Man, I’ve known people like this. The worst is a combination of willfully bad memory and a lack of respect for what I was trying to say.
I don’t believe someone does this on purpose. When would this work?
It’s not about it working. It’s about creating a narrative in their own head where they are the victim even if it’s a complete fabrication. Then they can pin all their recent troubles on something that isn’t their fault. “That asshole gave me a thumbs up, then went back on it! I needed that thing for success, and he’s the reason that didn’t happen.”
My mother-in-law. She rewrites history in her head and imagine stories where she’s the hero that didn’t actually happen.
It’s a coping mechanism to prevent her having to face and work on her own problems.
It took me 25 minutes to get rid of a Craigslist buyer once. He was buying a hand truck, a generic, wheeled truck.
But boy did he want to talk, and talk, and talk. Just gimme my $20 and go away now.
But would you do $4k?
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How about 4•1k?
