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“the Wayne Theory,” as it was known, had determined that 0.41 percent of convicted murderers had the middle name of Wayne.
I had to stop and look this up. The sheer shock of it being true is scary!!!
His words were an example of how narcissists, with their lack of empathy, didn’t think others were impacted by life in the same way.
Abuse came wrapped in different packages, and indifference to a partner’s pain was one of them.
motherhood hadn’t been for her. Motherhood held a promise of a fulfilled life, that promise dangling out there as the blessed event that would make a person whole, complete. But in reality, it was hole not whole. Like punch a hole right through you until everything leaked out.
The garbage that people spewed. I didn’t know what love was until I had a baby. I didn’t understand what true selflessness was until I had a child. I didn’t know I could love another human the way I love my little Jimmy or Fanny or Margaret. Lies, lies, lies.
