“Wow .... Iβve been in emotional abusive, mental, physical and financial abusi e relationships my entire life. I am 52 years old married three times one was more of a manipulator than the other. They all ended in very traumatic ways.
Iβve been single for 3+ years and I finally finally thought I met a decent man. I was getting to know him via text messages and phone calls. We met after two weeks. And three weeks later heβs gone!!! He would tell me three times a day that he loved me. That we were so far emotionally advanced because we were being so honest with each other and being real.
Paul honestly I was completely honest and loving. I really liked him and I thought he was sincere. I thought I could pick a narcissist out immediately after dealing with them for so long. Wow this last man was good.
The only good news was I did see the red flags I would question his behavior and his violent tendencies. His background should have been a huge red flag but rather I felt so bad that he spent 14 years in prison. Plus his mother was mauled and killed by a Bull when he was 4 years old. The second day we started talking he told me these things and my heart just poured out for him. I told him this and I was crying because of his life. I think it was at that moment he knew I was βa suckerβ and he totally deceived me for about 6 weeks. Iβve been struggling to heal because this relationship opened up some old wounds but more than anything else Iβm so angry at myself for trusting him so quickly and believing he was sincere. I stayed single for over 3 years and my first time back I got hit with this. Iβm pretty broken up over this. I really wanted a wonderful relationship and thatβs what he promised me.
Anyway Iβve been binge listening to both of your podcasts just to get through this.
Thank you Paul.
Sincerely,
Lisa Anne Shapiro”
leemisch via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/21/19