Barney Rogoff:  

Barney is from Los Angeles, California. Barney is single. Barney's schools include Cal Preparatory School. One of Barney's favorite quotes is:"I'd rather build bridges than burn them!". More about Barney:"At times we chip away at our values and beliefs and what once was precious and adored becomes our bone of contention. Often in order to justify a act of cruelty to another it requires finding ways to make that person wrong. After we have convinced ourselves that we are standing on solid ground.Quicksand encapsulates the soul little by little until we can hardly remember a time when self pride propelled us forward. I returned to Los Angeles 3 years ago in July to reconnect with family, friends and further myself professional. Following two very unhealthy relationships, The first was with a physician that lasted 11.5 years. During the course of this relationship ever promise was broken. He did such things as hide illegal drugs in my luggage to Europe. When I asked why, he said ... "I can't get caught I'm a doctor" In addition he brought illegal drugs into the home shortly after my eldest daughter returned from a home for troubled teen and started using with her. These aren't theI worst examples of the abuse and miss use of power that became my world. The final straw was when I was creating a high end furniture manufacturing company from scratch and when he saw how well it was going he sat me down and told me that he would never allow me to be more successful than him. That he wouldn't allow this and that he would do everything in his power to put me in my place. The final final straw was when he told me that if I had boys instead of girls he wouldn't be able to be with me. Often he and some of his friends would giggle as he would say "Tanner Stage 2, Tanner Stage 2" I had no idea what this meant until I finally looked it up and it referred to male adolescent between 12 and 14. I got violently sick. I was beginning to make a e...Expand for more