I want to step away from diagnosing R with anything.The thought that would go into manipulating everyone though would be a full blown job in itself. Honestly the front you would put on in the beginning surely would slip after 5/6 years.
These are general thoughts.
Some people are very good at playing other people's emotions. Sometimes this isn't on purpose but they search for and need the buzz that comes from being wanted, being special and being loved.
That can be done in many ways, but constantly seeking validation that you're a good human, a good mother, a good wife. You look for praise and affection wherever you can get it. The more the merrier. But things begin to not add up, because you're not just going about your life and doing what you want and need to do. You're exaggerating, you're lying to X and telling another story to Y.
If someone comes along and questions the very tangled webs you weave - you don't debate or sort it out or apologise. You shut them down. Ignore it. They are horrific and vile and toxic.
We probably all know people like this, day to day. And most of the time it just confuses people around them and they get mocked in the pub.
But if a person like this was to, for example, set up monthly PayPal donations for good causes and have access to the most vulnerable people in society, then a few months later posts public messages on IG about how she wants to wife swap because she has a hair free vulva....
I could go on but I'll stop...it's late!
I'll make a square one tomorrow for Insta xx