"Would you be able to do me a small favor? Perhaps buy a few thousand dollars of gift cards for

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Google Play, Amazon and, oh yes, some bitcoin too?”

I have never been lonely. I was married for 20 years to an angel, Lucille. She became an angel suddenly — and on her birthday — in 1997, leaving me with a broken heart. Since then, the gaping hole in my heart has scabbed over, and it continues to beat despite its beating.

Being alone doesn’t mean I’m lonely, though. My life has been full.

I was a litigation specialist at my own law firm for 42 years before I retired a decade ago. For fun, I take pedal steel guitar lessons, and I’m designing a line of men’s jewelry. I’ve also collected contemporary Latin American art (Lucille’s passion, which I inherited). I bike and hike and religiously walk my three rescue Chihuahua mutts every day. I grew up in Los Angeles and have been all over the world.

Most of all, I still believe in love. So it was with trepidation that I read the lovely compliment on a new L.A. restaurant review I’d posted on Yelp, where I am a regular contributor, having posted 427 reviews. I thanked Angela for her kind words, which led to a few more brief correspondences between us.

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-06-03/la-affairs-ron-winters-bitcoin-widower-love-romance-yelp

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I wonder how many times per day

that a similar story plays out somewhere - often with much more costly results.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. I'm thinking a lot! 🤬

[genxlib]

3. People Suck

Best case scenario, she was just a con artist. But at least their could be some fake affection in it for him.

More likely, she wasn't actually a she and just some guy catfishing him for a swindle.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. Yep!

[FM123]

4. Good article!

So glad his common sense returned when it did, so many others ignore that twinge that tells them something is not right.....

"Sanity snapped back like a rubber band and kept me from following a manufactured dream down a rabbit hole, slipping into the abyss of make-believe."

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. 🤗