A third for coffee!
and I love this one as well -
Expectations are fine for roles, but where it gets to be a problem is when we attach them to individuals.
nicely put, LaTeeDah.
Then LahTeeDah writes:
the person who is filling that role in your life right now is not honest. Since you cannot change the individual, you must either change your expectations of the role, or remove him from it. Trying to force someone to meet your expectations, just because they have a particular role in your life, is much like trying to jam a square peg into a round hole.
Lying is a dealbreaker with me.
It's that simple.
my whole life is filled with having been lied to.
and having been taught that it's all I deserve.
I've worked hard to learn different.
It's really that simple.