jumping to conclusions.

Be smart and protect yourself but don't let her control your sanity.