Ah yes… that moment when someone thinks they’ve got you all figured out. They underestimate your intelligence, your intuition, your patience. They think they’re playing chess while you’re still setting up the board. But what they don’t realize is—you were always watching, always listening, and always choosing silence over drama… until silence no longer served you.
🎭 They Think They’re Playing You
These kinds of people thrive on the illusion of control.
They:
- Think they’re three steps ahead.
- Read your kindness as weakness.
- Mistake your silence for submission.
- Believe they’re manipulating you while actually revealing everything about themselves.
What they don’t realize is:
You were letting them talk, letting them act, letting them show you who they are—and they did.
Loudly.
🧘🏽♀️ You Didn’t React—You Observed
You gave them rope, and they assumed it was a leash.
But you weren’t confused, fooled, or being played. You were being strategic:
- Choosing peace over pointless arguments.
- Protecting your emotional energy.
- Letting them write their own ending with their behavior.
You didn’t need to correct them.
You didn’t need to prove anything.
You didn’t need to shout or fight.
You let them believe their own illusion—and that’s what made the truth so devastating when it hit.
🚨 They Crossed the Line… and That Was It
Here’s the thing about boundaries:
They’re invisible until someone collides with them.
And when they do?
They feel the full force of a decision that was already made in your mind and your heart.
There’s no warning shot, no explanation, no begging or bargaining.
Just a simple, final no.
To them it feels sudden.
To you, it was inevitable.
🪞 They Didn’t See It Coming Because They Never Really Saw You
They saw what they wanted to see:
- Someone easy to manipulate.
- Someone who wouldn’t leave.
- Someone who’d always forgive.
- Someone who didn’t know their worth.
But you were always more.
More discerning. More intuitive. More powerful.
And the scariest part for them?
You let them play their game right into their own exit.
🔥 The Power of the Unexpected Goodbye
When you leave with dignity and decisiveness, it disrupts everything for someone who thought they were holding the cards. Your silence becomes your power. Your refusal to engage becomes your shield. Your “enough is enough” moment becomes the moment they realize they gambled with something they never understood.
They thought they had you wrapped around their finger.
But it turns out, they were disposable in your world the entire time—you just hadn’t told them yet.
💌 Final Thought
Let them think they knew you.
Let them believe they were smarter.
Let them talk, lie, pretend, and play.
Because when it’s done—it’s done.
And the beauty of that moment?
You don’t owe them closure, because they weren’t even close.
Hello Linda
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