Wasn’t a Mistake

Stop calling it a misunderstanding.

Stop giving it the benefit of the doubt.

When someone disrespects you, it’s not accidental.

It’s a decision.

Adults know what they’re doing.

They choose their words.

They choose their tone.

They choose how they treat you.

Children make mistakes.

Grown people make choices.

And if you feel, even for a second, that it was intentional, it was.

Trust that.

You don’t need to analyze it.

You don’t need to excuse it.

You don’t need to fix it.

You recognize it.

and you move accordingly.