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Love, The All-Purpose Spackle

April 21, 2020 by Chump Lady

Anyone else notice this phenomenon? On infidelity forums, you’ll read a thread describing a thousand horrors and humiliations and invariably it ends — “but I love him.” But I love him. King’s X. “But I love him” (or her) means I can’t leave. As long as I feel love for this person, it cancels out […]

Filed Under: Spackle Tagged With: Spackle

Biggest Whopper You Bought?

April 10, 2020 by Chump Lady

Every now and then as a Friday Challenge, CN tries to out-do each other with Most Outlandish Lie we were fed. Which is bad enough. What’s worse is that — trusting, foolish chumps we once were — we bought it. Like the cheater who refused to wear his wedding ring “out of consideration” for his […]

Filed Under: Deception, Spackle Tagged With: Lies, Spackle

Your Very Best Spackle Please

September 18, 2019 by Chump Lady

At breakfast the other day Mr. CL ran a spackle scenario by me. He  was reading “Chicken Soup for the Soul for Couples.” Let me stop here. I said, “I can’t tell CN you were reading ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul for Couples,’ they’re going to think I made you up. Like you’re a magical goat […]

Filed Under: Spackle Tagged With: Gift giving, Making excuses, Spackle

Love, The All-Purpose Spackle

October 29, 2018 by Chump Lady

Anyone else notice this phenomenon? On infidelity forums, you’ll read a thread describing a thousand horrors and humiliations and invariably it ends — “but I love him.” But I love him. King’s X. “But I love him” (or her) means I can’t leave. As long as I feel love for this person, it cancels out […]

Filed Under: Spackle Tagged With: Spackle

What It Looked Like, What It Was

September 21, 2018 by Chump Lady

Today we’re doing to take a deep dive into spackle. Chumps often put things in the best light — which can be a very nice quality. Take children’s art work, for example. While some may see a squashed vessel and guess “tumor” — you, the proud parent, see artistic potential, genius even. All the other […]

Filed Under: Spackle Tagged With: deception, self-delusion, Spackle

When You Can’t Leave Because You Still “Love” Them

June 28, 2018 by Chump Lady

Anyone else notice this phenomenon? On infidelity forums, you’ll read a thread describing a thousand horrors and humiliations and invariably it ends — “but I love him.” But I love him. King’s X. “But I love him” (or her) means I can’t leave. As long as I feel love for this person, it cancels out […]

Filed Under: Spackle, Trust that they suck Tagged With: Spackle, Trust That They Suck

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