RE: Role Models: Between Ideal and Reality

One thing love does to us is blind us; we become oblivious of the wrongs of people we love.

This is so true.
It's a hard pill yo swallow when the people we look up to turn out to be something else. I like your resolution to be right and uncompromising when it comes to finance. It's a character we need. Thankfully, you didn't give in, and you got a lesson from it.