Taking back what he paid for?
It was a much talked about case on social media earlier this month, when a Texas man decided to sue his date for US$17.31 for texting while they were on a movie date. He claimed that about 15 minutes into the date, the woman started texting non-stop, much to his annoyance. Later, the woman agreed to reimburse the peeved gentleman, and they called it a day.
More and more people who have invested tangibly in relationships are deciding to not just move on when things end, but instead to leave with their contributions too. And so you’ll have people making claims for furniture, cash, gifts and all sorts of odds and ends which they think rightfully belongs to them.How would you react to your mate taking back the stuff they bought when you break up?Stacey:Before it reaches that stage, I would break everything into pieces. No man nah buy mi nothing and come tek it back! It is not happening under my roof!Kim:Only an idiot would let a man buy her things and not ensure it is done in her name. Even if it is a pen mi man a buy, it has to have Kim on it because it no longer belongs to him, Kim is the owner and he better just take his clothes and leave!Rachel:To be honest, I don’t think it is a smart idea to make a man buy you things. I prefer if he gives me the money and I go get them. He doesn’t need to know it is his money buying my stuff. Women need to smarten up and understand that these men are clever so we’d better be ten steps ahead.Clare:No man could do that to me. I was once in a relationship and he bought me my bed. When the relationship start to get shaky, he texted me that he wanted back his bed. I told him to come for it. My mother had an old mattress and I lit it on fire so he thought it was his bed. Him never text me again. I wasn’t about to give him anything.Ann:I ensure my man put everything in my name because mi nah mek no man embarrasses me like that.
