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"As a single person my finances are my own, but the feeling was like no other I have felt in the whole of my life. I had been polite, pleasant and kind to this young man, respecting his skills as a financial trader and the experience he said he had in the world of banking. I felt such a fool; humiliated; a stupid, naïve woman. The shame and hurt was tangible and my confidence plummeted. I knew that I couldn't tell anyone! How my friends would have laughed. I can hear them now – 'What, you gave someone you didn't know and couldn't see £5,500!’. I didn't sleep or eat properly for a few days. I knew I had to be calm and to think things through. Thinking straight was the last thing I could do but I finally decided to contact my bank.
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