Sixty‑Day Deadline, I Left Before His Proposal

Introduction

37 days after Ethan and I got back together, I found out we had just over $2,000 left of the money we'd saved for our wedding and a house.

He'd sent more than one hundred twenty thousand dollars to his first love, who was in the middle of a divorce.

"Her husband hit her. You're a woman too. You should understand."

The first time we broke up, I cried. I kept demanding answers. I waited up all night for him to come home. I lost about 16.5 pounds, and my heart raced every time my phone lit up. My therapist asked me, "Do you really love him, or can you just not stand being left?"