Have you ever been made into or treated as a stop-gap measure?

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I have, seeral times in the past. They are still in memory and one particular girl topped them with her behaviour. Working at a cyber cafe gave an opportunity to be online for free. Having taught my friend on how to conduct himself on the chat rooms I decided to be involved. After all teaching and practising are two different things. She was the one who started the conversation. Everything seemed neutral at the beginning until about one week after the first encounter. The main point was she had a big tiff with her boyfriend and was looking for some consolation. Somehow she became attracted to me based on the things that she said and did. For example how many girls are prepared to call a man at 2 am, just as I was getting off to sleep, to have a chat and generally enjoy herself? She sent a photo of herself to me. Most men would hae jumped at the opprtunity. She was attractive, proportionate, and well filled in. Past experience taught me to try handling things like this with care. A few months after that I moved to a different cyber cafe. It was nearer to her parents' house. The move was not because of her, but due to unavoidable circumstances. That gave her the opportunity to come and visit me in person. She did it more than once. My feelings towards her remained the same, and she was treated accordingly. Most probably she realised that she was not going to get more from me. Initially she said her thenn ex-boyfriend was sending feelers to rebuild their relationship. She was given an encouragement for it to happen. Less than two weeks after that she sent an email stating she was going to try it again with him. She was congratulated on that. That was the last time I heard from her. It was a great relief that she went back to her former boyfriend. At least there were no tears, and no accusation of being a heartless creature, or an opportunistic monster. Have you had a similar experience? How did you feel then and now? Would you be prepared to face the same thing again?