Nice

It isn't all it's cracked up to be

Misplaced Trust

My current read is about predators and their techniques. In the forward to Predators - Pedophiles, Rapists, and other Sex Offenders by Anna C. Salter, PhD, she states what should be obvious:

Misplaced trust is the predator’s most powerful resource, and we can decide whether or not to give it to him.

Of course, predators include women and other genders, but the book was written a while ago.

Nice Doesn’t Mean Anything

People mistake “nice” as a character trait instead of a way to act that can be turned on and off. If a person is known as “nice” they get all sorts of credit for being a good person, and predators take advantage of that. You must be willing to entertain suspicions about people you already know.

Now there’s a nice alligator!

My husband, Justin, wasn’t nice to almost anybody, except me. He made rude remarks, sarcastic compliments that were really insults, peed outside and threw his trash on the ground constantly. That’s only the start. If anyone wanted him t…