Restrangled, I understand how you are feeling. I am an honest person, to a fault, and I expect others to be honest with me. I used to get SO incensed when someone lied to me, or told half-truths. Especially when it was someone from the KH who did the lying.
However, over the years, I have come to realize, that not everyone is like me. So, I tend to take almost everything with a grain of salt,...how does that saying go, "you can believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear"....or something like that. In this case, believe half of what you read.
Try not to be TOO upset. After all, people will be people...not everyone has the same morals, unfortunately. Some people need their egos stroked all the time, for whatever reasons, so they need to tell "stories". I feel very sorry for ones like this....it cannot be an easy life for them.
Please continue to post here, just don't expect everyone you come into contact with, (in cyber-space) to be the "real deal" until you actually meet them, and can assess them in person....then you will not be too angry or hurt, when you find out that the "stories" just don't add up.
Delilah xx