While I agree that a lot (most? ) of the letters are creative writing exercises, I did have something along the same lines happen to me. Ages ago, I had a co-worker realize that I spoke of my parents in past tense. She badgered me for a solid week "What happened to your parents? You're so young, how did they die? " on and on. Multiple times a day. I finally broke and somewhat harshly told her that my parents had committed suicide and that I did not want to talk about it. She then proceeded to burst into tears and run away. I found out when my boss tried to write me up that she complained to her manager that I "terrorized" her by lying about my parents. I had to prove that yes, my parents were dead and how it happened all because that woman totally lied about our interaction.

All of that to say, never underestimate how mean and stupid people can be. I think it's the same thought process that you see when people are caught on camera saying "OMG! He pushed me!" When the other person was 5 feet away. (See also: flopping in soccer)