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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they’re “clearly wrong,” why do they need to admit anything. Grow up, and move on. If confessions matter that much to you, then don’t talk to them.[/quote]

Wow. No. They are clearly wrong and then gaslight to act like they didn’t do it or that you’re too sensitive for caring. People who do this can’t have truly close relationships with people.

My mother does this. I honestly think it is 1)being raised in a very authoritative home where respect and position are important. She thinks mothers don’t apologize to their kids. She has never gotten an apology for some really crazy things that happened to her. 2)[b]thinking that if she acts like nothing is wrong, everyone else will just move on. To be honest, it does work for her many times so I suppose it’s not a bad strategy from her perspective.[/b] [/quote]

I've noticed that this is definitely something that happens when you have someone in a position of power/authority over a group of people, because what happens is that the people under their power get pitted against each other, so there is a built in reason to ignore/overlook bad behavior. You see it with abusive parents, bad/abusive bosses, and sometimes in toxic friend groups.

I encountered this once in a workplace and it felt like losing my mind. People would sometimes talk about the boss's bad behavior privately, but with caution, and mostly people pretended it wasn't happening or tried to justify it or contextualize it to make it seem like no big deal. The party line was that this person was "just like that" and you shouldn't "take it personally." It was insane. The one time in my life where I think I have actually encountered people with Stockholm syndrome.[/quote]

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