time would tell... Just that one has to spend these time to find out loh...that's the hardest part to swallow... u just keep asking yourself "when?" will you find out the truth & take the next action...it's tormenting right? You may have to 'ask yourself' like that, for a year or two & even longer.... ("gosh!!" u gasp...)
In the meantime, you spend & spend...for whatever 'magic' reason, you questioned yourself thereafter 'why?'...
That's the "excruciating" pain many went thro, I believe. You will come to realise the factors the bros mentioned here before; you encounter or live the scenario that seems familiar (you read it here!), you come to accept the consequences which sound familiar (you read it in SBF!!) & reasoning you're getting (you read about it also in SBF!!!); you either:
get more worried - and dunno what to do after spending so 'much'
get numb - and slowly the "relationship" fades away
get the 2nd reward - that a real relationship about to begins
This is just onli step#1 oi!! More to come..(perhaps, post-marriage stuff; which may be another topic/thread for discussion)..