Well for me it was during that initial love bombing phase, she found out my weaknesses, and mirrored my interests. She exhibited all of the qualities I was looking for. After the newness started to wear off. It was game on. She told me to come clean about anything I was lying to her about. I wasn't even lying about anything. But that's not what she thought. So she badgered me for days. And then she found out I went on a date with the woman upstairs. Way before I met her. There was no connection with the woman. So it was a silent treatment for about a week. During this time I went to get my work boots from her place and then she decided to forgive me. And she told me some we weren't together she had sex with another dude. Then she fake apologized to me and said it would never happen again. We made up and it was back to love bombing. Talking about marriage and growing old together. I was getting to the point I wanted to break it off and she got me fired from my job. And swore to help me sue them. I had no job so now I was dependent on her. I was evicted from my apartment. So we moved in with a friend. Then another, then another and finally with my brother in another state. Away from my kids and my ex wife. Then the bad times were getting more frequent. Then along came meth... She started using and 6 years later still uses and less about using. Caught her cheating on me. So somehow it was my fault. She spent all the money we had. Then she got violent, punching me, stabbing me. Isolating me from family and friends. And then she started flaunting her new dude in my face, texting all hours of the night, she saved his name as Mollie in her phone. I was discarded. I will never be the same again. I will never trust anyone with my heart again. Don't get caught like me. It's not only women that are victims. Men are too.