OMG...wait until I tell you what has been going on! So, ok, after telling this guy that I would go with him to the ball, he really started being assertive, asking me to lunch/dinner, wondering what I was doing in July because he was going to Louisianna for weapons training and I could visit him, etc. and I started feeling that he was interested in being more than a friend, and I'm definitely not ready for that yet! So, I tried calling the cell phone number he gave me yesterday and today so I could tell him things were moving too fast and that I would understand if he wanted to take someone else to the ball instead, someone that he was interested in being "more than friends" with. Well, when I didn't get a hold of him, I got his email from another email sent to us both. I wrote him just what I said, that I didn't feel comfortable going to the ball as his date, etc. So then I gave him my email and IM name.
So, about 15 mins later...I got an IM from someone that I didn't recognize, and it was a woman. She told me that she WAS HIS WIFE!

I was like, OMG...I am so sorry, I had no idea. And she was like, I'm not mad at you, and this isn't the first time. We've been married for 8 years and he has a 7 year old and a 15 mo. old here at home!! I told her I totally wasn't interested in a relationship with him, or anyone else, for that matter and she was really nice. She asked me how I knew him and I told her from school, that we are in an organization together, and told her that I most definitely was NOT going to the ball with him, or wouldn't speak to him anymore for that matter! She told me that he told her the ball was ONLY for Navy men and women, no spouses allowed! She asked me if anyone at school knew he was married, and I told her I didn't think anyone did, but that they would now!! I felt so bad for her, and I offered to her to IM me whenever she wanted to chat, and also told her she could email me.
I feel so duped!

I'm so glad that I wasn't interested in this guy, but I never thought he was lying to me. His wife said that he is a very good liar, that he's had a lot of practice.

I just kind of feel like I can't trust anyone now, which is sad because I'm an extremely honest person. And I'm mad that he thought I was stupid enough to prey upon. I'm glad I had reservations and wrote him that email, I thanked his wife for IMing me, I still haven't gotten the email she said she sent, so if she hadn't IMed me, I probably would never have known! What is wrong with men?! ARGH. She said she called and told him that she talked to me, so he knows I know. I dare him to try and talk to me now! How can I trust someone I'm getting to know ever again? I am talking to a few guys online, now I'm going over and over correspondence to see if I can pick up on anything weird. Does this ever get any better?