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>>8545145

Personal anecdote time.


When I was around 18 I found this girl who I thought was pretty cool at the time, we started talking (this was just on the Internet) and decided to "date"

We spent a few years together doing the long distance thing and of course my biggest hopes were to actually visit and meet her but of course I had no kind of money.

She told me how she had all this money and we would be able to invest it together/buy a house/etc. and like an idiot I fell for all of that and actually planned my life around it.

Eventually it turned out that she had been lying to me this entire time, this person I was spending hours and hours every day with, there was no money, she never had any intention of coming to see me.

The result? I was 21 now, having wasted 3 years of my life, living alone in a new country with no ability to pay my bills and the expectation that this girl would basically come and help me out.

So we split.

I decided that day to focus on myself and put myself first, got into crypto after failing a few other things and I really hit it big.

Now I have a bunch of money (not rich by any means but WAY better off than before), time, and I can freely spend my life as I wish.

Do I regret my decisions? Not exactly - I was one of those hopeless romantic types that really gave their everything into a relationship, and it left me emotionally out of energy once the whole thing crashed down. I still feel it was a good thing at the time, though I wouldn't do it again given the chance.

I went down that road and now I feel I'm back - of course I've become a bit jaded since. I don't really interact with too many females anymore because I feel like I've experienced enough with just that one. Emotionally and everything else.

So is it worthwhile? In my experience it can be, but I think it's smarter to have all your ducks in a row and your "house in order" before you move on to relationships with others. That was my fatal mistake.

Hope this helps OP.