I'm so fed up with how often I get "trolled" by men online; especially when I'm naive enough to fall for the same spiel they give me, time after time ().

"Show me your photo!" I barely know you. If I do that, you can now mess with me; lie about yourself, send me any photo you want from Google images, etc.,. and I have no way of knowing the truth.

I never used to even go online, let alone, join forums like PC. Sometimes, when these things happen I regret ever creating an online presence for myself. Because no one really is themselves online, are they? They're a digital version of themselves.

Even with online dating. I tried it for years with no luck. And the one relationship that came from that, was a total disaster because he was recently divorced, cheating on me the entire time with his work colleague (whom he cheated on his first wife with). Not to mention that he was emotionally abusive and displayed narcissistic tendencies that at the time, I wasn't informed about yet, or emotionally strong enough to fend off, until after the breakup. Bullet dodged, yes. Lesson learned, yes.

A place like PC has nice people, for sure. Otherwise, I never would have come here for support for myself. But when I encounter someone who trolls me, I shake my head, and wonder why my "troll trigger" still gets triggered again and again; that is, I fall for the same b.s., because of my stupid naivete and cautious optimism.

on the for christ sake. Pfft.
When will I ever learn?!