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I was in a relationship with a manipulative man for just over a year. There were red flags, people warned me against him, he said some weird things, but I didn't listen. I defended him and he manipulated me into thinking that's what love was.
I ignored the warning signs. I made excuses. I justified his behaviour. I thought that people just didn't understand him. I stayed with him for 14 months until I broke up with him and even then I was still feeling sorry for him. Until I was willing to see what he'd done
It's easy to go on a witch hunt and accuse partners of predators of doing as much harm as the predators themselves because you're angry, but often those partners have been manipulated too. They've been gaslit and lied to too
People should be held accountable for their *own* actions, not the actions of others.
