“You just do things, don’t you? Then you feel guilty about them but don’t think about why. Why you did what you did or why you feel guilty. You’re so perceptive, and yet you’re the least self-aware person I know. I don’t get it.” It’s a mean thing to say because it’s true. And of course, I, not self-aware, didn’t know this about myself until now. Something changes. I feel like I’ve been betrayed somehow. Like she withheld information from me about myself on purpose just to watch me screw up. Like she’s not really on my side. She doesn’t want what’s best for me. I tried to be honest with her,
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