Also -- I really dislike not trusting people, and I pretty much always trust them until they give me *concrete* reason not to.

Her massive lies are easy to spot because there is no consistency whatsoever to a lot of what she says -- plus, a quick Google search reveals a lot.

Actually, I believed all her illness stories despite her other lies until one day when we had lunch together; as we were parting, she said, "Oh, by the way, I have ALS." "Oh, I didn't know that. I am sorry. For how long?" "About two months."

Um, right.