Hi new2this.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
This has been a learning experience.
There are people like this ~ and I don't know if he is of them ~ but I know of others. They prey on the vulnerable. They do it almost as a career. They do their utmost to make the vulnerable feel better ~ while they, of course, use that person for their own purposes. I have seen it before with a bereaved family member. In the end, when the widower also died, this person took everything of monetary value and destroyed everything of sentimental value. So you are not the only one.
I am really sorry to hear about your husband. That must have been devastating ~ and to put your trust in someone else, who treated you like this was so unfair.
But not everyone is like him.
Be positive, but be careful.
Welcome to the forum ~ I wish you well.
