When you date or get married, you are connecting with people who most likely have stories like you of heartbreak, triumph, ruin, and more. However, when all you keep hearing in someone's conversation is what "they did" and "how they made me" and "I can't stand them..." you have to wonder who is really at fault?
I will be the first to admit that I was slow in my youth when it came to figuring people out. I would smile and laugh at some harsh things they said even when I didn't always want to. I would wish all might be well with these folks even when I knew they were in the wrong and my connecting with them wasn't meant to be. The writing is usually on the wall when you first meet people. But too often we talk ourselves out of what we know to be true.
The blame game is key to identifying exactly what type of person you are connecting yourself with. He or she is sooner or later going to blame you for something whether they are subtle with their accusations (right or wrong) or bold.
Petty people refuse to step up to the plate even when they know a situation is out of character for someone. They prefer to remain critical, bewildered, or just plain rude toward an individual. Many of these people who often play the blame game are insecure and uncaring. In addition, they do not hold themselves accountable to anyone or anything. You are often wrong and they are always right.
If you should find yourself friendly with someone who likes to talk badly about others, keep in mind it is only a matter of time that their evil words or worse hands will tempt you. Recognize the signs, stay guarded and distant. You can easily do these things by keeping busy.
Nicholl McGuire is the author of Know Your Enemy: The Christian's Critic, When Mothers Cry, Socially Sweet Privately Cruel Abusive Men, She's Crazy and more.
I will be the first to admit that I was slow in my youth when it came to figuring people out. I would smile and laugh at some harsh things they said even when I didn't always want to. I would wish all might be well with these folks even when I knew they were in the wrong and my connecting with them wasn't meant to be. The writing is usually on the wall when you first meet people. But too often we talk ourselves out of what we know to be true.
The blame game is key to identifying exactly what type of person you are connecting yourself with. He or she is sooner or later going to blame you for something whether they are subtle with their accusations (right or wrong) or bold.
Petty people refuse to step up to the plate even when they know a situation is out of character for someone. They prefer to remain critical, bewildered, or just plain rude toward an individual. Many of these people who often play the blame game are insecure and uncaring. In addition, they do not hold themselves accountable to anyone or anything. You are often wrong and they are always right.
If you should find yourself friendly with someone who likes to talk badly about others, keep in mind it is only a matter of time that their evil words or worse hands will tempt you. Recognize the signs, stay guarded and distant. You can easily do these things by keeping busy.
Nicholl McGuire is the author of Know Your Enemy: The Christian's Critic, When Mothers Cry, Socially Sweet Privately Cruel Abusive Men, She's Crazy and more.
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