As any new couple will know when planning a life and moving in together for the first time, ultimately you are still getting to know each other and there are plenty of habits to unearth.
As any new couple will know when planning a life and moving in together for the first time, ultimately you are still getting to know each other and there are plenty of habits to unearth.
That’s right, shortly after buying a house with her fiance – and in the throws of a budding romance – not to mention a dog, 27-year-old Laura came to realize the man she was about to marry, actually preferred other men.
After being faced with a hefty mortgage on a new house – not to mention a pug puppy to feed – the model concluded she needs to sell the engagement ring, in a bid to drum up funds to renovate her home, so she can move out and move on with her life.
In her eBay listing, she noted her ex-partner had been spending quite a lot of time with his friend ‘Brad’…
...And you’re like, ‘Hey, it’s okay, Brad’s a great guy.
He’s pretty buff and he’s a laugh and his fashion sense is amazing.’
So then your fiance starts not coming home at night because he and Brad had a ‘wild one’ and he comes back walking a little bit like John Wayne at 4pm the next day and you think ‘Wow! It must have been a wild one since he can’t walk straight anymore.
They must have had a lot of good, clean fun together."
At first she just thought her ex enjoyed going out a lot and partying with ‘Brad’, but after noticing he’d been at it a little too much, she started putting two and two together.
She said: "He was away from home a lot over the past few years – I just put it down to epic benders with the lads."
While rifling through, Laura pulled out ‘a pair of bright pink stilettos in a size 11,’ along with ‘a long blonde wig, a dress in size large and a pair of white stockings’ which wouldn’t look too out of place on an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Quite the find.
Understandably, the model questioned whether this array of costumes were in fact for a Halloween outfit – although it was March at the time, which made this theory a little less likely.
In her heartbreaking-yet-hilarious listing, Laura divulged how the pair weren’t having as much sex as she would have liked, which must have made things incredibly awkward.
She posted:
"And then your fiance stops wanting to have sex with you despite the fact you have a great rack and an ass that Kim K would insure for £8million by mistaking it for her own and you’re wondering what is wrong with you and why has he shaved his balls tonight if not to spend the night with you?"
Absolutely nothing wrong with an excellent ‘slut drop’ or good night on Canal Street, so to be honest, the model can be forgiven for missing some of the so-called ‘signs.’
But now, Laura is left with a ‘rock’ of a ring and Ben and Jerry’s on tap, while she figures out how to deal with the matter in hand.
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Single, living with my ex fiance because we’re both too skint to move out with a rock the size of Gibraltar on my finger wondering, ‘How many other men have I turned?’ whilst sharing a tub of ice cream with my dog and screaming ‘WHY’ at the ceiling."
The ring itself – which Laura pointedly suggests was ‘probably picked’ by Brad, ‘as he has great taste’ – now serves as a continuous reminder of how sadly she will never be quite what her ex wants her to be.
"I still have the receipt and the box, as if subconsciously I knew I’d be in my pyjamas alone in the middle of the afternoon on a Friday writing this tale on eBay."
The ring size itself is proved to be cruelly ironic, as a ‘J,’ a fact the 27-year-old happily remarks on eBay.
There isn’t too much bitterness, Laura even concedes there is always the awkward option she could ‘be bought out by Brad so they can live happily together.’
Despite it all, Laura said: "We’re actually the best of friends now – honestly.
We talk about everything and living with him is the best.
When I first confronted him things were difficult but now we are just best friends – we go out together all the time.
In the future I don’t know.
We’re continuing living together and being parents to our puppy until we have enough money to sort the house out properly, but I’ve already had some amazing offers from lads off eBay offering me date."