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to think that if you've shown yourself to be a liar and a thief...

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Passiveaggressivecakeeater · 07/04/2013 12:13

...that you have no right to act angry or hurt when someone shows suspicion towards you?

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stressyBessy22 · 07/04/2013 12:15

Hmmm.depends a little on who you are talking about?
Child ? Partner?

WorraLiberty · 07/04/2013 12:17

Is this a straw poll?

Passiveaggressivecakeeater · 07/04/2013 12:17

Partner. Lying about money and what it is spent on then acting hurt and angry when I question him about money that's gone missing.

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Passiveaggressivecakeeater · 07/04/2013 12:19

What's a straw poll worra?

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HotelTangoFoxtrotUniform · 07/04/2013 12:26

YANBU. Though plenty of people will tell you you're being U (particularly my mother if she's on here). Trust, once broken, takes forever to rebuild. Your partner needs to realise that trusting someone when they've repeatedly broken that trust is lunacy.

My sister steals and lies constantly. I am forever chastised for not believing her. When I inevitably turn out to be right I am told that we all need to trust her. Do we bollocks.

Passiveaggressivecakeeater · 07/04/2013 12:30

Thank you hotel. I believe trust is earnt, it is not a human right. I will usually give it by default, but if you break that trust repeatedly, you will never be entitled to it again.

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Gruffalump · 07/04/2013 12:31

So why are you still with him?

HotelTangoFoxtrotUniform · 07/04/2013 12:34

You should give it by default - just like we should respect people as a default position. It can easily be lost though and takes a long time to rebuild.

That said it can be rebuilt. DH used to lie about little things, much like a small child does to avoid getting into trouble. We've worked through that I won't be cross with the truth and he's much better now (I also used to spot it so easily he gave up). It was very much linked to his low self-esteem and now this has been improved it doesn't happen.

Chockyeggpants · 07/04/2013 12:37

OP decision time. Live with it or get rid.
He won't change.

SneakyNinja · 07/04/2013 12:41

Yabu to be with somebody you don't trust.

WhereYouLeftIt · 07/04/2013 12:45

Lying and stealing are bad enough. But acting angry or hurt because you're not trusted (because you're known to lie and steal) - much worse. Because that's you trying to make the person in the right (the one who doesn't lie and steal) feel that they are in the wrong. Scummy, scummy, scummy.

Inertia · 07/04/2013 13:16

If you've shown yourself to your partner to be a liar and cheat , you can expect to be unceremoniously dumped . Suspicious partner means that the lying cheat has got off lightly.

ImTooHecsyForYourParty · 07/04/2013 15:04

Yes, once someone has shown that they cannot be trusted, it is down to them to prove that they can be trusted in future.

To blindly trust someone who proves themselves untrustworthy makes someone a fool.

Someone who has proven themselves a liar and a thief can't get upset when that's how others view them.

It's all their own fault.

YouTheCat · 07/04/2013 15:06

So where has this money gone then?

CloudsAndTrees · 07/04/2013 15:32

YANBU

SquinkiesRule · 07/04/2013 16:26

YANBU

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