She is shameless and has found that you are not. That's it. Why do I love my wife so dearly? Because when we were 15 she called me on my shit and I changed. This person did not have the benefit of my wife.

She will claim your things without shame until you show a modicum of backbone and she will back off. Stand your ground, stick it out as long as you're able/have to and don't let her rule you.

It's "close to being broken anyway"? God, my little brother used to say that about his waterguns that I'd steal from him when I was a kid (I'd like to say I made it up to him, but a liar and narcissist can't be trusted) .

I am telling you this right now, as a man who spent a rather small part of his life as one of these gaslighting pricks and a larger part of his life making up for it, do NOT keep this up. Make your backbone out of nothing, lie like she does, whatever it takes but this type of person will take your shit, ruin your relationships and come out ahead pretty much 100% of the time. She's done enough, in my opinion, to taste her own medicine.

Will this change her? No. She will keep it up with others that she can manipulate and it may well make you her enemy, which is how these people think. You are both young and this doesn't matter so much, but I will tell you right now I work with men and women who brag, not just reminisce but brag about people they've fucked over.

You can claim the moral high ground as much as you like, but it won't stop the bastards from winning. Stop this fucker with your words and actions, call her on every little thing, be her enemy and you will find her trying to ingratiate herself to you (sometimes with ill-gotten gains, yes) instead of taking advantage of you.

It's almost like schoolyard bullies, but these people are insidious and literally everywhere. You're 25, you have (hopefully) a lot of life ahead of you, it's not being a bitch, it's being a woman.

I saw these red flags and I responded with what I know, but I'm not joking at all. These people have no boundaries on where they're willing to go and they will absolutely play the "insanity card" if they can. I have seen this type of trash claim everything from "dad left before I was born" to "I was sexually abused!".

Sometimes, it's true. It's sad and shitty when that happens, but does not exclude radiative abuse. I do not claim that this attributed to some dire, life-sensitive claim, but for your comfort? Fuck this bitch, she ain't worth your time.