Five Days After the Divorce My Mother in Law Asked Why I Was Still There Until I Told Her the House Was Mine

and constitutionally opposed to leaving important things unwritten.

“You understand,” she said, when I explained what Trevor was asking, “that the moment you deposit this money toward a jointly titled property, you create an argument that it was a gift.”

“Which is why I called you,” I said.

Laura drafted a reimbursement agreement that left no ambiguity.continue reading …