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I see a lot of that. Some folks are raised to have such a high self esteem and sense of entitlement that they truly believe they can stick a knife in your back and then feel hurt and offended when you object.
I've got a family member who's like that. Of course he was raised to be this way and actively shielded from the consequences of his actions until his late teens, by which point he concluded that consequences simply didn't exist. In the world he inhabited up to that point, they didn't. They weren't part of his universe. His parents, in fact, are still trying their level best to keep that dynamic going.
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Thing is, they get away with it for a long time when they're children and teens, when the stakes are low. Then they try it out in the real world and get surprised when the law (or their boss, or the IRS, or whoever) comes down on them like a ton of bricks. It's got to be a shock and I bet it hurts, but the sad part is that whatever they suffer is nothing compared to the suffering they've dished out before it catches up to them.
Case in point: these clown neighbors of Horsejody's. They were truly upset about all the "trauma" they endured by being forced to account for what they did to another family. Is it possible to get any more self-absorbed than this?
On the plus side, if their house sells and they own it, maybe the law might allow Horsejody to put a lien on it if they don't pay.
I see a lot of that. Some folks are raised to have such a high self esteem and sense of entitlement that they truly believe they can stick a knife in your back and then feel hurt and offended when you object.
I've got a family member who's like that. Of course he was raised to be this way and actively shielded from the consequences of his actions until his late teens, by which point he concluded that consequences simply didn't exist. In the world he inhabited up to that point, they didn't. They weren't part of his universe. His parents, in fact, are still trying their level best to keep that dynamic going.
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Thing is, they get away with it for a long time when they're children and teens, when the stakes are low. Then they try it out in the real world and get surprised when the law (or their boss, or the IRS, or whoever) comes down on them like a ton of bricks. It's got to be a shock and I bet it hurts, but the sad part is that whatever they suffer is nothing compared to the suffering they've dished out before it catches up to them.
Case in point: these clown neighbors of Horsejody's. They were truly upset about all the "trauma" they endured by being forced to account for what they did to another family. Is it possible to get any more self-absorbed than this?
On the plus side, if their house sells and they own it, maybe the law might allow Horsejody to put a lien on it if they don't pay.