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My Fiancée Said, “I Slept With My Life Coach To Prepare For Marriage,”

My Fiancée Said, “I Slept With My Life Coach To Prepare For Marriage,”

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"I handled it exactly how you handled our relationship: you sent photos to another man; I sent photos to your parents. You made secret plans; I made the truth public. Seems fair to me."She sprang to her feet, eyes blazing, and got right in my face. "You are a vindictive, petty little man, and I dodged a bullet not marrying you!""Glad we agree on something."She stormed out. The doorman gave me a sympathetic look. "Women, right?" he said."Some women," I replied.That evening, Phoenix texted me. I had never given him my number, so Lauren must have shared it:Dylan, this is Phoenix. Lauren told me what happened. I want you to know that what Lauren and I shared was pure and beautiful. Your inability to understand spiritual love is what destroyed this relationship, not our connection. I hope someday you can evolve beyond your possessiveness and jealousy.I replied:Cool story. I am forwarding this to her parents, too.He did not text back.The next few days were chaos. Bill kept calling to try to negotiate some kind of settlement. He offered to pay for couples therapy if I would go through with the wedding. He suggested we could have a small ceremony now and do the big party later. He even offered to pay me $20,000 to marry Lauren and work things out privately.I declined all of his offers.Carol kept calling to cry and beg. She said Lauren was devastated and was not eating. She said the whole family was falling apart. She said I was the only one who could fix this. I told her Lauren could fix it by learning from her mistakes and making better choices in the future.Lauren herself went through about six different strategies: she tried the "it was all Phoenix's fault" approach, then the "I will never do it again" promise, then threats about how I would never find anyone better, then bargaining about how we could have an open marriage if that is what I wanted.Finally, she tried showing up with Phoenix to "clear the air" and help me understand their connection. They wanted to have a three-way conversation about boundaries and spiritual love. I told them if they came to my building again, I would call the police.Five days before the original wedding date, Bill sent me a formal legal demand. His lawyer had written a letter claiming that I had intentionally inflicted emotional distress on his family and demanding $180,000 in damages for the wedding costs. I forwarded it to my cousin, who is a lawyer. He laughed and said it was the dumbest legal threat he had ever seen. My cousin sent a response that basically said "pound sand" in legal language.On the day that was supposed to be our wedding, I woke up in my quiet apartment and made coffee. I felt peaceful for the first time in weeks.
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