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.
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5 responses to “Thinking of Breaking Up? You Might Get Sued”
This is crazy! And that you actually know of someone on line who actively manipulates women. Who is he? You need to call him out so more women aren’t drawn in by his lies.
Ekk, giving up everything just for him and he doesn’t have any intention of marrying her.. that’s so terrible but then why she moved anyways?? to change his mind to marry her?? I don’t think that’s the right way to do.
I know a coworker who sister did the same thing after a year he told her he not in love with her so she ended up getting compensated after a big fight for giving her her great job, house and all.
Hope she’ll fight for what hers. Sadly how people are these days taking advantage of a person like her. Hope for the best out of this for her.
oopppss I should have review it before submitting..
I meant to say to this paragraph
I know a coworker who sister did the same thing after a year he told her he not in love with her so she ended up getting compensated after a big fight for giving her her great job, house and all.
should be “after a big fight for giving up her great job and home to this”
Well, people nowadays drum up about practically anything to sue somebody about something so trivial!
For instance, a guy sued McDonald’s simply because he spilled a cup of coffee while driving!
Anyway, incidentally, I remember reading a story about this woman who moved to Florida to be with her boyfriend. It was not until after being with him for seven years that she started to bug him about the future, hinting about marriage.
Finally, irritated, he sarcastically said to her, “When it snows here (in Florida), I’ll marry you”. Good enough, in the coming winter time, it SNOWED in Florida which was very very very rare! The guy had no choice but to marry her. (I wonder if it lasted though).
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Ooh! This guy must be my boyfriend! When we first started dating (we’ve known each other for almost 10 years), we discussed marriage, and were both up for it.
Now- 5 years later and 2 children…all of the sudden he’s never believed in marriage and thinks it ‘s a bunch of baloney.
Ugh…men.
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