LOL Dotsie =her name is Tanya, she was raised by Jewish parents.
She's actually had a rough go of it, has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals, had problems with drugs and drinking, had a gay marriage, then a hetero marriage. I was in touch with her regularly but now every so often, though my mom goes to her same dentist and gets the latest updates. But she started having these issues in late adolescence and probably does have biploar illness or severe depression. She also has older siblings, the bio children of her parents, who are "perfect" in every way.
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