Originally Posted by Meerkat
I'm sorry about your bad experiences! I recommend an excellent book that sheds a great deal of light on the subject and is a real eye opener. It's called [i]The Sociopath Next Door[i]. Scary stuff. I'm glad you are brave and strong enough to move on after your experiences with sociopaths. There's more out there than we realize.
I have already read that book and the guy "Luke", well that was my husband all over. He was exactly the same way. He had no interest in the kids unless he needed food, money, or somewhere to sleep and then he was all "oh, I miss my kids".
I thought I was losing it because he kept gaslighting me. Turns out I was just a target for abuse and conning. Go figure. I can spot one 300 miles away now. Just look out for active campaigns for your sympathy and over the top charm. It's really obvious if you're looking for it. I just wish I'd known that nine years ago. Anyone watch Dateline a few nights ago? There was a woman on there saying she had cancer, heart attacks, kidney failure etc. She conned people into giving her money, vacations, and even called these people and would tell them she was in the hospital getting chemo. she had her poor kids worried about her being sick as weel as these people! No one thought it weird that she was tan, healthy and able to go on various vacations. On chemo you get weak, so how are you able to go to the tanning bed and on vacation? Someone caught onto this and alerted her poor husband who was working overtime to keep up with her demands for money and gifts. Finally he wised up. He took her to court for custody of the kids and a divorce and they found out she had NEVER been in the hospital for chemo or kidnet failure or a heart atack! She'd made the whole thing up just to get monet and sympathy. I used to say, how can you be so stupid, but now I realize even if a person's story doesn't add up, most people say "Why would someone lie like that?" A sociopath will and it's so sad that they can't be helped.
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