Betrayal Taught Me To Not Make Excuses For People’s Bad Behavior

5 steps that can save you from liars and manipulators

Maryam
6 min readOct 13, 2024
Some boundaries should be marked with electrical fences and barbed wires. Image by ErikaWittlieb from Pixabay

I believe in second chances.

For that matter, I believe in third and fourth chances too. Humans are not perfect. We can end up saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing without even wanting to.

Sometimes it is as simple as mistakenly bumping into someone. In that case, a simple “sorry” suffices. Honest mistake!

Other times, it is not so simple. It can be spilling water on someone’s laptop or breaking their favorite vase. Those demand a little more than saying “sorry”. Making up for the damage maybe? When someone is sorry and makes up for the loss that they mistakenly caused you, yes, they deserve to be forgiven.

Let’s come to the third category of mistakes!

What if a person intentionally does something? Like lying, cheating, backstabbing, abuse.

Examples of this behavior include physical or emotional abuse, lying to scam money out of you, or telling different stories to different people to slander you.

What should happen in this case?

This matter is serious. There is no honest mistake here. Simply put, this person does not deserve to be…

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Maryam
Maryam

Written by Maryam

Navigating life and sharing my thoughts.

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