June 27, 2026
A couple weeks ago, we were talking and he was getting ready to go to work and all of a sudden he comes up and says the next day he’s gonna go look at apartments
This came as a shock, but it kind of makes sense because he does spend four or five nights a week at a hotel in the city, which is very expensive. So getting an apartment might actually be a little cheaper. And his wife is going with him to look at these apartments. That kind of threw me since he said it was mainly for his use during the week. But of course she also works in the city and probably will spend some nights there also.
I (selfishly) say that getting an apartment may make it harder for us to get together especially if the wife stays there more and she stayed with him while he was at the hotel all the time. I don’t know if he thought about it beforehand or not, but he came back pretty quickly and said it shouldn’t be a problem because she still goes and travels on the road quite a bit for her job.
So the next day he messages me late and tells me about the places they looked at. They looked at 3 but one he liked and was only 5 minutes from his job.
I knew they were both paid very well in their jobs, but I didn’t know it was that well.
$450,000 plus monthly co-op fees. For a studio – no bedroom. 550 square feet.
😳
And he told me that the building has a doorman and that made me paranoid about the doorman saying something. I also thought about neighbors, but then I started thinking that I don’t come into town enough that it might cause attention and we aren’t ever really seen together. So I could probably get a pass as a visiting family member or friend.
So they put an offer in for it.
And funny as I was thinking about this all earlier, and he told me this evening that they’re probably going to cancel the offer they have on that place because they are not getting answers from the management about how maintenance issues get paid. They would have to pay an extra co-op fee every month along with the other mortgage payment for which is supposed to go to maintenance and everything and the company was not telling them where this money was all going – and it sounds like the company was also evading talking to their lawyer.
So they’re going out again tomorrow to look at a few more places. His wife was looking at a couple places today without him.
One place he’s really kind of excited to look at which absolutely looks better than the one they put an offer on there because this one actually has a real bedroom
$500,000 plus fees
It is more expensive, but the co-op fees are cheaper so it basically adds up to be the same monetarily. I kind of hope they get this one cause I don’t need these steps away from nice park areas. And he said this building does not have a doorman.
So I’ll wait and see what happens. I’m just kind of worried about the situation but there’s nothing I can really do about it. I just have to wait and see how it all plays out.
I think he just can’t afford to divorce. There is too much money involved – money I do not have at all. He can’t afford to marry me because I have nothing to contribute.



