How to Approach Someone Who Wants Nothing to Do With You
It’s really very simple — and yet few will do it.
A brutal ending
To put it nicely, things didn’t end well between us. It was two years of lying, gaslighting, and emotional abuse cleverly masked behind the most gentle eyes I’d ever seen. I felt duped, and as I slowly uncovered the disturbing truth about this obvious sociopath, I vowed never to cross paths again.
That plan worked for a while.
But as all abusers do, they come back for their victims again and again, and sure enough, one particular week, we “crossed paths” — five times.
At first, it was easy to evade any interaction. Although rattled inside, I remained seemingly unfazed as I went about my evening as planned, despite being constantly on guard to avoid any potential contact.
As in all chess games, one player eventually outsmarts the other — often when the opponent least expects it, and somehow, I found myself once again staring into those same gentle brown eyes that I had grown to mistrust with a fierce repulsion.
Caught off-guard, I felt frozen. Trapped. Speechless. A crowd swarmed before us, making it awkward to make an easy escape.
