With Divorces/ Broken Engagements, Should Men Be Entitled To Get The Ring Back?
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TX_Made713
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The feeling's still strong, but the engagement ring's gone.
A prominent Houston surgeon has filed a lawsuit against his former fiancé for the return of a $73,000 engagement ring he gave her before she broke off the engagement, court records show.
Dr. Craig Fischer, chief of digestive surgical oncology and associate professor of surgery at Methodist Hospital, says he bought the whopping 4.06-carat ring from Zadok's Jewelers in Houston Aug. 8.
Fischer also wants his former fiancé, Nichole L. Johnson, to pay back $75,000 from a shared bank account and apartment lease, according to the suit filed this week in Harris County.[/B
]Johnson never intended to marry Fischer and used the relationship as a means to get to the plaintiff's money, the suit says.
Despite all the accusations, Fischer said he still cares for his former fiancé who he met this spring through mutual friends.
"I've been in love with her for a long time," said Fischer, 45, who is president of the Houston Surgical Society. "I still am, and I'm deeply hurt. This is tough because I really do love her."
Fischer believes his former fiancé is "not a con artist."
"She is gainfully employed," he said. "She's got a great job and makes a lot of money. It should not appear that I'm her 'sugar daddy.' She's my equal in every way."
"Our relationship has been one of joy and happiness amongst our mutual families and friends," who hosted an engagement party for the couple Sept. 10, Fischer said. Johnson broke off the engagement two days after the party, he said.
Johnson, an account executive for a financial services company in Houston, declined to comment about the lawsuit.
Fischer is seeking the return of $50,000 for a lease he signed for an apartment the two were to share. He wants his ex to pay back $25,000 that he placed into a joint checking account they shared.
The funds were provided as a gift "in contemplation of the parties' marriage," the lawsuit states.
Johnson cheated on Fischer and withdrew most of the funds in their bank account and has absconded with the ring and the wedding funds, according to the suit.
Further, the lawsuit seeks to prohibit Johnson from making false and defamatory statements against Fischer on social media.
Johnson has falsely accused Fischer of stalking her and has used social media, including Facebook, to engage in a smear campaign against him, the lawsuit states.
"(Johnson) has publicized false statements to thousands of Facebook 'friends' in order to defame (Fischer) in front of his colleagues in the medical profession and to destroy his stellar reputation in the medical community," the lawsuit states.
The relationship may not be the happy ending that he wanted, but Fischer believes the lawsuit will end on a positive note.
"I'm sure that there will be an amicable resolution to this soon," he said.
This dude is like ? i want my money now! and they aint even make it to the wedding stage..LOL @ dude thinking this is going to end well
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Hell the ? yeah, and I don't think they should be able to keep a ? 's last name either.
And while we're on the topic, ? alimoney / spousal support too. -
yes they should, its tacky to keep the ring
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? the ring, did you get your necklace back from that hoe you was messing with pregnant from the other ? ?
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pico rivera wrote: »yes they should, its tacky to keep the ring
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why would a woman even to keep the ring to begin with? A reminder of a failed relationship?
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if u dont want the man dont try to take his ? ...
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why would a woman even to keep the ring to begin with? A reminder of a failed relationship?
Ask the millions of women who refuse to give the ring back each day -
why would a woman even to keep the ring to begin with? A reminder of a failed relationship?
greed, or they just wanna be nasty..either way they do it all the time and its legal b/c its considered a gift. -
TX_Made713 wrote: »Ask the millions of women who refuse to give the ring back each day
It's always disturbed me the fact that some women keep old reminders of relationships...I couldn't talk to a chick if I found out she did some crazy ? like that...I remember when Kelly Rowland did MTV Cribs and she showed her closet and pulled out what she said was a shoebox full of old letters/notes/memories from all her old boyfriends...? had me looking at her like
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In relationships, whatever the other person paid for they should get back if they want it back. That include rings too.
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what if the ring cost $76,000 an the chick refused to give it back........
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TX_Made713 wrote: »what if the ring cost $76,000 an the chick refused to give it back........
That's when you show up to TAKE that ? back. If I paid 76,000 on anything, you will give that ? back. -
$73,000 for a wedding ring? where the f**k he buy that ring from? Gaia
