Ex said she's going to sue for slander, how worried should I be (nc) : legaladvice

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I met this girl on an app in October. We went on a few dates and since then she's come to my place once a week or so and we hung out and all that. I was really into her but also really busy with school so I didn't have time to hang out with her as much as she wanted.

We were hanging out and she went to the bathroom and left her phone on the sofa. It buzzed and I looked at it and saw a text from another guy. I opened the message and screenshotted the conversation and sent it to myself. I wanted it as evidence for when I confronted her. When I did, she said we weren't exclusive so she could talk to whoever she wanted. I said she shouldn't be texting other guys in my house, it's disrespectful. She told me she didn't text him, he texted her and she couldn't control hen he texted her. She left and ignored all my texts and calls after.

I was really pissed about the whole thing. I was kind of blinded by my emotions and unthinkingly posted the screenshot on facebook and tagged her. In the post, she was referred to as a cheater. She untagged herself pretty quickly and the post was removed. However, I heard through a mutual friend that she may have lost a job offer at a political agency because of it, though I don't know if this is true. I lost a lot of friends over this post and a lot of people took her side. I'm pretty emotionally wrecked by the whole thing. I really liked her and thought we'd be good together, and now I not only lost her, but a bunch of people hate me.

She hasn't spoken to me, but someone gave me a heads up that she's going to sue me for slander. I am wondering if I should get a lawyer or send a cease and desist to stop talking badly about me to my friends. I would just like this situation to go away.

fatninja111 on November 29th, 2018 at 20:57 UTC »

I wonder if whomever "gave him a heads up" he was going to be sued is truthful. They might have said it just to wind him up and watch the drama heh. From his posts he seems..... easily excitable and with poor judgement.

Captain_Hampockets on November 29th, 2018 at 19:24 UTC »

And as is standard procedure, LAOP only responds to the reply that gives him the answer he wants.

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/a1ck73/ex_said_shes_going_to_sue_for_slander_how_worried/eaom2nt/

quiet156 on November 29th, 2018 at 19:04 UTC »

β€œIn the post, she was referred to as a cheater.”

So you called her a cheater then. πŸ™„