The Lies I Tell

by Julie Clark

You can prepare yourself for something, imagine it a hundred different ways, and still find yourself breathless when it actually happens.

the antiques that cost more than most people make in a year,

Eat the rich!!!

Emotional people take risks. They don’t think clearly, and they’re eager to believe whatever fantasy I feed them.

Powerful 😭

‘He won’t shut up about fucking Reagan.’

Ew

My family. Above personal success or wealth, above health, everything.

says this whilst going after girls with half his age ew

He called himself a conscious optimist.

Pretentious fuck

I let my voice wobble on the word fine,

The manipulation.... GIRL

“That doesn’t make her a con artist; that makes her a hero.”

I mean, she caught a pedophile, she deserves it

As a woman in the news industry, you’re going to have to work harder, be smarter, take bigger risks to prove you’re just as good as the men.

PATRIARCHY SUCKS

This was what a young girl’s life was worth. Some sessions with a counselor and a promotion.

Disgosting

Fiction is for teenagers and bored housewives.

Fuck u mom

Thanks to Kristen’s girl code, I was going to have to stick around and make Cory pay.

Make the pedo payyyyyyy

I think it’s pretty obvious that holding your enemy close makes it much easier to slip the knife into their back.

Amigos por perto, inimigos ainda mais perto

She told us she always knew how her books were going to end, but didn’t always know how she would get there. That part of the art—and part of the fun—was figuring it out.

Life?

Seven o’clock on the dot. I come home now and she’s got food and sex ready.

Disgusting pig

Two women working together are a force to be reckoned with.

Grab opportunities like a man.

Buy the groceries and shut up about it.”

Cunt

1996 Honda Odyssey for sale.

Deadpool & wolverine's "sex" car

There were two kinds of people in the world—those who viewed public transportation as a blessing and those who viewed it as a curse.

Then theres 3 kind of people... bc i see it as both

“I pulled a lot of strings to get you that job.”

AND THAT COST HER LIFE STFU MOM

“He gave her access to the money. It would be impossible to prosecute, which is why he never did. She’s not a con artist; she’s just a pissed-off woman. And for good reason.”

Scott got into some trouble gambling.

Oh no... Girl run

I knew I’d have to sacrifice some of my own dreams and focus on being a good partner.

EWWWWWW NOOOOOO

Meg was blowing up Cory Dempsey’s life,

LIKE SHE SHOULD GIRL, he was a pedophile

Being vulnerable is the fastest way to connect with another person.

“Men and accountability,” she says. “They rarely go together.”

preach sis

Instinct is a funny thing, a whisper of trouble that we can never quite name, never quite define, that allows us to locate danger. Women are taught from a young age to ignore theirs. We’re forced to justify our instincts with evidence, or we’re taught to ignore them—as a way to keep the peace, to prioritize other people’s comfort over our own.

By the new year, everything will be different. I can feel it.

Yeah, he wont be there, trust me

The expectations I always seem to fall short of,

Same girl, same

I miss having a friend. Someone to meet for lunch or a quick coffee.

my instincts are telling me this isn’t how she works.

TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS

He still has power and control over me, and will continue to have it as long as this divorce drags on.

Hate men

salmon and asparagus, lightly seasoned with garlic butter and lemon.

Im hungryyyyyyyy

As is typical of a certain type of man, Phillip did not respect my no. He kept pushing.

Hate men

“I don’t want it for myself; I just don’t want her to have it.”

What a despicable man

She was just another woman exhausted by the way the system seems to always fail us.