14 years ago, I was involved with a guy in Oregon for 9 mos who told me he wanted a monogamous relationship and wanted to marry and have kids with me. Then I found out the entire time he was having unprotected sex with many women and telling them all the same lies. He was partially paralized as a teenager and used his innocent victim persona to seduce women. finally admitted to me that he was a sex addict and had "unrepentant" sex with hundreds of women and I was a prude. I connected with several of the other women and they told me all the lies he had told them. I even had one of his outraged female furniture store customers call and say he had come into her house when she was in the shower! What a creep!!!
(I found the trail of women after hitting redial on the phone after he had a secretive conversation with someone, who turned out to be involved with him.)
He has since married some fool who probably has no idea what he is really about and doing behind her back.
So, I began going to the courthouse and checking out every guy I dated, since my trust was shot thanks to this guy. What an eye opener!
Four guys I was thinking about dating were checked out: one was still married; another was arrested many times for theft and shoplifting, another for stalking and abuse, and the fourth, his family was trying to have him legally put away in a psychiatric facility. Every one of these guys was a clean cut 40-50 year old professional who appeared normal on the surface. I finally found one that checked out clean--we have been happily married for 13 years and he is totally normal and trustworthy.
So ladies, the morale is, don't give up hope, but don't trust anyone until you have fully checked them out.