I'm sorry you got played but as a guy who used to be like this guy I can already guess what his profile looked like and how easy it was for him, and you won't be a big loss cause he'll next you cause I would've nexted you, it's a numbers game. I don't mean that to be insulting but I found financial success early in life, you know a couple of the many lessons it taught me, far too many women are tripping over themselves to be in your life and that the reserve of beautiful women is endless so you can be as lousy a person as you want to be and there is always going to be a market for you and that is a terrible thing for a guy to learn because it's a tough life to want to give up...and I was truly lousy, I'd been caught cheating a lot back then, you know how many times I was dumped over it, 0 times, I was a self absorbed narcissist regularly absent/distant physically and emotionally for whatever reasons I chose, you know how many times I was held accountable, 0 times, yelled at here and there sure, broken up with 0, yet the women just kept coming. As long as a woman prioritizes the wrong things in a man, the more times she'll get played. Women don't like it thrown in their face but it is true. I don't mean to lump all women together, a lot of smart women who know their value will see thru the bullshit but there is a large segment of them that are trading off their looks and as that asset is fleeting that insecurity is easily manipulated. That isn't to say a woman can't be drawn to a successful man but if that is one of the primary reasons for your interest your priorities are out of whack. The hard part for successful men is finding a woman that isn't drawn in by that material part of your life but by who you are as a person. That is why so many of them end up with women who guys and other women may see as not worthy but they were with them when they had nothing, loyalty, you can't put a price tag on it but clingers on are a dime a dozen. Guys with means who didn't have that woman before have a few options, they become impossibly jaded, they never grow up continuing to indulge themselves, or they grow up and stop being a child and I grew the fk up. If I wanted to be like the guy you wrote of today, I could put up pictures of flashy items, I imagine things this guy had in his profile, his cars, his homes, his exotic trips, and I'd easily get more messages than I get now but I wouldn't trade any of the real messages I get today for 1000 ones who could care less about me. In my profile today I don't show a damn thing that shows what I have, but I show a little of what is important to me, my dog, myself having a little fun, if a girl writes me today she's writing because she is interested in me not cause I'm trying to show off material wealth...you want to not get played here is your primer, focus on shit that matters... don't fall for words, words are easy, watch actions...don't be sold on a fantasy, if a guy is showing all the shit he has, he's selling you the dream, trust me the most I want a girl to know is that we're financially comfortable until we're in a real relationship and I trust her to know the real details....and don't fall in love with the idea of being in love, real love takes time, it takes work, only infatuation and lust are quick. You may still get played, if a guy is manipulative enough and he's willing to go to any lengths he may still be able to fool you but it's a numbers game most players don't want to work that hard.