Dear Kittycat100:

You wrote: “I am so embarrassed that I was taken in by this man….I am devastated by this as I am usually a good judge of character, and level-head”-

My input/ advice: even good judges of character and level headed people get hurt and betrayed. If you could remove the shame (embarrassment is a degree of shame) from your experience, it will be easier for you. It is not your fault that you were betrayed, not your doing, and it is not possible for you- or for anyone- to always spot dishonesty. Everyone can be fooled some of the time.

Remove the shame and you are left with the hurt of being betrayed, and the anger, I suppose?

anita