Author Archives: Bong

Graham, I think you’ve said enough for the evening.  Adam just told your investors,”This is your estate.” >> Because everything in this house reflects what I’ve built.

Graham, I think you’ve said enough for the evening.  Adam just told your investors,”This is your estate.” >> Because everything in this house reflects what I’ve built. Every room, every detail, this is my world, not yours. >> Natalie’s vision shaped all of this. Graham manages his own separate work. That’s not accurate. I’m done […]

I’m done explaining why I married a breakfast vendor. We don’t need to do this here.

I’m done explaining why I married a breakfast vendor. We don’t need to do this here. It does mean something. 7 years and you’re still wearing that apron like it means something.  That’s all this was ever worth. The coffee hit the apron before I could say another word. Not my shirt, not my face. […]

My fianceé said during our budget talk,”If you can’t afford the wedding I want,” my ex said he’ll help me out. I just looked at her and replied,”Then maybe he should be the groom, too.” I packed my bags that night.

My fianceé said during our budget talk,”If you can’t afford the wedding I want,” my ex said he’ll help me out. I just looked at her and replied,”Then maybe he should be the groom, too.” I packed my bags that night. Her reaction when she saw the empty closet. I was sitting at the kitchen […]

In the middle of a serious talk, my fiance said,”You know, my ex still loves me, right? Sometimes I think I do, too.” Without saying a word, I logged into our joint account and moved every dollar into my personal one when she noticed the balance dropped to zero.

In the middle of a serious talk, my fiance said,”You know, my ex still loves me, right? Sometimes I think I do, too.” Without saying a word, I logged into our joint account and moved every dollar into my personal one when she noticed the balance dropped to zero. I never expected the conversation to […]

My fianceé said,”My ex satisfies me in ways you never could.” I asked,”Does he satisfy or did he satisfy?” She went pale.

My fianceé said,”My ex satisfies me in ways you never could.” I asked,”Does he satisfy or did he satisfy?” She went pale. I never thought a single sentence could turn the air in a room into something heavy enough to choke you. But I learned exactly how that feels the afternoon I walked past the […]

I found dirty men’s underwear and a condom wrapper in my fiance’s back seat. She said,”My brother borrowed the car. Then I checked the dash cam and watched her park outside the city with someone.”

I found dirty men’s underwear and a condom wrapper in my fiance’s back seat. She said,”My brother borrowed the car. Then I checked the dash cam and watched her park outside the city with someone.” And the first thing that felt wrong was how light the car felt when I opened the back door. Not […]

I came home to help wrap Christmas gifts. Instead, I found my fiance on the floor with a guy half naked underwrapping paper. He said,”Dude, wrong room.

I came home to help wrap Christmas gifts. Instead, I found my fiance on the floor with a guy half naked underwrapping paper. He said,”Dude, wrong room. I came home earlier than planned because the schedule finally opened up and December traffic made no sense to fight twice in one night. The idea was simple […]

I found my fianceé passed out drunk at a house party. Later that night, a video hit my phone. She was half naked, laughing between two guys in the same room.

I found my fianceé passed out drunk at a house party. Later that night, a video hit my phone. She was half naked, laughing between two guys in the same room. I did not plan to go to that party. The invitation had come earlier in the week through Kayla, framed as something casual, something […]

I used to think I was strong until the night I read the messages she never meant for me to see. No tears, no screaming, just words, slicing straight into the part of me that still believed in love. Good night, baby.

I used to think I was strong until the night I read the messages she never meant for me to see. No tears, no screaming, just words, slicing straight into the part of me that still believed in love. Good night, baby. I miss you all day. She once called me the man of her […]

She Said We Were Never Exclusive—So I Stopped Acting Like Her Boyfriend

She Said We Were Never Exclusive—So I Stopped Acting Like Her Boyfriend The first time Sophie told me I wasn’t her boyfriend, she was wearing the watch I bought her for her birthday. That should have been my warning. We were sitting at a rooftop restaurant in Austin, six months into whatever she apparently thought […]