Tag: relationships

  • Walk Away

    Walk Away

    Things with Travis are not good.

    They haven’t been good for a long time, or maybe they never were.

    I am fantastically hopeful and persistent to a fault.

    But everyone has a last straw.

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  • Plausible Deniability

    Plausible Deniability

    “If you are not a practiced liar don’t try to start. It will backfire. You are dealing with pros. You would not believe the time and energy that real liars pour into honing their craft.” -Someone on Substack

    Not to put too fine a point on it, but that’s exactly right.

    I don’t think of myself as a liar. I’m an engineer. I almost never tell lies. Lies are dangerous and they’re a lot of work. Lies are unsophisticated at best and they take up a huge amount of working memory. Lies require backstories and supporting evidence. You never know when a lie will come unraveled due to factors beyond your control.

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