What I forgot to add - she fed me complete lies about her marriage and how it broke down. She blamed my dad for everything and I didn't find out the truth until a few years ago - he left her because she wouldn't stop sleeping with other men. So, I grew up hating my dad my whole life and last saw him when I was 11. I found out the truth a year after he passed away. She cost me my relationship with my dad and I found out too late to do anything about it. I realized that my dad showed amazing patience and magnanimity in front of her madness and cheating. So, the damage is life lasting. I am lucky to have recovered my relationships with other family members, but we all paid dearly for it in time lost. A time of my life when I really needed that family in my life.
