When I spent my savings on the advance for our house.
When I added it to my health insurance.
And suddenly I realized one very simple thing.
Michael wanted all the benefits of having a wife, but no of his husband’s responsibilities.
He wanted my home, my stability, my care, my money and my loyalty.
But when I asked for legal protection, he called it “my problem.”
I opened my laptop.
First, I set up a new personal bank account and transferred money to it, which I put off my salary for years. I left enough money in our shared account to cover my share of expenses this month.
Then I changed the account that my salary was affected by. I removed Michael from the list of beneficiaries of my life insurance and called a close friend who worked as a lawyer.
She was second in the night, but she picked up.
