Blue Pill for many years, increasingly aware and working on the change. While BP, I made several decisions that sacrificed my career interests in favor of my wife's career interests. There were several moves involved. I'm sure the downsides of this are obvious to you. On the upside, the moves did give us some amazing experiences that we would not have had otherwise.
I think the Red Pill requires us to be brutally honest with ourselves. My question, however, is whether it always requires us to be honest with others. In the abstract, I would think it would be Red Pill to be truthful and make no apologies. However, there seem to be some situations where being truthful can have tangible, adverse consequences.
It is not ususual in cocktail party type of conversations for people to ask "So, why did you move to X?" "Why did you do Y?" Honestly? Because my wife had a good job opportunity; oh, that? I did that because my wife... That is the truth of my past. But (a) as I have become aware, this sounds cringeworthy coming out of my mouth; and (b) I can see many people's behavior toward me change for the worse if I say these kinds of things. When the complete truth has the tangible effect of causing people to treat me like second class citizen, then I figure I don't owe them the complete truth. Now I tell people that I chose to have some cool experiences rather than following a linear career path, which is not untrue.
What do you think?
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