I'm trying to think of my partner and the OP talking,because I don't think they have much to talk about. However, I don't think they're doing much talking...therein lies the problem...
An aquaintance forwarded me my partner's response to "how's it going?" (I've changed the names to protect the not-so-innocent):
"I left about 2 weeks ago. I have been seeing OP) pretty much since the day it happened. Tara is aware if the fact that I am involved, needless to say, things are a bit awkward right now. I have to say that she is being pretty good about it but there are stories going around that are not true and that make (OP) and I look like monsters. I moved out immediately and am living with a friend right now for 6 months. I am happy. Broke but happy. I realize that once you are happy everything else just falls into place. I miss the dogs and the cats."
While I did not need to see that, I have now. Is this par for the course? Saying how bloody happy she is to be rid of me? "Everything else falls into place"? She is on the fast track to bankruptcy and has lost the respect of everyone she knows! As for the supposed stories going around--all anyone knows is what the OP and my partner have said. People are drawing their own conclusions because they have my partner's number and know what's going on.
She walked out of our house and into the OP's--what happened to the independence she so craved? I hope this crashes and burns in a hurry. Can the OP be this stupid to be involved with someone who had just minutes before been holding me? In spite of her friends telling her to run in the opposite direction? I obviosly can't count on my partner to have any sense, but the OP is a (now)former friend of mine who seemed to have a good head on her shoulders, in spite of the fact that she's so much younger. It's one thing to be involved with someone, and over the course of the relationship endure financial hardship. But to get involved with someone who is so heavy into debt, knowing that she has a history of financial dependence and that she's swinging from one lifeline to the next? GAL, GAL, GAL, I know... I'm still doing that. But does anyone want to wager on how long they'll last, just for kicks?
"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage." -- Robert Anderson
