So the conversation didn't happen until the weekend of the 14th of March. Life got in the way. It started fine but quickly went south and ended into a big fight that degenerated into a petty shit slinging by the end. She accused me of not trusting her and I pointed out that the habits make it basically impossible to trust her with money anyway. Probably not my proudest moment. But I did again make it clear, in no uncertain terms, that the properties are staying in the LLC and I won't sell them. And that the financial decisions regarding them would be mine, alone. I may have also had a few choice words about her princess-for-a-day wedding she wanted. After a couple weeks of avoiding each other and not talking and me sleeping in the basement of the townhouse, I said I wanted to hit the pause button and leave for a while. She was upset but didn't say much. I loaded up my things and went to my parents' house and told them what happened. They told me I could stay for as long as I needed. Somewhere near the end of April, I got a call from her dad out of the blue, demanding to know what was going on and why I had broken things off. I tried to explain what had been going on, but he was angry. A dad of an upset young woman, and I don't think much got through. That call ended with him calling me a scumbag and hanging up on me. I've only had a few properly long-term relationships in my lifetime, but that's the first time I've had an angry father yell at me about one. There's been no contact since. I'm sad that just over four years of my life with someone went up and smoked like this. But that's the way shit goes, I guess. My parents didn't seem very surprised when I showed up, so maybe I really was the last one to know what was going on. So many stereo users were pointing out. For some good news, and also the thing that reminded me to update stereo, is that yesterday I bought another house, one for me to live in. A tiny little brick post-war rant in an old subdigit engine, about 20 minutes for my rentals. It needs work, but I'm looking forward to having a project to keep my mind off things. It's going to be strange living on my own again, but I'll manage.