Damn... those are some seriously sad stories. I thought yours was bad Gutterboy - that is, until I read Armed & Hammered's. BTW, A&H, nice resolution to your story...
I guess I've been pretty fortunate. I've had mean shit done to me here and there, but nothing really life altering.
My girlfriend of 2+ years (the one I was sure was THE one for me) "sort-of" cheated on me with her ex-fiancee. No actual sex, apparently, but many, many lies. That pretty much sucked.
It's all for the best now though. She wasn't good enough for me
