Quote Originally Posted by KSH
Did she try to make ammends with you after becoming a Buddist? Or is that how she made herself feel good what she did?
She made amends for the violence. She did not make financial amends for the $50K debt she said she'd pay, on which promise she reniged (certainly that's not how to spell that word!). I hear she and new partner provide financial support to Buddist projects. I'm sure the monks wouldn't mind her paying off the project she left in my lap first.

I don't think anybody "does anything to deserve" any of this. I think there are charming, irresponsible, selfish people in the world, and some of us "fall in love with" them. I know I blinded myself to reality by keeping a fantasy of what should be happening in front of my eyes. I will not make certain mistakes again...but I've gone on to make others! Ah, being human...