Once upon a time, I was an idiot. I fell in love with someone who was not. He knew exactly what he was doing, namely, manipulating me. We dated for almost four years total, give or take a few months of “break ups” that never stuck. We lived together for two of those years and were engaged for all of one month. The engagement ended in a whirlwind of lies and betrayal, and I promptly hit the eject button, moved 2000 miles across the…
