"He seemed very needy, which I felt was odd for a man. To look at him, you wouldn't think he was that type, cause he had that tough biker look, but now that I think about it, that was all fake to get what he wanted. He would wear me down until little by little, I stopped being with friends, and family, and he was even jealous when I spent time with my sons."

"It's so exhausting. Every minute of every day was consumed trying to "figure it all out."

"If you want genuine heartfelt advice from one of the many on this forum who have had their entire lives destroyed on every level - emotionally, financially, psychologically: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid - Run and Never look back!!!"

"I believe I've been to Hell and met the Devil..."

“Seeing my wife and what she had become, it was like looking at the face of satan and being able to recognize the mask as such. If any one out there is ever confronted by a person like this, run, do not walk, run just as fast as you can.”"I would say my biggest weakness is a heart that is too compassionate; and a high level of tolerance of nonsense."

"Even now I find it difficult to fathom how you can give so much of yourself to a person and have them so totally wipe it all away as if it never happened with no remorse and go on their merry way leaving a path of destruction behind them."

"I have both a therapist and psychiatrist, and both helped me see how I gravitate toward men without consciences because I was raised around them. In fact, I was willing to look the other way for this guy precisely because I grew up looking the other way."

"My councillor said he was a psychopath and would not change. She said men like him keep her in work because of women like me, ahhh sad but true."

"I wanted it to go back to like when we first met in the beginning---he was so charming, so humorous and complimentary---unlike any guy I ever met and got swept of my feet. He found me at a time during the midst of an estrangement--my ego needed a boost. Nevertheless in the midst of this charm, there was also this gut feeling that something was not right..."