You or me

I'm tired of the people who lie and exaggerate in this world.  People who are intentionally out to use other people and those who don't mean to be mean but are.

People quickly develop a reputation for exaggeration, for drama, for not telling the truth.

I knew who these people were even when I was a small child.  They aren't really fooling many people. Not more than once or twice.  We all catch on. In fact, the more of those people we meet, the better we become at discerning their methods and personalities.

Parents who use this sort of control are not very effective. Before their children are teenagers the kids usually have it figured out.

No one who is really in control believes the lies and declarations of those who want to wrangle control with deception. Deep down inside we are constantly aware that they are finaglers.

We are taught to be polite to these people and they count on that, so they wreak havoc until they bring people to the end of their rope.  In the bitter end, because it often comes to that, the bitterness flies out of frustrated mouths and relationships are severed.

The answer is different for everyone, but intelligent people can't trust liars and exaggerators and drama mongers, so they either suffer through every moment with them biting their tongue, or they avoid them, or they try to be nice and move on without giving them any power to move them in any way.

They are not going to change. The only one who can change what happens is me or you.