How the relationship ended with Peter Cornell still stings for Christine Quinn. In an interview with Elle, she said: “I was with someone for years, and I didn’t know who he was.” Quinn continued, “The story with [Cornell] was that I knew there was something going on, and I was catching my boyfriend at the time in a lot of lies. I had given him the benefit of the doubt.”
Giving the benefit of the doubt is good, up until a point. In the interview, Quinn wanted to remind people that “there are no coincidences” and that when things keep happening, it’s a big sign that something is up. Another sign? How they react. If your partner turns the blame around on you, or makes you responsible for something they did, this is called gaslighting. “It’s just a way to blow you up and make you think you are crazy,” matchmaker, Susan Trombetti, the CEO of Exclusive Matchmaking, told Insider.
Quinn’s relationship advice when dealing with shady men is to always “go with your gut,” which is the same advice Trombetti gives for combating gaslighting. “If stuff doesn’t add up,” Quinn told Elle, “don’t give him a pass. Because you really never know who someone is.”
