To think that ‘live your truth’ is just an excuse for selfish behaviour?

[ThatPoisedNewt]

People use ‘living their truth’ to justify all kinds of bad decisions - cheating, cutting off family, quitting jobs with no plan. Isn’t it just rebranded self-indulgence?

There's no such thing as 'his truth' or 'her truth' - there's just 'the truth'. Anything else is opinion, dressed up as fact, to justify selfish behaviour.

I'm okay with people largely doing what best suits their own lives and priorities, but there has to be a bit of balance and that involves compromise and sometimes putting other people's best interests first.
An example is when you see parents cheating on their spouses and trashing their kids' security because they feel entitled to put their love sex lives first. They convince themselves they are the new Romeo and Juliet and they don't care who they throw under the bus in pursuit of this happiness they feel entitled to have. When really, as a parent, you have to put your children's needs ahead of your own wants - if you are going to end a marriage, do it cleanly and take the time for your children to adjust! Don't inflict your new gf/bf on them a week after you've left their other parent!