Letters to the Editor
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I can already tell when I'm being manipulated.
Don't need an instruction booklet or a TV show. It's fairly likely that if the real Michelle had been IMing with Mr. Handful, she would have known exactly what was going on when he goaded her about what a princess she was.
You know, that story about the guy posing as his babysitter creeps me out way more than the sad manipulation skills book and companion television show. What kind of person would agree to do that?
I have always been rather naive in this way, but the idea that people think they can pick people up by deceiving and manipulating them and then go on to have a healthy relationship is just so counterintuitive I don't know where to start. If you're picking somebody up in a bar, you're both playing a fun, dangerous, one-night-stand game, and that's fine. But if you're actually trying to find a partner to have a relationship with, and you're starting out with manipulation and deception, you need to take a giant step backward and start again with the other foot forward.