The reality is this: Good, decent people marry to individuals who seem nice, responsible, polite, etc. Down the line, once they see you trapped in their circle the true face pops up!. If you are the strong kind, you get out of it asap, for people don't change, and if you belong to the weak category (morally ) then you stay and suffer the consequences for the rest of your life. It's better to turn from the road half way, then go through all the way then worry how to turn back!
Few people benefit from the past mistakes, when I say mistake not necessarily yours but mistakes that got you messed up in the first place. Letting it go is good for us to move on, it doesn't mean to forget about it, all it means rap it and store it in your memory in a safe place where you can benefit from it by looking back & analyzing step by step how you got there for only us can see the inner problem and solve it accordingly. By doing so we'll make us stronger mentally and prevent us falling into the trap over and over again.
I'm proud to be American by papers, proud to be Armenian by birth, proud to be French by heart, proud to be Lebanese for I can read Arabic, proud to be Turkish since I can fluently speak the language, and soon going to be proud being Spanish for I practice my Spanish from Spain.
No need to feel cranky...all you have to do is ignore and keep going. Life is full with scammers whether here or out of here. I'm here for about 2yrs like you and at first I took this site seriously. ..but now I changed my entire perspective and simply play the game accordingly. Be silly with the sillies and nice with the rest.
Times have changed. ...so is the lifestyle. You don't marry for money then the hardship wait for you...for there is no pure "love" anymore....only in litrature novels such as Shakespeare's monsieur Roméo & modmoiselle Juliètte.
RE: Proud To Be An American
CossackCat...if you look up & read well you'll see people agree for what I say...but you my dear....seems like your lost....as always.