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there is a natural desire to want to protect them and keep them
from feeling hurt. When you love someone, you’re willing to do

whatever it takes to keep them safe, and you never want to see
them hurt, upset or unhappy in any way. The manipulative
partner will lead you to believe that this is what they want for
you, but the red flags should start to go up when “protecting” on
their terms means they get to make all the decisions for you

about how you should live your life. They’ll tell lies about
wanting to “protect” your finances, “protecting” you from
friends who are not a good influence in you, “protecting” you by

constantly keeping tabs on where you’re going and what you
doing. When you tell them you’re uncomfortable with this kind
of control, they turn around and lie once more by convincing you
they’re doing it out of love and because they want to “protect”
you, when the truth is they’re trying to do the complete opposite.

They want you to depend on no one else but them so they will
always have the upper hand. If you really were in a healthy
relationship, your partner will be protective, but they’ll also be

realistic. They know they can’t protect you from everything, and
they certainly won’t try to by dictating how every aspect of your
life should be run. When you’re in trouble, they’ll find
constructive ways to help you instead of making you feel bad for
not listening to them. They won’t demand that you hand over

your password or any other private information in the name of
“protecting” you.

They Provoke You with Lies - Sometimes a manipulator could
resort to provoking you into an argument by lying and
exaggerating, blowing things out of proportion just because they

know it pushes your buttons when they do. They purposely say
things which are targeted at triggering negative emotions within
you, even going so far as to lie just to make their argument more
convincing. You are left with the nagging question of why they

do things the way they do. Because sometimes they simply want
to push your buttons just to make you angry enough to say