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Lily1918 big difference between believing the lie and pretending too...
hmmm
I would say the first option is innocence, or being naive.
The second option imo is denial and enabling.
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You are absolutely correct, Lily. But it made her so happy
not to be 'called' out on every single incongruency --- to
have someone listen without tearing her to pieces.
Was I wrong to do so? Probably.