TUNISIAN AND SUSANNE FROM THE UK

Submitted by RUBY (United Kingdom), Apr 9, 2010 at 14:00

I READ YOUR STORY AND FEEL REALLY SORRY FOR YOU. ALMOST THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME WITH A TURKISH GUY AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW IT WILL TAKE AN AWFUL LONG TIME FOR YOU TO GET OVER IT.

I BERATE MYSELF NEARLY EVERY DAY FOR MY STUPIDITY AND MADNESS! I CAN SAY NOW THAT IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY, PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE, TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK EVEN IF YOU DO EMPLOY A LAWYER WHICH WILL COST YOU A LOT OF MONEY WITH NO GUARANTEED RESULT! YOUR LAWYER WOULD HAVE TO ARGUE THAT YOU DIDN'T GIVE THIS MAN THE MONEY AS A GIFT...VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVE AND WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO FIND HIM TO ANSWER THESE CHARGES ANYWAY. I DIDN'T TAKE THE LITIGOUS ROUTE COS' I KNEW BASICALLY THAT THE LAWYER AND MYSELF WERE ON A "HIDING TO NOTHING" AND ANYWAY I HAD NO MONEY LEFT. AFTER MANY YEARS, I AM JUST ABOUT FORGIVING MYSELF FOR BEING SUCH AN FOOL AND AM TRYING TO REBUILD MY LIFE. ALTHOUGH SAYING THAT I STILL BELIEVE HE WAS A THIEF WHETHER IT BE THAT HE ACTUALLY STOLE IT OUT OF MY POCKET OR INVEIGLED HIS WAY INTO MY AFFECTIONS AND TOOK IT THAT WAY. TO ME THERE IS NO ACTUAL DIFFERENCE-THESE MEN ARE THIEVES! I KNOW IT'S EARLY STAGES FOR YOU BUT I DO HOPE YOU COME OUT OF THIS STRONG.

TAKE CARE.

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