Yep. She also tried to convince me I was abused as a child. I wasn't. She was just trying to maximize my vulnerability to weaponize it so I couldn't leave her, because she was one of those crazy co-dependent types.

No she was. On the surface. She was the only girlfriend I ever had who cooked, or bought me gifts, and who didn't hate me for my hobbies and friends. Most women I meet on first dates reject me straight up for my hobbies and interests and many of my other girlfriends hated/resented me for them, and never in a million years would ever do something nice for me like buy me a gift.

I'm much happier being single. Since I went through therapy my salary has tripled and lots of other great things, but I still exclusively attract horrible women. I just don't date them anymore. The biggest red flag now is I have a dog and a cat, and almost every woman who is interested in me HATES either dogs or cats, or both. On dating apps I regularly get messages like 'oh hey would you get rid of your cat/dog if we hit it off?' It's wild. But at least now I spend my money on myself, and not trying to make some emotional black hole of a person 'happy' by buying them crap.