While Lauren & Grogda ran away upstairs, Tana stayed downstairs.

Downstairs was more fun but Tana should have been upstairs supporting Lauren. She's a bridesmaid for god sakes.

Tana was lurking around with a girl friend of hers - let's call this friend Mcplain.

I had met Mcplain at a wedding last year. At said wedding, Mcplain was scuttling around telling everyone (including myself) that she was surprised she had still been invited…

cringey.

Mcplain was in the midst of a falling out with the bride & groom and wanted everyone to know it. Mcplain and I had a brief conversation on this but she wasn't memorable (meaning I wouldn’t be able to pick this girl out of a line up if I ever saw her again).

So it took me by surprise while at the bar when Mcplain - who I thought was a stranger - barreled up to our table & goes:

"ALISHA!"

I looked at this girl taken aback. This was someone who very much knew who I was, and I didn't recognize this person at all.

I got down from our table so I could hear her better & apologize:

"Hey, I'm really bad with names and faces - I'm sorry. I don't know who you are?"

"I'm Mcplain!"

"(pondering)...I'm so sorry. I still can't place you."

"Mcplain. I'm Tana's friend. I was at X and Y's wedding."

Lightbulb. This was the "surprised to have been invited" girl.

"OH that's right.” awkward AF hug “Mcplain. How are you?"

We began chatting and it became evident why Mcplain had come over. She wanted to talk about the vent sessions. Moreover, she wanted to talk about how I had written about Grogda's “predicament” and how it was wrong.

Detour - Mcplain was exiled from her last friend group for meddling in other people's business. You know the wedding I mentioned earlier? Once the bride and groom were married, Mcplain met with the groom behind the bride's back to talk sh*t about her. That's a big no, no in girl world. She was cut out by her friends after that.

So here Mcplain was - as is tradition - sticking her nose where it didn't belong.

Mcplain, I did a very poor job explaining this to you at the bar. Let me lay it out for you now.

When someone flippantly overshares their personal matters - it desensitizes them. Grogda acted on her “predicament” and then proceeded to tell everyone about it for months. & I mean everyone.

Family, friends, strangers alike. At birthday parties, at the bar, at events like the Denver Derby.

Someone who had any shame or remorse surrounding a circumstance like that wouldn't broadcast it. But that's exactly what Grogda did (& continues to do). So no, I don’t feel bad about anonymously writing about it when Grogda - loose lipped (pun intended) as she is - incessantly tells everyone about her issues.

She wants attention.

Mcplain did you ever stop and think that maybe you should have been approaching me in Lauren’s defense? Four of her ex-best friends were feet away and she was not ok. So why did you approach me in defense of Grogda? Someone you don’t even know. How did you even find out what the “predicament” was? Because prior to fleeing upstairs Grogda was sitting there spinning you up & playing victim.

I wasn't going to mention Grodga in these vent sessions. The most recent vents had the sole purpose of setting the record straight on Gary. So why is Grogda involved? Because she involved herself from the beginning.

You all remember the Instagram story that Grogda posted before Chapter One was even written?

That story was the tip off most of you needed to assume who the upcoming vents were going to be about. Lauren very quickly told Grogda to take the “IG sleuths” story down. Lauren doesn't want to be included in this narrative.

Grogda does.

She's thirsty for attention & the vents are lemonade.

Hell this is the most relevant the girl has been in years.

Grogda posted the following IG story last week:

An interesting notion to perpetuate when Grogda's been engaging in the narrative from the beginning.

Another story Grogda shared on IG:

I can get onboard with this IG story. Grogda is lucky. Because either 1) her husband knows she cheated on him and he’s spineless & doesn’t care. Or 2) he’s a moron and doesn’t know #solucky

& it's not only on Instagram Grogda is engaging. It’s on Twitter too. She's tweeted about the vent sessions and even tweeted a direct screenshot:

I wasn’t sl*t shaming Grogda. I was shaming her cheating on her husbands (both of them) & being irresponsible while doing it. There’s a difference.

So riddle me this. How can one say they want to be “excluded from this narrative” when they seem hell bent on involving themselves (on all forms of social media)?

Seems wildly contradictory if you ask me.

Mcplain realized in the bar she wasn't going to push me into some existential crisis about what I had written so she walked off in a huff.

Some parting advice for Mcplain: mind your P's & Q's. You've already been ousted to the island of misfit toys by one friend group - you don’t want beef with mine.

& if I ever see Mcplain again...I still don't think I'll recognize her.

Sidebar, Part 2