Married for Six Years, He Gave Everything to His Ex

On Thanksgiving, my husband, Wesley Peterson, sent his ex-girlfriend’s dad ten cases of Dom Pérignon and another ten of Pappy Van Winkle.

Me? I got two tins of holiday cookies from a client and a fruit basket.

It felt a lot like our wedding day, actually. Wesley had only agreed to marry me with zero dowry. He hadn't even bothered to buy a ring, let alone jewelry.

But for his ex-girlfriend? He built a row of villas and gifted her a diamond necklace from the Queen's Auction. It's still sitting in a safe somewhere, untouchable at least by me.