Category: Gaslighting

Universal Bullshit Translator

He’d Like to Apologize for ‘His Role’ in Breaking Her Arm

Dear Chump Lady, I received this letter from my ex after he physically assaulted me and fractured my elbow and then broke 3 necklaces from …

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Cheating or Overreacting?

Dear Chump Lady, I’ve been married to my husband for 5 years (my second marriage, his third). Two years ago I found that he had …

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Sarah Brady

Jonah Hill and the Weaponization of Therapy-Speak

If you were on social media this weekend you probably saw the controversy about Sarah Brady,  the ex-girlfriend of actor Jonah Hill, exposing her text …

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What to Do If You Suspect Cheating

Before you discover your partner’s been cheating, there’s often a few tell-tale signs. Being wedded to their cellphone. Odd smells. Long work hours. So, what …

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‘I’m Grieving the Lost Years’

Dear Chump Lady, Your writing has been a life saver for me in the past few years. Currently married 28 years. Separated 1 year. Dead, …

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I Want to Out Him as a Cross-Dressing Cheater

Dear Chump Lady, I’m 27F, and have found myself fooled by a manipulative, narc, man child. This came after my late fiance passed away in …

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Mindfuck blender

Why Won’t She Admit She’s Cheating on Me?

Dear Chump Lady, Why is it impossible to get the cheater to admit to cheating? I have dozens of pictures of her and other guys …

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Stupid Cheater Lame Excuses

Ever need something from a FW? Then you’ve probably witnessed a barrage of nonsense about why they cannot do you this one small solid. Yesterday, …

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Stupid Things Cheaters Say After D-Day?

Dear Chump Lady, My ex-husband said some of the most absurd things after I caught him cheating and I filed for divorce. You know, things …

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My Family Wants Me to Support My Cheating Brother

Hi Chump Lady, My brother is having an affair, he has denied it repeatedly for the last year, and has been gaslighting my sister-in-law by …

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I Thought We Were Monogamous. She Thought We Were Polyamorous.

Dear Chump Lady, I understand that the biggest demographic in your blog are people that have entangled their lives with the cheater’s: married, have kids …

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He Claims He Just Sexts and Never Meets

Dear Chump Lady, I just listened to your book, I have to say it empowered me, however my situation is a bit different and it has …

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Mindfuck blender

The Phone Records Are Shady, Is He Cheating?

Dear Chump Lady, So I have been with my husband for 14 years, married for one. In late 2020 he started fighting with me often …

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I’m a Civil Co-Parent. Isn’t That Enough?

Dear Chump Lady, I was married for 7 years and turns out had a sham marriage and was chumped throughout and left for younger OW. …

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gaslighting

4 Reasons Why Gaslighting Works

As mindfuckery goes, it doesn’t seem like gaslighting should work. It isn’t concealing the truth (lying) — it’s denying a reality you have actual evidence …

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Will Smith

Will, Jada…. Esther?

I’m sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled Friday challenge to bring you this resurfaced 2019 video clip of Jada Pinkett-Smith mindeffery (that half of CN …

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Mindfuck blender

He Denies He Cheated… And Our Friends Believe Him

Dear Chump Lady, I am 33 years old and two months post-discovery of my ex-fiance’s affair, which was two months long with a sleazy girl …

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Ex Thinks They Must Have a ‘Relationship’ for Their Daughter

Hi Chump Lady, Stress chump here. So for anyone who doesn’t know my story – I’m in the Armed Forces and my wife of 6 …

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D-Day and The Silent Treatment

Dear Chump Lady, My cheater is a very recent discovery, courtesy of the other woman who so very graciously sent me in the mail, a …

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Gaslighting: What They Said, What It Actually Was

Today’s Friday Challenge is gaslighting. Okay, not the cheeriest of subjects, but consider the deep vein of mordant humor. “Who you gonna believe? Me, or …

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