People who separated or got divorced within one year of getting married, when did you know it was a mistake?

Not me, but my dad. He got remarried after being divorced for about five years.

I would have been all for it, but he met this woman in another state on a business trip and would travel up to see her every weekend after they hit it off.

They knew each other for six months before getting engaged.

The engagement was only for three months.

My brother and I tried telling him about all the red flags,

telling him to take his time.

My dad is very well off financially,

and we kept trying to teach him things were moving too quickly,

that she was only in it for the

money. She moved her whole family from their hometown to the city my dad lived in, including

their elderly grandmother who needed constant medical supervision. Before they were even married,

the pantry was full of Whole Foods brand food instead of the local grocery store, as was

tradition. We had all new furniture, and the house had to be repainted food instead of the local grocery store, as was tradition. We had all new furniture,

and the house had to be repainted, all at his bride-to-bees request. The marriage lasted all of two weeks.

Apparently my dad's bride had the gall to ask my dad to leave everything to her in the will,

and write me and my brother out. Only then did he realize she was in it for the money.

The next day he had the marriage annulled.

Someday, I'd like to know what it's like to fall so completely for someone that I don't

recognize they're taking advantage of me.

Must feel good for that instant before it all comes crashing down.

When he choked me against a wall at a party, he was mad that I laughed at another guy's joke.

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