Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A knight in shining armor...

Mark has been extremely sensitive in regards to the Bill S. and Gretchen W. affair. He was basically just very passionate about the Knight's Templar foundation and everything this involved. His thinking was that -for this order to go forth and flourish, we All needed to be in harmony. Obviously any discord would be a distraction away from the common goal.
I agreed up to a point, and attempted on way too many occasions to resolve the issues between Gretchen and myself in regards to her unfounded judgments towards my deeply personal spiritual beliefs.
As did Mark.
Unfortunately Gretchen was completely unwilling to even Discuss the situation. Consequently I ended up getting excluded from certain essential functions, because she didn't want me there. 

Mark and I engaged in frequent conflicts over these issues for several months. We had rarely ever fought before these dark forces entered our lives.
But it was something he'd just wanted so desperately. Bill had painted such an Enticing picture, that Mark was among the several otherwise highly intelligent people who were blinded.
It hit Mark really hard when he finally realized the truth. His intentions had basically been purely altruistic. I had wanted the dream as well, for Mark's sake. I knew how much it had meant to him. And he's still extremely sensitive about the subject. I'm tired of it down to my bones, and am so relieved they're both Gone. Out of our lives...

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great work.

Rachel said...

I feel I absolutely have to comment on this blog - I do not even know if you actively blog anymore - but years and years ago I dated Bill's little brother, and somehow ended up in Germany with Bill and Gretchen (and her husband, whatever his name was). Anyway, Bill and Gretchen were "buying" a castle, did this whole scheme. Gretchen treated me much the same way, any view that I had was quickly quashed, and it was an air of something like jealousy at all times. I ended up breaking it off with the brother because that whole family/group was just a bunch of conniving, overly-entitled weirdos (stuffed animals and all)

I am glad that I never, ever have to see any of those people again. Sorry you had to experience them too!

MariahHawk444 said...

Hi Rachel,

Just wanted to express how much I appreciate your comment.
No, I really haven't blogged for over a year now, too many other things going on, but I find it sooo interesting that it wasn't just me. And I'm very sorry you'd needed to experience them as well.
I put the information out there in case anyone else wished to investigate what Bill and company were/are? really up to, in order to prevent them from making the same mistakes.
My husband wasted a couple of years! believing all of Bill's crap, when he could have been looking for a decent job.
It was an extremely stressful situation that almost ended our marriage... so thank you very much.
Blessings,
Mariah

Anonymous said...

I got involved with George and Bill this last year. I have nothing nice to say about Bill and hope all who get near him run, RUN for the hills. Gretchen and Bill? I thought she was married to another and Bill just rented a room at their house. Hmm. The plot gets thicker and thicker! It'll make a good book, though!

Anonymous said...

I do want to say, though, that George and Bill knighted another Bill into the Knights Templar at St. Mary's of the Valley last month - I got them in thinking they were good people - and it was supposed to be a 'media event' make Bill famous, and let people know about George. The problem with the media is you have to tell them or they won't know it's happening. Bill didn't try very hard to find a place for the knighting - we looked the same week it was due when we realized he had dropped that ball. He also didn't alert the media. Big ball to drop if you want it known you are 'famous'. I don't know why Bill would be named the head of the Knights Templar - I do not believe he's a good man and I would not trust him to understand the Catholic religion that he says he follows and others must follow (he follows only what he finds handy and others must follow all precepts). You are safely away from him and Gretchen. That is good. I believe I am too.

MariahHawk444 said...

It appears Bill continues to spread the joy, eh?
Gretchen is married to Jeremy Winkler (the most honorable of the three), and as you mentioned, Bill was merely rooming with them, so you were right the first time.
Julie and friends/family visited my husband, Mark in Maui last year. Mark is living there, working with his brother for the time being. I rather like Julie, she appears to be a lovely, straight up person. George on the other hand is likeable, but I'm not so sure that I completely trust him...
Anyway, this is neither here nor there. George has done me no harm. My quarrel was with Bill and Gretchen.
Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Anonymous said...

This sounds like a movie! King George? Affairs? Knights Templar? Knighthood? Castles?
I met "King" George and Bill on a few ocassions. Bill seemed like the stright man to George's theatrics. George's wife appeared to only tolerate her husband and kept her distance. The whole experience though seemed like I was watching an elaborate (though entertaining) con job.

MariahHawk444 said...

Do tell.... thank you for reponding. Always interesting to hear other perspectives. It would indeed make a rather intriguing movie.
Mariah

Anonymous said...

I check back here from time to time just to hear more of the story (if anything) and to see how a screenplay might develop.

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