I used to think that I was a pretty good judge of character, I could, and still can, read people. Have you ever missed the mark though and allowed a Trojan horse to infiltrate your inner circle? At this age, I really thought people ( as a whole) grew out of these antics. That mean girls mature and become nice, that manipulators find their real value to others and press into the authentic ways to communicate. Definitely naivety at it's best, but really its me always wanting to believe that people are better than that, that people grow, heal and desire genuine connections. An unfortunate reality, mean girls grow up to be mean women, manipulators only hone their skills and damaged people choose to damage other people. It's sad! I can wish all day long that everyone is good to their core. That each person wants to be the best version of themselves and desires to do the hard work on themselves but there will always be wolves in sheep clothing amongst us. ...