{"id":3304,"date":"2025-06-11T12:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:19:20","slug":"my-ex-was-living-lavishly-with-money-that-was-rightfully-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=3304","title":{"rendered":"My Ex Was Living Lavishly \u2014 With Money That Was Rightfully Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>After my grandfather died, my husband Michael shocked me with divorce papers. I thought he\u2019d fallen out of love\u2014until I saw him weeks later, driving a luxury car and wearing designer clothes.<\/p>\n<p>He tossed a $100 bill at me like I was nothing.<\/p>\n<p>But then I saw a tiny smiley face in the corner. My drawing. From a bundle of money Grandpa once offered me for my future\u2014money I had turned down.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, Grandpa\u2019s friend, confirmed my fear: Grandpa had trusted Michael to give me that money. Instead, Michael kept it.<\/p>\n<p>With Harrison\u2019s help, I hired Logan, a sharp and kind attorney. We confronted Michael, and he confessed. He agreed to return the money in installments.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, I opened a veterinary clinic in Grandpa\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p>Logan came to the opening\u2014and eventually became my husband.<\/p>\n<p>I still carry that $100 bill. It reminds me of the man who truly loved me\u2014and always will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; After my grandfather died, my husband Michael shocked me with divorce papers. I thought he\u2019d fallen out of love\u2014until I saw him weeks later, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=3304\" title=\"My Ex Was Living Lavishly \u2014 With Money That Was Rightfully Mine\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}