I really wish I could have stumbled upon this subreddit back in the early fall.

I committed the worst sins, ones that will make all of this sub weep.

Never make exceptions for ONE guy, I am telling you ladies. There are NO exceptions. No matter how wonderful he appears, if he's attractive or if you find yourself attracted to him, he is internally an lvm and will always be an lvm. Men like this don't change.

He's literally everything like how this sub describes- dusty. Manipulative, narcissistic (his face pics plastered all over his IG and he's not even that attractive wtf), from a lower class area, codependent on drugs, what some of these losers describe as a bad boy is in actuality, a dusty, bum ass loser.

But he was two faced and charming. If he had shown his true face, I would have ran far away from him. You can only rely on red flags and your gut instincts. See the type of upbringing and character he has. Nothing going on from him. My own low self worth aside from my current isolation made me desperate enough to settle for trash.

Work on your self worth. Work on seeking men of quality. Don't settle just because you're lonely. Don't settle just because he's the next best option to nothing. Don't let him become the exception. You deserve better.

These guys, if given the chance, will destroy you. They destroy themselves because everything they touch is destructive. And you're not any exception. As good as you, as kind, as sweet, etc. They are not going to take you and see you as that. They will see you as prey to be destroyed, as well.

Opposites attract and I know there are women struggling or eventually will stumble across the very type of man I described above. Don't do it. The risk and loss is great for us.