{"id":69442,"date":"2025-07-27T04:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T04:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69442"},"modified":"2025-07-27T04:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T04:06:43","slug":"i-lent-money-to-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69442","title":{"rendered":"I LENT MONEY TO A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-126.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-126.png 800w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-126-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-126-768x922.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I lent $2,000 to a man I\u2019d been dating for a little over a year. He said it was for bills during a rough month. We broke up two months later\u2014no drama, just the slow fade. Then one day, scrolling through Instagram, I saw him vacationing in Tulum\u2026 with his ex. My heart sank. I realized he\u2019d used my money to fund their getaway. Her name was Darcie. I remembered her vaguely\u2014he once said they were &#8220;on friendly terms.&#8221; Turns out, I was the sponsor of his romantic reunion. I was devastated. I didn\u2019t text him. I didn\u2019t ask for the money back. I just started therapy, walked every morning, and focused on rebuilding myself. Seven months later, he reached out. We met. He apologized, handed me a $2,000 check, and admitted everything. I took the money\u2014not for closure, but to fund a digital marketing course. Today, I run my own business. I doubled my income. I trusted the wrong person, but I found my strength. If someone shows you who they are\u2014believe them. And never loan your future to someone who sees you as a fallback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69428\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I lent $2,000 to a man I\u2019d been dating for a little over a year. He said it was for bills during a rough month. We broke&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69444,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69442\/revisions\/69444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}