“My borderline narcissistic mom used to accuse me of this when I was a kid. She was consistently the one never taking any blame for anything, but when I’d call her out on it, this would be her retort, projecting her ‘Nothing’s ever my fault’ behavior onto me. “As a kid, you’re simply not capable of figuring out how to counter that. This shit fucked with me sooooo badly.” —u/zyygh “I had a friend like this. She was nice and seemed to like me. Took me quite some time to figure out the odd thing that was missing in our relationship: She couldn’t be happy for me. Not even a little ‘Yeah, good for you!’ or something like that. Just radio silence. We split ways.” —u/[deleted] “Or their apology is them just listing problems about other people. The classic, ‘I’m sorry that you have a problem with my actions’ instead of, ‘I’m sorry I did something wrong.’” —u/eyoo1109 “I had a friend like that in high school. Would only ever hit me up when he needed a ride. I said no like two times and stopped reaching out to him ever, and the problem solved itself…I didn’t need to cut him off. He stopped being a friend when I stopped being a pushover.” –u/VulfSki “A former friend was a habitual liar. I thought he had a mental disorder or something because of it. Or he thought he needed to impress me with his lies so we could be friends. Then one day he told me he’s such a good liar and he’s gotten so many things in life because he lies. “He instantly got cut off. No contact for a year until I saw him recently at a mutual friend’s party. And still barely gave him the time of day. He was always using me. Good riddance.” —u/LittleGreenNotebook “Or, in a milder way, they tell you to ‘stop complaining’ when you vent to them, but expect you to listen to their venting when they do.” —u/jade09060102 —u/GhandisSandalsStink
