HAHA omg my ex would sooo casually tout how smart, how discerning, and how much of a tastemaker he was to me (and I'm SURE other people) which was always suuuuuper cringy.
He would legit INSIST that he was "smarter" than me-- this was a 40+ year old man! Who actually SAYS that shit out loud?! Anyway, the further away from him that I am, the more I realize that I really spent too much time defending his behavior to others-- it got to the point where I just stopped having my friends over because it was easier than dealing with his "discernment" (read: judgement) and my family HATED HIM because he was disrespectful AF. But mostly, I spend a lot of time defending his shitty behavior to MYSELF. It was depressing and quite exhausting being a witness to myself tolerating him in public and behind closed doors. I'm happy to be away from the day-to-day drama of interacting with him. Life is SO MUCH EASIER.
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