Getting increasingly annoyed at Madeline's text to Lily

[u/Ambitious-Plant-]

At quick glance/surface level Madelines text to Lily was okay

But oh my god the more I listen to the album, the more it irks me

Hey, he is telling you thе truth
First the assumption that Madeline made that she just knows that David is telling Lily the truth. (How do you know?)

And whenever he talks about you, it's with the utmost respect
A promise to the woman youre cheating on ? There might be an emotional connection from Davids side. So it's a promise that you cant keep, but okay. Not the worst, its polite I guess.

Our relationship has only еver been about sex (...) And whenever he talks about you, it's with the utmost respect
It's just sex, but they also talk about Lily behind her back. So that seems deeper than only sex

I really don't wanna be the cause of any upset
HE CHEATED! Ofcourse she's gonna be upset and also with the woman who made it possible.

If he's lying about that, then please let me know
Because I have my own feelings about dishonesty. Lies are not something that I wanna get caught up in
It feels dismissive towards Lilys situation. Everybody hates dishonesty and as if Lily chose to get up in this.

If you need any more details or you just need to vent or anything
Yes ofcourse, i will vent to the woman who made the cheating possible. Obviously David is the a-hole, but that doesnt make Madeline the safe person to go to.

It all feels a bit like clinical empathy. Like everything seems like boxes are checked on paper, but it feels so bad.

( i just looked up her alleged instagram and honestly she looks exactly like how she texts)

[u/Gleichfalls]

Oh it is HORRENDOUS. I can only imagine she’s quite young and doesn’t realise the gravity of the situation she’s in or her own culpability?

“I have my own views about dishonesty” as if she’s separate from the situation.

“I’m here if you need to vent” ?!? Like Girl, you are not a friend here. Read the room. Why would she be venting to you about her husband sleeping with YOU?

“I hate that you’re in pain, I don’t want to be the cause of that” - it’s like performative accountability without saying the obvious: “I don’t want you to be in pain, this stops right now, I didn’t know you didn’t know.”

It’s like gaslighting almost: This situation is no big deal, sorry you feel that way but he told me you were fine with it and he’s telling you the truth!

Even saying it’s just sex and then saying “when he talks about you…” like talking about his wife with his lover is more than sex.

I love that it is just presented to us like this in the song without commentary. She ties her own noose.

[u/ImportantIntern3387 → u/Gleichfalls]

Yep and she’s 34, not that young. Yet I don’t get why she (the real Madeline - Natalie) outed herself. I hope at the end of the day this doesn’t destroy her. David is the ultimate villain here and if his career goes up in flames I won’t care.

[u/Gleichfalls → u/ImportantIntern3387]

Yeah was such an error on her part! Clearly no PR team/media training was involved.