People are extremely easy to manipulate. You just tell them a lie that they want to believe is true. And they will scream it from the rooftops for you
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Sidewinder · 36-40, M
When I was 17, I manipulated my parents into taking me to a party I wanted to go to by threatening to skip school for the entire first semester if they didn't take me and guess what?
It worked!
My parents took me to the party I wanted to go to and I didn't skip a single day of school.
And do I regret it?
Well... Yes and no.
A part of me regrets it, because I don't like manipulating people.
I don't derive any joy, pleasure or satisfaction out of manipulating others.
But at the same time, it was something I felt I had to do to get what I wanted when I felt that trying anything else wouldn't succeed, plus a part of me would have regretted school if it weren't for that manipulative act on my part.
So in summary, I made a judgement call which went against my better judgement and it became something I would spend a great many years of my life atoning for after all that's been said and done.
Also, the reason I'm imparting this little anecdote about my past experience with manipulation is to explain that not all acts of manipulation are limited to lying.
Sometimes all it takes is a small threat and the will to make good upon said threat if requests and/or demands are not met.
Case in point...
It worked!
My parents took me to the party I wanted to go to and I didn't skip a single day of school.
And do I regret it?
Well... Yes and no.
A part of me regrets it, because I don't like manipulating people.
I don't derive any joy, pleasure or satisfaction out of manipulating others.
But at the same time, it was something I felt I had to do to get what I wanted when I felt that trying anything else wouldn't succeed, plus a part of me would have regretted school if it weren't for that manipulative act on my part.
So in summary, I made a judgement call which went against my better judgement and it became something I would spend a great many years of my life atoning for after all that's been said and done.
Also, the reason I'm imparting this little anecdote about my past experience with manipulation is to explain that not all acts of manipulation are limited to lying.
Sometimes all it takes is a small threat and the will to make good upon said threat if requests and/or demands are not met.
Case in point...