Ms.Matchsticks and the Gaslighter

So, people are flawed. They lie as a coping mechanism. So, they have secrets to take to their grave.

But when someone uses these weaknesses against them to put them down, that does not speak for their flaws, but the inhumanity of the other person.

Ms.Matchsticks knew that. I mean seriously! How uneducated does one have to be to gaslight an education certificate?

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