The Cost of Complacency: When People Don’t Draw the Line, They Become the Line

There’s a very specific kind of wound that comes from watching someone you once called a friend or family stand in close, protective proximity to the person who hurt you. That wound gets deeper when they pretend it’s not a big deal, when they invite the person to their birthday party, their wedding, their baby shower. When they hand over your private conversations in exchange for a few manipulative laughs and ego strokes.