I go with the first choice also.....better to be honest without the hurtful....but it's important to be open & honest without giving them any false hope.

Just curious was that MTI supposed to be MIT?????? that would be in line with Harvard & Stanford. It definitely sounds like he was feeding you a line about his accomplishments.....my stbxh was good at putting information out there without giving any details & letting others fill in the blanks with what ever they wanted to assume......it was hell living with that for 33 years....shoot, it was hell living with it for even the first few years......something I would definitely stay clear of anyone using that way of communicating.

LOL....tmi about his wife & not tmi about his education.....definitely something NOT RIGHT there.....definitely RED FLAG.