#deception

This does not escape my notice, it is a context. I resent the fact of a context; my social status has shifted and no one is going to acknowldege it, that´s certain. I´m expected to be Brave and Rise Above. I dress for the role; I must look far better now that I did when I was married. I must look pulled together into a nice tight Hermès knot of self-containment. I don´t make the rules; I just do my best to follow them. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

So many events and moments that seemed insignificant add up. I remember how for the last Valentine´s Day, N gave flowers but no card. In restaurants, he looked off into the middle distance while my hand would creep across the table to hold his. He would always let go first. I realize I can´t remember his last spontaneous gesture of affection. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

The snag about marriage is, it isn´t worth the divorce. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Surprises, I feel now, are primarily a form of violence. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

He announces that lately he keeps losing things. "Like your wife and child," I want to say, but don´t. At fourty, I´ve learned not to say everything clever, not to score every point. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Take me now, God!" I shout to the inky sky. "I´m ready." "You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet," Bunny says. "You cannot die married to that man. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

God is great and God is good," Lisa says. "But where are the Apache attack helicopters when you need them? ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

People trust their eyes above all else - but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there ↗

— Zoë Marriott

#inspirational #lies #truth #inspirational

Questions are only offensive to those who have something to hide ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#energy-healing #enlightenment #god #higher-self #holy-spirit

To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.  ↗