"This was a long time ago – before social media. I went to check my email on his computer and his instant messenger popped up.
His “ex girlfriend” couldn’t wait to finally see him next week, that long distance has been awful and can’t wait to reconnect. He told me they broke up. They did not. He did not tell her about me or that we were living together.
I was suddenly homeless. She did fly in the next week and gave the ring back – I did not know they were engaged, thought they had broken up.
Yay. Good times."
Not when kids are involved, they are in your life regardless if you want them to be.
#13 was how I knew