Tough Love For Your Stupid Family/Friends

ME: I think half the people who do stupid stuff, you know, like staying with someone who treats them like shit, would not stay with that someone if their friends and family told them the cold hard truth...that everyone is talking about them behind their backs about how stupid they are for staying with someone who treats them like shit.

YOU: ha

ME: Seriously. Everyone wants to be lied to nowadays. Or their friends and family don't want to "hurt" them, but someone needs to be the "bad guy" and give them a wakeup call!

YOU: I'm hungry...that oatmeal didn't seem to stick w/ me as long today

Not Enough

It's come to my attention that it is not enough to be truthful. It's not a good thing to be honest. You get no where by being up front. Everyone wants you to lie to them. Everyone would prefer to live in denial. Denial of what, you ask? Pick a topic. It's that one and every other one. It's everything. 

It's best to lie. To succeed you have to "fake it until you make it', this I've always known. What I didn't know is that you have to continue doing so. The charade must go on forever. Never let them in. Never be vulnerable. Never trust. 

To trust is a waste of time. Everyone will let you down. Instead of the friend whose "got your back", they will more likely stab you in the back. There is no one out there who will save anything but their own skin.  So trust your own instincts and no one else's.