MY HUSBAND ASKED ME TO PAY ALL OUR BILLS—THEN HIS GIRLFRIEND CALLED ME.
Jake said he wanted me to pay the rent, groceries, utilities—everything.
His excuse?
He wanted to save his paycheck for “our future.”
A few days later, I got a call.
“Hi. I’m Anna… Jake’s girlfriend.”
She told me Jake had promised her a downtown apartment.
Then I realized the truth.
He wasn’t saving for our future. He was using me to fund his new life with her.
So I played along.
“I’ll pay all the bills,” I told him.
Jake was delighted.
He had no idea I had already moved our joint savings, canceled the utilities, and told the landlord I was leaving.
Then one morning, the electricity went off.
The landlord called.
Jake panicked.
I calmly told him:
“You wanted to save for your future. Now you can.”
Then his phone buzzed.
Anna.
I smiled and walked out.
Two weeks later, Jake was couch-surfing—and Anna had dumped him.
He wanted me to pay for his future.
Instead, I walked away and built my own. 😳
This story is fictional and written for entertainment.