She recently offered up an excuse for that Destiny era Xmas extravaganza of prezzies. Her bipolar wasn't diagnosed/controlled with mood stabilizers & she went manic with shopping. Which begs the question - she's been with Becky for a few Christmases now & this is the first where her bipolar is 'controlled'. So did she go nuts with gifts for Becky the last few years? Back to now, depression is tough & titrating meds can make it tougher. Add the inevitable seasonal stresses of Christmas & Becky can be forgiven for feeling lower than whale shit. You'd think 'warm, loving, empathic' AL would have given some consideration & gone out of her way to buy thoughtful chosen, meaningful gifts for Becky's birthday...
A little PL - most of my family is military, law enforcement or fire/ambulance. Our discussions can get pretty gross. The car wreck scenario - I'll skip the icky details but let's just say skin, fat & flesh 'gives' more readily than sharp metal. Even at a fairly low speed, a single vehicle accident, (rollover), hitting a tree or slamming into a ditch would result in a really nasty mess for first responders to have to deal with & AL's chance of survival would be low. Where it gets complicated is if the vehicle rolls over. Others in the car may have otherwise reasonably minor injuries complicated by AL's weight hitting them at any speed. Getting TO those injured others could be challenging. Multi-vehicle crash... anybody ever see what hitting a moose or bear can do to a car & its passengers? AL's car hitting another & AL hurtling through the windshield & into said other car could be... messy.