{"id":6683,"date":"2024-03-15T01:06:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:15:42","slug":"beware-of-the-attentive-psycho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/?p=6683","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the Attentive Psycho"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6683\" class=\"elementor elementor-6683\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2567d29 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2567d29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-828afc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"828afc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I felt like I was back in the corner store again. <\/strong>Peering through the glass at the huge selection of Penny Candy. The only difference was that I had gained several years, and I was looking at my <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6695 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/student-typing-keyboard-849826-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"student, typing, keyboard-849826.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/student-typing-keyboard-849826-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/student-typing-keyboard-849826-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/student-typing-keyboard-849826-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/student-typing-keyboard-849826.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>computer screen, searching through profiles of, hopefully, single men. Potential partners by the thousands, on every site.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0People warned me about all the online predators,<\/strong> but I figured I could spot them and I certainly wouldn&#8217;t even wink at them. I had a specific type of man I was looking for. First &amp; foremost I wanted him to be a believer, since I was. A lot of thought went into filling out my profile. &#8220;Hopeful Heart Looking for an Honest Man,&#8221; won out and went at the top. The name alone advertised the fact that I was lonely and vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6699 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/woman-cry-crying-1302674-214x300.png\" alt=\"woman, cry, crying-1302674.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/woman-cry-crying-1302674-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/woman-cry-crying-1302674-730x1024.png 730w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/woman-cry-crying-1302674-768x1078.png 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/woman-cry-crying-1302674.png 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/> \u00a0I felt like my time of being a sad widow should come to an end<\/strong>. I&#8217;d been single for the past two years and I was aching for a little attention again. I so missed being someone&#8217;s &#8220;Angel Face,&#8221; and I still missed him. But I knew he was never coming back and I was tired of being alone. I was looking for a new love.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I was just about to give up when a man left three messages that he was interested<\/strong>. I checked out his profile, then decided to pray about it overnight, before I answered. The next morning, when I booted up my computer, there was a fourth message from the same man. &#8220;Wow,&#8221; I thought, &#8220;this man is really interested &#8220;<\/p>\n\n<p>I answered back that I was interested too, and our whirlwind romance took flight.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The first thing he wanted to do was to get on instant message, <\/strong>&#8220;Email takes too long,&#8221; he said, &#8220;instant message is a lot quicker.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>So, instant message it was. Even though I couldn&#8217;t type, it was only pick &amp; peck for me, but he didn&#8217;t seem to mind. He had little heart icons, in my favorite color, drifting from the top and floating over all our messages.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And then the cards started coming.<\/strong> I <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6703 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ai-generated-teddy-bear-valentines-8574512-300x300.png\" alt=\"ai generated, teddy bear, valentines-8574512.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ai-generated-teddy-bear-valentines-8574512-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ai-generated-teddy-bear-valentines-8574512-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ai-generated-teddy-bear-valentines-8574512-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ai-generated-teddy-bear-valentines-8574512-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ai-generated-teddy-bear-valentines-8574512.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>remember the first card I received that said he loved me. &#8220;Could that be possible? I thought, &#8220;It&#8217;s only been five days. &#8221; The flirting, the love songs he sent through email. He wanted my phone number, then the calls came, almost non stop. I&#8217;d get up in the morning to find a message from him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you ever sleep?&#8221; I&#8217;d ask.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;When I get up at night to answer a call of nature,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I think of you, so I send you a card.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We spent so much time with each other.<\/strong> I didn&#8217;t even take the time to eat right, and I lost twenty pounds. I wasn&#8217;t sleeping much either. He liked to call late at night, all throughout the day, and real early the next morning.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All his attention eased the pain I&#8217;d felt for the past couple of years.<\/strong> I was a willing target for his aching- heart-surgery and I loved every minute of it. I Didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d ever find love again. My upside down world was righting itself.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He was so interested in everything about me, my past, my family.<\/strong> He never wanted to talk about himself, even though I tried to get him to open up. He was wearing a mask, called, &#8220;Mr. Right,&#8221; and I couldn&#8217;t see beyond all of his empty words that only told me what he knew I wanted to hear.<\/p>\n\n<p>And then&#8230;after marriage&#8230;it was still all about me, but things <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6711 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/portrait-man-old-4785196-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"portrait, man, old-4785196.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/portrait-man-old-4785196-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/portrait-man-old-4785196-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/portrait-man-old-4785196-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/portrait-man-old-4785196.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>took a different turn.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;You&#8217;re nothing but a two bit&#8221;&#8230; he&#8217;d say, along with so many other derogatory names.<\/strong> No one in my life had ever talked to me as bad as he did. Before long, I allowed him to drive me to a point of hopeless desperation. There was no joy in life, only moment by moment heartbreak, and I was afraid of what I might do. He ripped my heart out, one piece at a time. Then he quoted Bible verses to me, in a twisted way for his benefit. Did he really think that was an excuse for the way he was treating his wife?<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0For the full story read my book, &#8220;Lonely Heart Meets Charming Sociopath&#8221; click the Amazon button below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6282fd3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6282fd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/10GdQfZ\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-amazon\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" 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