The reason your budget is tight isn't because the Saudis raised the price of oil, your boss is cheap, or big corporations are greedy. Your money is tight because you spend more than you take in. The reason your current girlfriend or boyfriend has some of the same neurosis as your last four has nothing to do with them. It is all about you. And that is the nature of the human animal. We find evidence that supports our foundational beliefs and if we can’t find any, we manufacture it to conform with our desired view of the world.