I was chatting with a friend this morning and she asked, “Did you hear about the lady who sued her fiance for dumping her and won $150,000?”
Holy Moly!
I went on to read another news article about it:
Jilted Bride Awarded $150,000 after Wedding Called Off
Jilted Bride Calls $150,000 Settlement ‘Justice’
I have mixed feelings about this lawsuit. On one hand, life is messy. Feelings change. Relationships can change from one day to the next. People get cold feet about marriage all the time. Does this lawsuit now mean that jilted others can sue left and right for “breaches of promises?”
The gal’s attorney, Linda Sartain, believes the case will change the way people look at engagements:
Sartain also told Vieira that she hopes the case sets a precedent that an engagement can be a binding contract: “When you give your word to do something and you cause people to rely on it to their detriment, then you may be held accountable for any damages that you cause.”
However, on the other hand, I can understand the gal’s reason for the lawsuit– she gave up her life and moved to be near her fiance–and gave up a job with a nice income. In the article, she says that her fiance never intended to marry her.
Now this makes me think of a guy that I know who plays with people’s feelings on the internet all the time. He makes up all kinds of stories, telling women that he loves them and wants to marry them. He leads them to believe that he’s very sincere and he plays with several women at the same time.
So if this gal’s pal is like the sneaky guy I know–then I’d say she deserves even more money from the guy.