[catcherintherye]

So Badpiece is the reason for the betrayals by all my true loves? And he is the one responsible for my deep-rooted cynicism with regard to relationships, and my long-standing and illogical fear of commitment?

The horror!

Be that as it may, presumably the women in question had a choice in the matter, and it is my guess they based that choice on criteria familiar to most of us, preference, availability, proximity, and mutual attraction, none of which an absent party has any control over.

If Badpiece had his way with my true loves, more power to him. That course of action is ultimately the personal choice of each woman individually. He simply had the foresight to position himself accordingly.

Badpiece appears to be a very resourceful, talented and lucky man.

In the words of that classic song, "If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with."

Truer words were never sung.