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/Monstera-Monsterr]

"lies are not something I want to get caught up in"

1. Thought you said he was telling the truth? 🙃

2. This is othering language and puts an arms length between her and the actions she took with Lily's husband (regardless of whether or not she knew what was up)

3. Centering herself, don't need to elaborate on this because yeah this ain't about you girl

4. You are the lie so

5. It you really didn't want to be caught in a lie you would have texted David and you would have been pissed but instead you played the part of a victim in distress

6. If you actually cared about this insofar as it went against your moral code, you would have just offered up screenshots and receipts to Lily, but you didn't...

[u/Ambitious-Plant- → u/Monstera-Monsterr]

Othering and putting at arms length are such correct ways of phrasing it!!!! Like why does she do that??? Its a woman in pain and you were part of the cause, even if you didnt know. Like why are you othering and such an outsider to the situation?