My Thoughts on Bobbi Parker

 
When I watched Bobbi Parker tell her story on Dateline last week, I have to say I did not believe her at all. Her emotions were inconsistent with the story she was telling us, her memory of what happened doesn't make sense (she remembers waking up driving, yeah right!) and the fact that she never asked for help is ridiculous. Now add in the love letters and that she had absolute freedom to leave at any time --especially when Dial was in the hospital for a heart attack--and her story is over-the-top!  I believe the jury called Bobbi out for who she really is, and got their verdict correct.  The people I feel most sorry for are her two daughters and husband.

Bobbi even talks about her displeasure about living on the prison grounds in Granite, Oklahoma, before she left.  She says when asked what life was like, "It slowed down for me and my family a little bit" then she tacks on her cover as an afterthought..."It was...it was good," she said.  Clearly, Bobbi was not happy with their new life and Randolph Dial, in my opinion, started to look interesting to her.

Throughout her interview, Parker doesn't answer questions like an honest person would.  She is vague most of the time and inconsistent, but she is also ironically honest at times.  She does what she said Dial did best -- talks in "half-truths."  She had a good teacher to say the least.

I honestly think Bobbi fell for Dial's charm and decided life with him would better than where she was at, and so she left with Dial.  It was exciting and an adventure! 

I do suspect she was scared to do it, but once she did it she was scared to death to make any moves for fear she would have been called out on what she did. That's where her half-truths come it when she talks about how confusing the situation was, how law enforcement couldn't help her -- those were true statements. Because if she were truthful that she was swooned by a conman and left her family, she'd have no one to go back to.  So she makes these statements that are the truth, but not the truth that you think! It's rather twisted when you see it for what it is.

Bobbi just didn't anticipate that Dial would not be a nice guy though I suspect she fell in love with him anyway. 

Bobbi hits me as a person who is an eternal victim in life. She doesn't do anything for herself.  She goes with the wind and where it takes her, and when it doesn't go well, its everyone's fault but her own.

Do I trust Bobbi Parker? Not at all.  She is one to keep quiet, complain behind people's backs and then blame them for everything when she does nothing to make things better on her own.  Passive aggressive is what they call people like Bobbi.

Fascinating story to say the least. If you haven't watched it, I highly suggest you do!