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I hate liars

I’ve been lied to and have had secrets kept from me my whole life. Even by my parents. And I have extreme trust issues now because of it. Grew up in a household with drug and alcohol abuse. It was kept a secret. Lied about. Three years ago my stepdad almost died from alcoholism. He was lying and keeping it a secret. Saying he wasn’t drinking. But when his organs started failing, and he had to go to the hospital, it told the truth. In my late 20s my mom got cancer. My parents lied to me about it until she was terminally ill and getting chemo. My parents thought that they needed to hide it from me out of protection because they didn’t want to upset me or hurt me. But they didn’t realize that lying to me and keeping it a secret from me hurt worse than the truth. Now I am in a relationship with someone who lies to me and keep secrets from me. Who has drug addiction issues and hides them from me. Deletes text messages. Send secret messages to other women. I have no faith left in people. Everyone I’ve ever known has lied to me. I don’t trust anyone anymore
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I also come from an immediate family of liars, my Dad despised it himself, but after he died when I was ten, it only got worse. My mother is now 77 and I caught her in another one yesterday, she is very bad at gaslighting.

I am so very sorry for what they are putting you through, I think your best course of action is to distance yourself, while keeping yourself prepared for any and all last minute bad news.
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@NativePortlander1970 thank you for your kind words and suggestions I appreciate it. I’m sorry for what you have going through as well. Hugs
@SW-User You're so very welcome :) 🤗