Honesty and Truth

There's a big difference between being honest and being truthful. I taught myself this lesson in college, when I experimented with just how dishonest, and how manipulative, I could be without ever actually telling a lie. By talking about one thing and then quickly shifting the topic, without a noticeable pause in my speech, I could convince someone that the two topics were connected, even when they weren't, without telling a lie.

Thankfully, I was doing this experiment in a game setting, so no one was hurt by it.
But I did learn a lot of tricks. I learned that leaving a word out here and there doesn't necessarily make something a lie, but might make it as deceptive as hell. I learned that some things are technically true even if they seem like lies. And that TECHNICALLY true is all that really matters. You can tell the truth and be a deceptive motherfucker.

White Knights

White Knight Syndrome is a serious problem. At least for me. When I see someone I care about (even just as friends) in a relationship with someone who doesn't treat them right, I not only try to get them to break up with the person, I also start entertaining fantasies about swooping in and having a relationship with them, even just as a secondary, to SHOW them how it's supposed to work, so they don't make the same mistake again.

Because they do. They all do. Boy or girl, man or woman, boi or gurl; they all make the same mistake. They begin to think that the relationship is a good one, and that everyone has to work at it, that compromises always need to happen, and so they stay with the idiot or, worse, the abusive jerk. And when they finally do get away, what do they do? They replace the jerk with someone exactly the same, because that's what they think they're supposed to do.