I finally told her that I had seen a lawyer. She responded very cool, said she was hurt that we didn't go together.
I'm sorry, I just had to comment on this. This is SO naive, and yet so typical. "Dear, there's a reason why they put that little 'v' in between the names of the parties. It's an adversarial system, sadly or not!"
You're not selecting an interior decorator, sheesh . . .
