Thank you for this. I needed to hear it. The warning signs didn’t stick because he was so good at playing a “nice, wholesome” guy. 

But you’re right about my gut; it was going off. I wish I ended things 6 months in when he blocked me unprovoked. And then again 3 months later, when I caught him in his bubbling lies with big eyes. 

I didn’t because I wanted to be cool and understanding. Lesson learned. I guess I didn’t dump him right then and there because of fear of being alone, and I really believed that he was a good person, just a bit wounded. (Then again, aren’t we all?)

Thanks again.