Write to Popehat. Ken White is an actual lawyer with very little patience this kind of bullying, and if it's outside his state/area of expertise he will sound the Popehat Signal for other lawyers to help, often pro-bono.

which is exactly what he's counting on... Asshole!

Small claims. Seriously. I'm a lawyer, the filing fee is minimal, and the amount they are trying to get back is under the threshold. If they are reasonably intelligent, and I'm sure they are, they will have no problem presenting their case. Even if they have to travel, it's probably worth it. Just to take this asshat…

On the second day of my honeymoon, my husband revealed he hated my family; and his parents strongly disliked them also. He had been charming and loving to them the entire time we dated. My parents considered his parents some of their closest friends. Apparently they thought pretending until after the marriage was…

It should be a suit in small claims court. No lawyers fees necessary.

That is so horrible. It's infuriating that people like this know they can scam and get away with it. Makes you paranoid. If I ever rent like that, I feel like I'd take a quick damage video.

I'd see if I could track down previous victims and go class action on his @$$.

They should counter with an actual lawsuit. Seriously. What is he going to do? "I'M SUING YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT HOW I ILLEGALLY KEPT YOUR DEPOSIT." That's absurd.

I know this is against the common conceptions of what makes a good marriage, but going to bed angry is sort of great. Because so often I get angry at the dumbest stuff, and so worked up, and then I sleep and by the morning I've completely forgotten why the hell I was so upset. I mean, it doesn't work for every…