Gabriel Mizrahi

No, you do not.

And we ran this question by attorney Corbin Payne, and he pointed out that if you're saying you needed this protection from her and then you turn around and you text her even about something innocuous like here, you can pick up your stuff at 3 p.m., you would be demonstrating that the reason for the order of protection is either flawed or it doesn't exist.

And that is going to send mixed signals to a judge and it's going to send mixed signals to her.

Corbin also told us, by the way, that most order of protection processes, they have a way for an ex-partner to request a time and a way to get their belongings back through the court.

So once your ex does that, the court, with input from you, can establish a day and a time for her to get her stuff.

And the judge can also add in some protections for you, like police presence, cops standing by, so nothing dangerous happens.

It also maintains a precedent for your ex about how communication will occur from now on, and I think that is also super important.

You know, the only thing I would say he might owe her is some basic kindness and compassion, but from a distance.

And that might include finding one person in her life.

Maybe it's her mom or her dad or a sibling, or maybe it's a friend if she has one who can step in and be the point person for her.

Now, you know, somebody who can coordinate with her about the logistics.

Maybe talk to the lawyer if she doesn't want to.

Somebody who can just keep an eye on her.

Maybe help her get into some kind of treatment.

But that's it.

I have a very close friend, Jordan, who I think like 20 years ago dated a woman who was very similar to the woman in this story.

Very unstable, in a lot of pain, struggling in a lot of ways.

And she actually ended up also trying to commit suicide.

Extremely sad and dark story.

And at a certain point, he just had to separate from her.