“gonna stop engaging”

Cool. Can someone re-gray Celine?

I was also confused about all the references she included to her being the unattractive one, and really, really confused to all the worship references of how beautiful Calloway is. Calloway isn’t unattractive by any means, but at the same time, there’s nothing to particularly gush about?

You clearly care. Jesus shitting Christ, get out of here.

/checks Twitter, reaction gifs are everywhere

“I don’t care what you think about me!!!!” as she furiously types paragraphs and explanations while describing how fulfilling her life is lol

Gotta know when to fold them, Caroline.

Wow I can’t imagine having this level of commitment to a fucking influencer...jesus christ are you ok?

It’s like cocaine--everybody’s got a different tolerance. Some get out quick, others think they’re having all the fun until somebody says Jesus, you look horrible, what happened? and you realize it’s sucked you dry.

I did, too!  At 22, I told her I was moving out because I knew it would prompt her to try to get the jump on me and find a new apartment before me, and then I stayed put.  It was my apartment to begin with, anyway. 

That would actually be a great twist, but I don’t know whether these hapless people are capable of that kind of long con.

Maybe it’s because of my own experience with narcissists and liars, but honestly I don’t read Caroline as being a monster - I read her as being troubled and lost. Those are places that usually lead to selfishness. This relationship was unhealthy and toxic, but not because only one party made it so. Neither party…

That whole thing read like a gender flipped Talented Mr. Ripley for the Instagram Age.

I used to feel really bad about myself for not having a singular best friendship that was all consuming like this. Did a lot of soul-searching along the lines of ‘why don’t other women want to relate to me this way?’

The article matters because gaslighting is a thing that happens on social media, in friendships, in relationships, and at work, and it’s a part of influencer culture. People are made to believe that bad behavior always has an excuse (I’m an addict!), it’s okay to be mean and terrible if you admit you’re mean and…

This essay by Beach: OMG didn’t we all have some fucked up friendship like that at that age? I know I sure did. There was one friend, bad stuff along the lines of what is in this article, and I finally one day just ghosted her. I didn’t feel bad about it, still don’t all these years later. The smartest thing I ever…

Relationships can be mutually abusive. 

Today I watched Lost Highway and realized its much better than I remembered. I also remembered that I went on a date to see it and we witnessed a guy jerking off during one of the sex scenes. The jerk off dude has done more in his life to deserve media coverage than any of these two messes this articles about.

Here’s my essay: I also was friends/roommates with a magnetic pathological liar for several years. It was bad and shitty. When I was 23 I told her I was moving out and that she should get therapy because no one could trust a damn thing she said. Last I heard she had a kid and I felt sorry for it. The end.

They both sound like awful people.