When my ex decided she wanted out, she was evil. It was like a switch went off and I was demonized. While she was preparing to move out, one day she came to me and was suddenly nice. She asked to talk to me so I sat down with her to hear her out.
She wanted to know if I would give her $2,900 that she had spent on groceries (that was her only financial contribution to our relationship for the past few years. I paid our rent, insurance, all entertainment, expenses etc) so she could afford to get furniture for her new place. I told her I would think about it and let her know the following week. She was nice as a peach that week while I thought about things.
Then she asked me one day if I had made a decision. I told her I wasn’t going to “pay her back for buying groceries for our family”. Immediately she flipped back into devil mode and told me “this just proves to me who you are”.
Looking back, I’m SO glad I didn’t fall for her manipulation. She knew I was hurting and played on my emotions to try and get money out of me. Evil.