29/08/2026
When someone shows you they’re capable of lying to you, manipulating you or deliberately deceiving you, be really careful about how quickly you explain that away.
I see people doing this all the time. Jeez, I did it too…
You see, trying to understand someone’s childhood, their parents, their trauma, what happened to them, and convincing yourself that maybe, if you understand WHY they behave this way, they can change.
I learned that one the hard way… and how wrong was I.
Because if someone has repeatedly lied to you, manipulated you or deliberately deceived you and others, they’ve shown you something important about themselves.
They have deception in them.
And if they’ve hidden it, justified it, denied it or taken no real accountability for it, be very careful convincing yourself they won’t do it again.
Your hope doesn’t mean that they’ve changed.
Neither is time passing.
And believing in someone’s potential instead of paying attention to their behaviour can seriously bite you on the arse.
So please take this advice - when someone shows you they’re capable of deception, never forget that character trait exists.
