Two partners share what happened when one quit, blocked communication, and sued. A 50% stake became 25% overnight. They explain why contracts matter and why you need to talk about the hard stuff before lawyers get involved.
He moved. He blocked me on everything.
Did he ever tell you before leaving? No. If you actually care about the partnership or the person that you're in partnership with, you will actually plan before that bad thing happens.
Like, we butted heads, like I said, but there was no falling out. That's when I knew things were gonna get messy. And then he quits and takes it to court.
As soon as you cross that line of talking through lawyers, it gets expensive, and the relationship gets flushed down the toilet.
Trusting this guy I knew for so long, and I just. I guess assumed it wouldn't happen.
Yeah, there's money flowing. There's jobs to be done. We're getting paid. Like, let's just. Let's just focus on the business. And it's, like, uncomfortable to talk about for sure. What happens if you get married and then. Then you get divorced? Well, that's uncomfortable to talk about, but we need to know, because they own 50%, which is now 25% of this business.
It's definitely less uncomfortable to talk about now, though.
100% through.
The other side. It's like, no, no, no. That's way more uncomfortable to deal with on the back end.
And if we just assume that eventually the partnership will end, everyone's like, oh, that's weird. It will end.
