Is the future so bright that you have to wear shades, because something shady may be happening? When people paint a picture of a shared future with you that seems too good to be true, it's time to worry about future faking.

Future faking is a tactic whereby people lure you into thinking they are planning a wonderful future with you. Their visions of the future may make you feel optimistic about and bonded with them, But in the end, there may only be a whole lot of faking going on, as they may not be dedicated to or even believe in this future themselves. Their main or perhaps only objective is to use the promise of a future to get you to do something for them in the present.

Future faking can occur in a variety of relationship settings. For example, when making a little romance, the future faker can do a little dance and describe how the two of you are going to go on vacations together, buy a home together, or even get married, again together, because that's how marriages work. The promise of a future can keep you in the relationship, get you to take even greater care........

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