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Captain Roz
[9:58pm]
Roz
Ilya: Barrett
I need your help
Ilya: Oh?
I had a fight with Harris
Ilya: You had a fight with Harris…
Ilya: Whatever it was Harris was probably right
Wow
So much for being MY friend
Ilya: If you ruin such a good thing I will make you do bag skates every practice for the rest of the season
Ilya: That is a promise
I don’t think you can do that
Ilya: You want to find out?
Not really
Ilya: Look Barrett
Ilya: Happy boyfriend happy life
That’s not how the phrase goes
Ilya: I don’t care
Ilya: Fix.
Ilya: It.
I’m trying!
That’s why I need your help
Or more like advice
I was asking Harris to use my card
Since you know we get paid a stupid amount of money anyways
Then he got mad at me…
I didn’t really understand why so I think he got even more mad and left
Ilya: Troy I don’t know if you know this
Ilya: My husband is also a hockey player
Ilya: That also gets paid ‘stupid amount of money’
Ilya: I don’t have this problem
Yeah who can ever forget you’re married to the Shane Hollander
It’s not like you broadcast it everywhere you go or anything
Ilya: 🙄
Ilya: Do you want help or not
You just said you wouldn’t know
Ilya: Maybe I don’t know
Ilya: But I have connections who do
Connections…?
What are you a member of the Russian mob?
Ilya: I will not confirm or deny
Ilya: But you should ask the WAGs
Ilya: I will add you
What
Shane’s number one fans 🐴😘
[10:06pm]
Ilya added Troy to the chat.
Sorry I know WAG chats are sacred I’ll leave
Don’t worry I didn’t scroll up or anything
Troy has left the chat.
Ilya added Troy to the chat.
Ilya: Don’t leave if you want to save your relationship
Ilya: They will be more than willing to help
Cassie: It’s okay Troy this isn’t even the main WAG chat
Lisa: Yeah LOL Harris is in that one
Lisa: Even if you scrolled up here there’s not much
Caitlin: What’s this about saving your relationship 🤨
Caitlin: Don’t tell me you broke Harris’ heart…
No!
I would never
At least not on purpose
But I did mess up…
Cassie: Hmm tell us everything
Cassie changed the chat name to ‘Tarris relationship counselors 🐴😘’
Basically I told Harris he should use my card from now on
Like for groceries and rent
Or honestly just whatever he wants
We get paid well by the league anyways it doesn’t make much of a difference to me
But I thought it could make his life easier so why not
I didn’t expect him to get so upset at me though…
He left to go back to his own apartment a few hours ago
Caitlin: So let me get this straight
Ilya: Nothing about this is straight
Cassie: Ilya
Cassie: Not helpful
Ilya: 🤐
Caitlin: You basically asked Harris to use just your money from now on
Caitlin: Totally neglecting the fact that if he does that it may make him look like a golddigger
Cassie: You do realize he works in media right 😭
Cassie: This just gives fuel to the people who already think he’s one
Lisa: Even though me and Wyatt are married so we technically share our money now
Lisa: At the start of our relationship it took me a while to be okay with using his money
Lisa: An expensive gift or two was nice but I work hard to make my own money too you know?
Lisa: Like I didn’t go through med school just to have Wyatt take all the credit for the life I built for myself
Ilya: You dropped this queen 👑
Ilya: Wyatt is nothing without you
Lisa: Okay hold up
Lisa: Let’s back up on that one that’s still my husband you’re talking about
Lisa: Seriously though I’m not with Wyatt because I need him but instead I’m with him because I actively choose to be every day
Lisa: And Harris has also worked hard getting to the position he’s at
Lisa: I’m sure he would hate having the golddigger label slapped on him now
Cassie: Well said!
Cassie: I know you come from a good place Troy
Cassie: But it’s nuanced
Cassie: It might also just make him feel like he’s not ‘pulling enough weight’ in the relationship
Cassie: Like I know for me at first I felt like why would Zane ever choose to be with me when he has everything he does and I’m just some girl struggling in uni
Cassie: Him throwing all that money at me just made that feeling worse lowkey until we talked it out
Caitlin: I’m sure Harris knows you meant well
Caitlin: Go talk to him again
Caitlin: Yes explain why you brought this up in the first place and your thought process behind it all
Caitlin: But this time consider things from his perspective too
Oh wow
Thank you
This was very eye opening
I will talk to Harris
Lisa: Good luck!
Caitlin: You got this Troy!
Cassie: I hope things work out for you!
Ilya: Remember our promise
Ilya: Don’t ruin a good thing 🙂
My better half ❤️
[10:23pm]
Harris I know you’re probably still mad but can we talk?
This call was not answered.
Please
You have every right to still be mad but can you hear me out first?
This call was not answered.
I understand why you reacted the way that you did
I’m sorry I couldn’t before
I didn’t want you to feel like you’re being a golddigger
Even though you’re obviously not
Or feel like you’re not pulling your weight in the relationship just because you earn less on paper
I love you and I want nothing more than for you to be happy
If you using my money for some things allows you to have freedom go do the things that make you happy that’s all I want
The choice is ultimately yours and I know you’ve worked so hard to get to where you’re at
The promotion last years is proof of that
So you don’t need me at all
But I don’t exactly have anyone else to spend this money on and I would like it if I could make your life just that little bit easier
If you don’t see this until later I’ll see you at the rink tomorrow
I won’t talk to you if you don’t want me to
Goodnight I love you
❤️
Harris: I couldn’t fall asleep
Harris: Not with us still fighting ☹️
Harris: I understand you just wanted to do me a favour and thank you for that
Harris: Our relationship is still pretty new I just don’t think I’m comfortable with using your money straight up like that yet
Harris: Maybe more down the line?
Harris: I love you a lot I want to do this right
Harris: Let’s just take our time okay?
Harris: I want this to last forever and I hope you do too
Of course me too
You’re right let’s take our time
Offer will still be up whenever you’re ready to take it
Harris: Thank you I love you
Harris: I’m sorry too I was being dramatic Harris: Let not fight anymore?
Not at all your feelings were valid
I was being dumb
Can I go over to yours?
I missed you
Harris: Yeah of course
Harris: I missed you too sweetheart
Harris: That was horrible 😭
Harris: I hate fighting with you
I hate it too
I’ll be there in 5
I love you
Driving now
Harris: Drive safe!!
Harris: I love you more 💖💖💖
Tarris relationship counselors 🐴😘
[10:37pm]
[Image of Harris sleeping in Troy’s arms]
Cassie: You did it!
Lisa: Crisis averted 😊
Caitlin: We knew it you could do it!
Ilya: I mean also don’t think Harris could be mad at you for long so
Thank you all again I owe you one
Everyone except Roz
Ilya: I literally added you to the chat!
Did you guys hear something?
Must have been the wind
Anyways if you ladies ever need anything let me know :)
Cassie: We’ll hold you to it!
My better half ❤️
[11:14am]
Harris: Why is Ilya saying ‘you’re welcome for saving your relationship’
Harris: And that your emotional IQ is ‘even worse than Hollander
Oh my god
I’m gonna kill that guy
Harris: Please don’t
Harris: We need him for playoffs
Remember the fight we had a few days ago?
After you left I may or may not have consulted him
And then he added me to a group chat with some WAGs
Specifically Lisa Caitlin and Cassie
They helped me to see things better from your perspective
I promise everything I said was true though!
I didn’t just say all that because they told me to I swear
Harris: Aw it’s okay Troy I believe you
Harris: And honestly the girls give great advice so I don’t blame you!
Yeah I said I owe them each one after that
Harris: If Cassie asks you to babysit Milo I’ll do it with you
Harris: To see Milo of course not you
😢
Harris: Okay fine for you too
🥰
Harris: I shouldn’t have taught you how to use emojis
Harris: Now you’re weaponizing them against me 😔
Haha love you
Still meeting at your office for lunch?
Harris: Yup yup
Great let me just go grab our Starbucks
ETA 10 minutes
Harris: See you soon!!