LYING

I am not sure what prompts people to lie about things. Is it ego, self protection, a habit formed as a child? I am not talking about the so called white lie. A wife to husband "does my tusch look big in these jeans?" and you know if you say yes chances are she may pout and get hurt feelings so you don't answer honestly and hope she doesn't call you on the response.
However, when you trust someone to be honest with you in an important areas of life and they lie, how do you recover from the lie? Did you know, did you suspect? Did you move forward anyway?
My intuition told me from the first moment I met this girl, something was off. I told the girl that I went with to the meeting I didn't trust her. She thought she was nice and I was off my game. Both of them new acquaintances in my life. I gave the benefit of the doubt to the girl based on the persons comments that I have spent more time getting to know.
Now 8 months later, I have had the proverbial knife wound in the back. I am beating myself up for not trusting my initial instincts and wondering what lessons I am suppose to learn from this hurtful and annoying experience.
It is not a big deal, it certainly wasn't a surprise the writing on the wall started a couple of months ago. How could some of the things she told me be true? Guess what, they were not! Surprise? Nah, just disappointing.
I have found during my lifetime that I have befriended women who have problems. (What can I say I am a rescuer.) Often, I fail to realize, if they have problems the interactions can end up being problems as well.
Of course, I ask myself, what do I bring to the party to create what transpired?
I have my shortcomings, but lying is not one of them.
So I move on, let God handle the karma, think of her with a kind heart, wish her well and with time it will be a memory that fades into the past.
Next time I feel those feelings, and ask someone else what they think, I need to remember this situation and remind me to trust my own instincts, not another persons. Also forgive myself for wanting to believe that people are inherently good and don't let a few bad apples spoil my opinion of the whole apple basket.
Affirming today, my intuition is good and on target. Trust it, since it might save me some sorrow down the road  :-)