i know what you mean beth, your friendship, compassion and kindness, were taken advantage of and used. Unfortunately, there are some folks out there who have no guilt in doing something like this, be it for attention or because, all the screws are not tighten, either way it is not fair to the person who reaches out.
If it helps any, you did what was you, the right thing, you know the story of the good samaritan how many passed him by in his state of despair, before the one reached out,



for trying Beth