Shruti on Instagram: "You: "You said you'd call. What happened?" Them: "Why are you keeping tabs on me?" You: "I'm not, I just-" Them: "This is exactly why I don't tell you things." Now YOU'RE apologizing. For asking a simple question. This is what Dr. Robin Stern calls "strategic confusion" in her book The Gaslight Effect. It's a deliberate tactic to keep you off-balance and easier to control. Clear people answer your questions. Manipulators make you forget you asked one. Save this if you neede