u/Defiant-Director5943

Location: Texas. Looking for a Texas attorney’s perspective. My former partner filed a civil action, and his former attorneys repeatedly included collateral allegations about me in multiple motions to compel my deposition. The motions were seeking specific discovery-related relief, but the allegations had nothing to do with whether that relief should be granted or with the issues the motions were actually asking the court to decide. The repeated inclusion of those allegations in motions seeking court-ordered deposition relief is what concerns me. That civil action was ultimately dismissed.

I understand there is a high bar for an abuse-of-process or related claim, but I'm wondering about the underlying issue: can attorneys repeatedly put unrelated allegations with potential reputational consequences into court motions when those allegations aren't relevant to the specific relief being sought? We are now litigating a separate divorce proceeding, where my former partner has agreed to potentially publicly acknowledge that those allegations were false. I’m looking for an independent Texas attorney’s perspective on whether the conduct in the civil action is potentially actionable.

I've been seeing a guy for about two months as a FWB. We've become very close—we cuddle, sleep together (close to 3 nights a week), he cooks for me, and we've developed a pretty intimate routine. He says he doesn't want a boyfriend or anything exclusive.

At one point he told me he loved me. Later, he took it back, saying that he sometimes says “I love you” reflexively during anxiety spikes, "even to inanimate objects", and that he cares about me, “just not at that level.”

He recently started PrEP and became more active on Grindr. I told him I'd try to handle the non-exclusive aspect, but seeing him on Grindr hit me much harder than expected. I ultimately told him I couldn't continue being FWB because I couldn't handle the reality of non-monogamy once it started, while emphasizing that it wasn't because I stopped wanting him. I offered to remain friends.

This was last night -- he just replied “K” after the ending FWB message, and hasn't said anything since after the offer of friendship.

Did I make the right decision? And what could prompt someone to tell you they love you and then later take it back like that? Does it sound like genuine emotional confusion, or was I reading too much into the intimacy?

I've been seeing a guy for about two months as a FWB. We've become very close—we cuddle, sleep together (close to 3 nights a week), he cooks for me, and we've developed a pretty intimate routine. He says he doesn't want a boyfriend or anything exclusive.

At one point he told me he loved me. Later, he took it back, saying that he sometimes says “I love you” reflexively during anxiety spikes, "even to inanimate objects", and that he cares about me, “just not at that level.”

He recently started PrEP and became more active on Grindr. I told him I'd try to handle the non-exclusive aspect, but seeing him on Grindr hit me much harder than expected. I ultimately told him I couldn't continue being FWB because I couldn't handle the reality of non-monogamy once it started, while emphasizing that it wasn't because I stopped wanting him. I offered to remain friends.

This was last night -- he just replied “K” after the ending FWB message, and hasn't said anything since after the offer of friendship.

Did I make the right decision? And what could prompt someone to tell you they love you and then later take it back like that? Does it sound like genuine emotional confusion, or was I reading too much into the intimacy?