Some people really have this talent for forgetting everything you ever did for them. You stood by them, helped them, gave them your time, energy, and care and when it's their turn to show up, they suddenly develop selective memory. It's wild how people can be so emotionless, like empathy just skipped them completely.
You could be drowning, and they'd still find a way to make it about themselves. But that's the thing, the ones who never appreciate are the ones who were never capable of giving back in the first place.
Just apologize when you know that you fucked up... All of that manipulative behavior and being mad at a person for being mad at you when they have a legit reason to be is just weird shit... People love to say they grown until it's time to hold themselves accountable!
Love is a mirror. When it’s real it reflects back. It was never about your efforts. It was about their capacity. There’s a fine line between being patient with someone’s wounds & sacrificing yourself at the altar of their inability to show up. If you keep excusing their absence…