“I want to manipulate other people's perceptions of me so they will see me as a selfless hero. My wanting to manipulate them makes me appear 'genuine' (but I'm actually not, I just want them to think that I am).”
This guy has a seriously scary personality disorder. You should dump him and stay far, far away
I swear to god, people will rather implode their long term relationship than simply using words. JUST TELL HIM FFS.
'Genuine'. Yikes.
“I want to manipulate other people's perceptions of me so they will see me as a selfless hero. My wanting to manipulate them makes me appear 'genuine' (but I'm actually not, I just want them to think that I am).”
This guy has a seriously scary personality disorder. You should dump him and stay far, far away