A Jilted Bride Wins $150k From Suing Ex-Fiance.
I've said it quite a few times in my life, people... "When you agree to marry someone, think of it as a business contract."
I know, it's unsexy to think of marriage that way. But not everything in marriage is "sexy" and "romantic." (In my opinion, marriage is mostly laughing at each other, making fun of someone for being Canadian and being too tired to clean up the house. But to each their own.) And I think one former groom wishes he had realized that sooner...
I was listening the Today Show this morning when I heard a story that made me laugh. A jilted bride sued her ex-fiance and won $150,000.
Here's the story:
Rosemary Shell moved from Florida to Georgia to be with her fiance, Wayne Gibbs. Before the engagement, Gibbs agreed to pay off Shell's debt and promised to take care of her financially if she would move from her home into his. In order to do this, she had to resign from her high-paying job.
Then, in 2007, Gibbs called off the engagement by leaving a note for Shell on her bathroom mirror. Since the break-up, Shell has suffered financial losses. (And now, so has he.) So she took him to court, and a jury awarded her $150,000.
And you know what? I say, "Good for her."
Why? As one person wrote on their blog, "Doesn’t calling the wedding off make more sense emotionally and financially then getting into a marriage and then divorcing?"
Well, sure. BUT...
At least with a divorce, both parties have a better opportunity to be financially protected. Depending on the state, any pre-nuptial agreements and a team of lawyers, both parties have a chance to walk away with what they deserve financially.
But when one party gets stood up at the alter by the other? Especially after one person has given up their life? I think that person DOES deserve to be financially compensated.
Did she deserve $150K? I don't know. But she did deserve to compensated for giving up her life on the promise that he would be there for her. Sure, he paid off her debts, but she could have continued to make the payments had she still had her high-paying job... And since she resigned from it, she is having rouble finding a job that will pay her as much as she had been making.
I don't care what anyone says... A marriage is a business contract. It's a contract for the business of "life." And an engagement? That's a verbal agreement. And there are ways to absolve the verbal agreement so that both parties can be financially okay.
Just something to think about before you get engaged, people.
I know, it's unsexy to think of marriage that way. But not everything in marriage is "sexy" and "romantic." (In my opinion, marriage is mostly laughing at each other, making fun of someone for being Canadian and being too tired to clean up the house. But to each their own.) And I think one former groom wishes he had realized that sooner...
I was listening the Today Show this morning when I heard a story that made me laugh. A jilted bride sued her ex-fiance and won $150,000.
Here's the story:
Rosemary Shell moved from Florida to Georgia to be with her fiance, Wayne Gibbs. Before the engagement, Gibbs agreed to pay off Shell's debt and promised to take care of her financially if she would move from her home into his. In order to do this, she had to resign from her high-paying job.
Then, in 2007, Gibbs called off the engagement by leaving a note for Shell on her bathroom mirror. Since the break-up, Shell has suffered financial losses. (And now, so has he.) So she took him to court, and a jury awarded her $150,000.
And you know what? I say, "Good for her."
Why? As one person wrote on their blog, "Doesn’t calling the wedding off make more sense emotionally and financially then getting into a marriage and then divorcing?"
Well, sure. BUT...
At least with a divorce, both parties have a better opportunity to be financially protected. Depending on the state, any pre-nuptial agreements and a team of lawyers, both parties have a chance to walk away with what they deserve financially.
But when one party gets stood up at the alter by the other? Especially after one person has given up their life? I think that person DOES deserve to be financially compensated.
Did she deserve $150K? I don't know. But she did deserve to compensated for giving up her life on the promise that he would be there for her. Sure, he paid off her debts, but she could have continued to make the payments had she still had her high-paying job... And since she resigned from it, she is having rouble finding a job that will pay her as much as she had been making.
I don't care what anyone says... A marriage is a business contract. It's a contract for the business of "life." And an engagement? That's a verbal agreement. And there are ways to absolve the verbal agreement so that both parties can be financially okay.
Just something to think about before you get engaged, people.
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