another lovely post, Suzy and again lots of interesting stuff in it that I relate to.
But I have questions, don't feel you have to answer them if you don't want to, but here they are - was your family religious? had you started getting interested in Jesus before exiting? who got you thinking about him? do you have a church you belong to now?
imo, the thing that attracts narcissists is simply your good nature. That's it - and they're good at playing on it to get what they want. You always had a good nature and you always will have it. We're their natural prey.
The scary tenant taught me a lot. Rather terrifyingly I have put two and two together and come up with I am a sucker for a nice voice tone. Oh god, it's awful - I had to promise myself to be cautious if someone sounds nice!