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AJF29
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What is the name of your state? Florida
I was in a 1 1/2 year relationship. Almost a year into it, my girlfriend at the time did not like her job and suggested she look for something else, and asked if I could help her out by loaning her money to pay her expenses until she found another job. I agreed to lend her $2,000 per month while she looked for another job. Note that we did NOT live together at any time. her expenses were completely seperate from mine.
After 5 months of this, she finally finds a job, and a week after she starts her job initiates the breakup process. In addition, she still had a blank check from me that I had given her a few weeks before for the next month, and, even after breaking up, she wrote the check out herself for $2,000 and cashed it! O.K. She used me. Point taken. Now it is almost a year later, and she has finally gotten some of my belongings back to me (I had asked for them months ago and she had ignored my requests).
Now I have sent her an e-mail suggesting we resolve repayment of the $10,000, and that I am open to staggered payments if that will make things easier on her. No response.
Do I have a case to take to court? Every payment of $2,000 was made by check, so I have records of all of those. However, no check says "loan" and there is no other written agreement. If it goes to court, she will claim that I was giving her money just because, even though the circumstances point to otherwise. I am not bitter about the breakup, so am not pursuing this for revenge - I am very glad to have gotten out of this relationship - but I would like the $10,000 back!
Thanks for any assistance!
I was in a 1 1/2 year relationship. Almost a year into it, my girlfriend at the time did not like her job and suggested she look for something else, and asked if I could help her out by loaning her money to pay her expenses until she found another job. I agreed to lend her $2,000 per month while she looked for another job. Note that we did NOT live together at any time. her expenses were completely seperate from mine.
After 5 months of this, she finally finds a job, and a week after she starts her job initiates the breakup process. In addition, she still had a blank check from me that I had given her a few weeks before for the next month, and, even after breaking up, she wrote the check out herself for $2,000 and cashed it! O.K. She used me. Point taken. Now it is almost a year later, and she has finally gotten some of my belongings back to me (I had asked for them months ago and she had ignored my requests).
Now I have sent her an e-mail suggesting we resolve repayment of the $10,000, and that I am open to staggered payments if that will make things easier on her. No response.
Do I have a case to take to court? Every payment of $2,000 was made by check, so I have records of all of those. However, no check says "loan" and there is no other written agreement. If it goes to court, she will claim that I was giving her money just because, even though the circumstances point to otherwise. I am not bitter about the breakup, so am not pursuing this for revenge - I am very glad to have gotten out of this relationship - but I would like the $10,000 back!
Thanks for any assistance!