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Speaker 2: My wife cheated to find herself and lost everything instead.

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Speaker 3: Well she sure did f around and find out.

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Speaker 2: I forty mail, confronted my wife, thirty five, female of

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Speaker 2: ten years about her infidelity a few hours ago, and

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Speaker 2: I'm utterly at a loss. She has been my life

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Speaker 2: partner for sixteen years. We have four children together, and

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Speaker 2: I considered this my little patch of heaven on earth

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Speaker 2: compared to the rest of my dysfunctional families drama. I

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Speaker 2: really thought I had it all. And by the way,

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Speaker 2: Slade Showcase Storytime subreddit. I'm Dakota and I'm Angie, I'm Riley,

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Speaker 2: and we're here to give you good advice goofully. But

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Speaker 2: we don't have all the answer. Yes, we're not the Pharaoh.

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Speaker 2: We only know what we would do in this situation.

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Speaker 2: So if you would do something different. Let us know.

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Speaker 2: In the comments, Opie says, our marriage has had its

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Speaker 2: ups and downs. I am a flawed person and a

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Speaker 2: flawed partner. She helped build me up from nothing into

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Speaker 2: a successful, functioning member of society. Throughout our marriage, she

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Speaker 2: accused me of cheating without providing proof. I have never

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Speaker 2: touched nor entertained another woman. She is my literal world.

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Speaker 2: Then came the offers of hall passes since she said

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Speaker 2: she felt bad she couldn't compromise on our differences in libido.

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Speaker 2: I am high libido and she is a low libido.

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Speaker 2: She was high libido at the beginning of our relationship,

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Speaker 2: even up to two years after our first child, before

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Speaker 2: it waned to near nothing. When I voiced my frustrations

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Speaker 2: and options for recovery like a hormone panel, HRT, meditation, counseling,

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Speaker 2: she turned them all down and said this is how

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be from now on. Then the offers of

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Speaker 2: open marriage and cheating accusations started, Oh, how are you

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Speaker 2: going to offer open marriage? And then also accuse cheating what.

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Speaker 4: Because they didn't read the poly handbook?

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Speaker 2: Pick a Lane, Gurly Pop pick a Lane. Fast forward

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Speaker 2: eight years later in the marriage I bought a house

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Speaker 2: for us, I bought her car. I provided everything I

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Speaker 2: thought she wanted. I come to find out that she

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Speaker 2: pursued a coworker of hers, planned a time and date

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Speaker 2: to meet at our house, and then cheated on.

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Speaker 3: Oh it was projection.

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Speaker 2: And the proof was exhaustive, filthy text messages, pictures, video

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Speaker 2: sent to him. She couldn't even be bothered to expend

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Speaker 2: five percent of that energy in maintaining our physical or

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Speaker 2: emotional relationship. It was like she was another person, her

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Speaker 2: younger self when we first met. It was so graphic.

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Speaker 2: I don't think I can recover from what I saw.

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Speaker 2: He came over when I was at work, and they

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Speaker 2: performed many spicy acts for hours in our home.

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Speaker 3: Are we getting all these details?

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Speaker 2: None of these she would do with me. Intimacy with

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Speaker 2: limit before she started getting irritated.

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Speaker 3: Irritated. Oh you poor thing.

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Speaker 5: She started getting irritated.

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Speaker 2: What a way to put it?

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Speaker 6: Started a time.

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Speaker 3: Fifteen minutes, she's irritated. That sucks, dude.

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Speaker 2: So after he had left, we had the spicy sleep

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Speaker 2: that evening, and she didn't bat an eyelash. I found

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Speaker 2: something was really wrong. The last few days she was

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Speaker 2: to catch me red handed. I have never snooped. I

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Speaker 2: always only asked her openly and believed her, and she

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Speaker 2: can affirmed everything about her infidelity. She cried, she was

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Speaker 2: remorseful in my mind only because she was caught. She

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Speaker 3: Yikes, yikes. At least she's being honest now.

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Speaker 2: I guess my world is shattered. I wanted to run

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Speaker 2: screaming into the night. Me too, buddy, many intrusive thoughts.

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Speaker 2: Her only reason for doing so was to find out

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Speaker 2: if she was Ace, had responsive desire, had any desire

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Speaker 2: know what to do. I'm an emotional wreck, and I

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Speaker 2: My mind is telling me to cut her loose, as

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Speaker 2: she picked me and the family last and put emotional

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Speaker 2: I love her, but I'm hurting from the betrayal. I

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Speaker 2: want to try and salvage this, but is it even

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Speaker 2: worth it. She's agreeing all of a sudden to hormone

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Speaker 2: panels and counseling. I called off work tomorrow. I want

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Speaker 2: to spend some time with our kids. They don't need

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Speaker 2: to know. There are no friends I can talk to

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Speaker 2: just be another footnote in my family's messed up history.

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Speaker 2: What can I do? I'm spiraling? We have an update.

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Speaker 7: Well, it's time, dude, divorce. I believe that to divorce.

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Speaker 7: It's time for you to divorce. You've got to get

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Speaker 7: a divorce. Go and divorce your WAF, divors your wife.

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Speaker 2: Do it. Yeah, you got a divorce your wife.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it was like it's also just it's it's weird

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Speaker 8: that part of what she's doing to like make it

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Speaker 2: But it's like, girl, but we.

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Speaker 3: Know that that's not a problem. We know that that's

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Speaker 2: You just banged your coworker. Yeah, and you like you're

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Speaker 2: still like it wasn't like a yeah, well we I

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Speaker 2: wrote up the contract and I guess you'll come over around.

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Speaker 2: It was your sending pics, you're sending videos, you're sending

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Speaker 3: All this crazy stuff that you guys didn't do.

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Speaker 8: Like that's just it's just silly, like that doesn't make sense, Like, yo, yeah,

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Speaker 8: well see now my hormones are fixed. Now we are

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Speaker 8: all good. It's like, no, well you just you've just

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Speaker 8: and they've got kids, dude, they've got kids.

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Speaker 2: It's kids.

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Speaker 2: Update, it's day two post D day. I finally allowed

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Speaker 2: I think all the anger and confusion, disassociation from the truth,

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Speaker 2: marriage is done. Once that hit, it's been Niagara falls here.

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Speaker 2: Figures are really easy, and I wish they weren't the

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Speaker 2: time eleven twenty six, the act of physical cheating, for example,

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Speaker 2: I have zero energy or motivation to do anything. Twice

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Speaker 2: a day, been looking at replacement furniture for everything that

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Speaker 2: Speaking of the kids, I met with each of them

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Speaker 2: individually during quiet times and teld them how amazing and

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Speaker 2: I have to stop because the tears start falling and

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Speaker 2: I don't want them to see. Therapy will be scheduled

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Speaker 2: Monday through my employee assistance program at work. It's better

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Speaker 2: than what my health insurance provides. Looking forward to unpacking

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Speaker 2: all this and finding my sense of self again. And

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Speaker 2: the part you're all waiting for is not terribly exciting.

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Speaker 2: She's seeking counseling for herself to heal an attempt to

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Speaker 2: and I'm glad she's doing that for herself. Yes, I

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Speaker 2: shouldn't care after being betrayed. Yes I should be angry,

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Speaker 2: but I'm not vengeful and it's not so easy to

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Speaker 2: say it's been a roller coaster is an understatement. I

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Speaker 2: park twice fun. I'm almost four months post D day.

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Speaker 2: Legal counsel has been acquired, divorce has been initiated, and

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Speaker 2: She has been scrubbed from all my social media and

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Speaker 2: my devices. My life has been sanitized as much as possible.

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Speaker 2: We made it through the holidays amicably for the kids.

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Speaker 2: Sometime around Thanksgiving, I emerged from my own denial fog

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Speaker 2: Realized that the I was subjecting myself to was really

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Speaker 2: relying on her to choose. After I took my agency back.

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Speaker 2: There was a drastic change. I started to realize all

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Speaker 2: the things she accused me of were her own insecurities,

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Speaker 2: been resurfacing while I heal and find myself again. I dance,

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Speaker 2: I sing, I dress how I want, I exercise again,

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Speaker 2: she is losing control and becoming more erratic. We used

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Speaker 2: I was checking on her. No, not once, actually did

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Speaker 2: She even took screenshots and videos every hour and sent

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Speaker 2: over my safety, my goodness. After I turned off location sharing,

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Speaker 2: asking people I was out with, who I was talking to,

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Speaker 2: I look. She records when I sing and post about

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Speaker 2: how idiotic I am, Oh my god, which is crazy

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Speaker 2: because that just makes her look like a bitter, petulant

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Speaker 2: little child. Yeah and yeah, and everyone's just gonna go, yo,

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Speaker 2: who is this cringe woman?

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Speaker 3: And they did pretty much.

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Speaker 2: The most cringe thing you can do is call like

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Speaker 2: whimsy like yeah, that's icky, Like, oh he's enjoying life right, uh, gross,

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Speaker 2: Like how dumb and stupid he is.

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Speaker 8: It's like, it's like you can joke a little bit

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Speaker 8: if you're like in person with someone just like hah, like,

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Speaker 8: oh that looks like funny, but it's cause you're there

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Speaker 8: that's all good fun. But yeah, on like social media,

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Speaker 8: when no one is like it on the joke, if

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Speaker 2: You just look like the worst kind of person. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: what little friends are left follow me around when I

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Speaker 2: I'm up to, And she dared to call me controlling.

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Speaker 2: I gray rock and for the most part, do not engage.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, that was That was very nice of him. I

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Speaker 8: like the kids are the real victims here. Yeah, that

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Speaker 2: You one got got cheated on.

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Speaker 3: But that's very kind of you from looking out for them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it just shows heart.

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Speaker 2: Update number three, I'm still an individual counseling and plan

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Speaker 2: on continuing it for other reasons. The affair is no

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: All my weight lost has been regained. I've got new

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Speaker 2: in months. And that's the Yes, dude's got the revenge

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Speaker 3: Ah, dude. Good for you, dude.

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Speaker 2: And that's the end of this story. Then we're gonna

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Speaker 4: My wife moved in with her a fair partner, and

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Speaker 2: What's your fault for marry and your wife.

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Speaker 4: As the betrayed spouse. I filed for divorces past November

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Speaker 2: I'm Riley, I'm Dakota.

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Speaker 9: Don't look at me.

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Speaker 6: That's Angie, and we're here to give good advice. Goofully.

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Speaker 4: But we don't have all the answers. We only know

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure what is causing this. My therapist thinks

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Speaker 4: What do you do you want like your husband and

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Speaker 4: your fair partner to like.

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Speaker 2: Duel over you.

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Speaker 4: I moved out three weeks ago because her energy is

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Speaker 6: Need advice? Please? We have an update?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think moving on to a sad clown pagliac

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Speaker 2: she is in No, wait, he's not a sad clown

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Speaker 2: in that joke. I don't know, man, what's do you

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Speaker 2: need advice? Leave your partner? Yeah, don't look back.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Next question update behavior of in laws post discovery. I

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Speaker 4: Just asking if this is routine. Honestly gets stung initially,

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Speaker 4: for them. We have second updates. She never showed remorse

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Speaker 4: she's been vindictive, even making false accusations. This is something

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Speaker 4: that is normal but dissipates over time. I'm maintaining no

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Speaker 4: a third update. Oh my gosh, this guy's just really

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Speaker 4: going through it. Oh, round yourself around people that love you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, keep doing what you're doing, communicating through the co perade.

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Speaker 2: I don't understand why you're asking questions. You're like my

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Speaker 2: next life begins now, Yes, moving forward, next life, co parenting,

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's it for real. Uh hope, he continues.

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Speaker 4: The affair partner was served a subpoena two days ago,

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Speaker 4: I'll be seeing the affair partner in a few days

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Speaker 4: Oh see what happens. As a title states, I see

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Speaker 4: my soon to be ex's a fair partner fairly often

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Speaker 6: My soon to be ex goes out.

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Speaker 4: Of her way to see him and is giggly around

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Speaker 4: How do you guys handle something like this? I do

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Speaker 4: four cheating wife trying to provoke problems. I'm currently undergoing

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Speaker 4: Now she's broking and instigating new problems. She took one

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Speaker 2: Are you do you still not know your ex wife sucks?

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Speaker 2: Acting like this is like news she already cheated on you.

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Speaker 2: Do you think she cares?

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Speaker 6: Oh no, dude, heck now.

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Speaker 2: I don't really think she minds.

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Speaker 4: Tons of crazy drama throughout the divorce process, including my

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Speaker 6: What I learned from this whole process.

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Speaker 4: Is that you get to see Cheeter's true personality as

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Speaker 6: By the mediator reused.

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Speaker 4: I received an extremely favorable agreement, even in a fifty

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Speaker 2: I'm sure it's way I'm sure your whole married life

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Speaker 6: It got used to. We've got the rhythm.

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Speaker 4: I found out a few days ago from my sister

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Speaker 2: Kids.

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Speaker 2: compete with you?

437
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 4: Last thing that keeps bothering me that the affair partner

438
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 4: seems to be in competition with me. Mind you, this

439
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 4: guy's beneath me in every possible category.

440
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 2: Then what the hell are you talking about? I guess

441
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 2: he's not in competition with you?

442
00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 6: Then, yeah, why are we yapping about those? Man?

443
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:24,240
Speaker 2: Do you?

444
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 4: Honestly, I hate say this. I don't really think he

445
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 4: has many friends. It's the only way you can really

446
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,639
Speaker 4: process what's happening.

447
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,959
Speaker 2: I don't. Yeah, I don't know, But dude, you just

448
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:35,359
Speaker 2: said it.

449
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,680
Speaker 4: I'm better looking, far more financially successful, much more educated,

450
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,479
Speaker 4: and I have more style.

451
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:43,920
Speaker 6: I don't forget the style.

452
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,360
Speaker 2: Guys, don't forget this style.

453
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 4: Yet this guy seems to want to be me and

454
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 4: it's trying to slip in.

455
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 2: Well, he already did.

456
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 4: That, almost like he's helicoptering in to fill the void.

457
00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,960
Speaker 4: He's even trying to act like a dad to my kids.

458
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 4: How are you feeling about Opie in this situation?

459
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,919
Speaker 2: Well, I think bringing in the affair partner as a

460
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:09,239
Speaker 2: father figure to your children would probably. I don't know

461
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,439
Speaker 2: if the courts would factor that in. I feel like

462
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 2: they'd have to, right, I think that can't be healthy

463
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 2: for the children bringing in the man who broke up

464
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 2: their family, who along with their mother, to be a

465
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 2: part of the family unit. I don't think a court

466
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 2: would be like, yeah, that sounds good.

467
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 9: Yeah.

468
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 2: I think that would probably end up with reduced custody

469
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,200
Speaker 2: or next to no custody. I would assume I don't

470
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,920
Speaker 2: know anything about that, to be honest. Yeah, but yeah,

471
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 2: just be a good dad. All you need to worry about, right,

472
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 2: are your kids. Don't you want to worry about this dude?

473
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,000
Speaker 2: Be a good dad.

474
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 4: I don't think this guy wants to really be a dad.

475
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 4: It's like, oh, it's sixty forty forty for me, I'll

476
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 4: probably have her, you know, have seventy thirty soon.

477
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 6: What he said or was it going to increase his.

478
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,880
Speaker 2: I thought he was the one with more.

479
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 6: No, it's her.

480
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 4: I don't really think he wants to be a dead

481
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 4: so if he continues. I'm in no contact with my

482
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,199
Speaker 4: ex wife and I do not even look at or

483
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 4: talk to this guy. My ex wife looks horrible. You

484
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 4: can tell she's unhappy. Also, our friend circle doesn't even

485
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 4: acknowledge the affair partner, nor do some of my own laws.

486
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 4: Has anyone else experienced this kind of competition with the

487
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 4: betrayed spouse. I truly think it's messed up. I suspect

488
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,239
Speaker 4: the affair partner has slow self esteem and confidence and

489
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 4: wants to make himself feel better by comparing himself to me.

490
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 4: And I think you got to get your kids out

491
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 4: of that, because that is such a toxic place for

492
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 4: them to live in agreed comment.

493
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 6: He's in competition with you because he is jealous.

494
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 4: Of you and afraid that what your ex wife did

495
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,399
Speaker 4: to you will sooner or later happen to him as well.

496
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,679
Speaker 4: On his mind, the most likely culprit to be her

497
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,440
Speaker 4: fair partner is you. The problem for him, most likely

498
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 4: is that during their affair, he really thought of himself

499
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 4: as better than you, especially Spicy sleep Wise, Your wife

500
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 4: was invested and probably got off easily due to the

501
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 4: adrenaline that comes with an affair. He risked everything only

502
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 4: for him, and that made him feel like the king.

503
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,719
Speaker 4: But the affair is over now, they're now in a relationship,

504
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,439
Speaker 4: and she really lost a lot because of him. What

505
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,679
Speaker 4: felt thrilling before became a burden. Now he knows that

506
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 4: your wife is asking yourself all the time if this

507
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 4: or he was worth it, And he knows that when

508
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 4: this thought crosses her mind, she is thinking of you

509
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 4: and comparing you to him. He's insecure and has no

510
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,199
Speaker 4: self esteem, the opposite of what he was during the affair.

511
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 4: Funny what a good dose of reality can do.

512
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:49,640
Speaker 6: Right when he.

513
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,239
Speaker 4: Looks at you, he sees a guy that stood up

514
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 4: for himself, respects him, loves himself, and is successful everything

515
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 4: that he is not. And then he remembers is that

516
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,439
Speaker 4: your ex wife sees that too, So he tries to

517
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 4: be a bit more like you to ease the anxiety

518
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 4: that he feels each time when your ex wife looks

519
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 4: at picks of the past, looks at her phone while

520
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,639
Speaker 4: he can't see what she's doing on her phone, or

521
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,639
Speaker 4: when she comes home five minutes late.

522
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 6: Yeah.

523
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that guy summed it up right there.

524
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 4: He really does want to be like you.

525
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 2: That was a good summary.

526
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, that was great.

527
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, because you you lose him, how you get him?

528
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 2: And Op, I would really cheat on that guy.

529
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, you'll probably cheat on that guy. And if I

530
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,680
Speaker 4: was OP, i'd probably really want to. I don't know,

531
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 4: take your time with it, really, just work on yourself.

532
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 4: And it seems like you are, but I don't know.

533
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 4: Ignore what's happening as best as you can.

534
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,400
Speaker 6: And that's the end of the story. We're gonna read

535
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Speaker 6: the next one.

536
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539
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Speaker 2: My wife secretly planned a date with her massage therapist

540
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 2: while I was away.

541
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 5: Show up to the date.

542
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 2: I forty two male, need opinions and advice because I'm

543
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 2: livid and not thinking straight. While I was out of

544
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 2: state last Friday, my wife, thirty nine female, was online

545
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 2: late looking up her sports massage therapists facebook.

546
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 9: Phone number and email.

547
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,639
Speaker 2: The next day, she ended up with his number and

548
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 2: from what I saw in her text with her best friend,

549
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 2: she was excited about it. By the way, this comes

550
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 2: from How to Proceed one, two, three, and if you

551
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Speaker 2: want to submit your own stories, go to the r

552
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553
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 2: we're here to give good advice.

554
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 9: Goofley, but we don't have all the answers.

555
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: We just know what we would do, so if you'd

556
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 2: do something different, let us know in the comments, Op says,

557
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 2: from those texts, I can only infer that she was

558
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 2: planning to ask him to dinner, because the next morning

559
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 2: my wife updated her with a boring lol text, and

560
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 2: her best friend replied that she was glad my wife

561
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 2: stayed home and just did a normal stalk. Her friend added,

562
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 2: just get a massage and do not ask anyone to dinner.

563
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 2: My wife's response back was, I can't make any promises.

564
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 2: What the F dude, this is not your wife anymore?

565
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 2: Like a huh I think this? You know that you

566
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,959
Speaker 2: should leave? Yeah, I'd be leaving.

567
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 5: That's like, yeah, she's cheat. I mean she hasn't done

568
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 5: the deed of cheating, but she's ready to.

569
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 9: She's like reveling in it.

570
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 5: She's like premeditating cheating.

571
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 2: She's very excited about it. Yeah, not only was she

572
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 2: planning a date with this guy, she also hasn't shut

573
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 2: the door on it. That night, our kids slept over

574
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 2: and my mother's and she went radio silent around nine

575
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,479
Speaker 2: forty five for the rest of the evening, which felt odd.

576
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,959
Speaker 2: It shouldn't feel odd, Buddy, you should know what's going on.

577
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 2: She almost always sends a going to sleep text when

578
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 2: I'm away, but I just assumed she fell asleep. I

579
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 2: would have never guessed this is what I'd stumble on.

580
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 2: A week later, she got his number because the following

581
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 2: day she hurt her leg and told her another friend

582
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 2: about it. Not the best friend she was texting, but

583
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 2: someone who had recommended the therapist nine months ago. That

584
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 2: second friend messaged him on Instagram. He apparently replied right

585
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 2: away with his personal number, and she passed it along

586
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 2: to my wife.

587
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 9: From what I can tell, friend.

588
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 2: Too has no idea about the flirty back and forth

589
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 2: between my wife and her best friend. But my wife

590
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 2: made a big deal to her best friend about how

591
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 2: crazy it was that now she had his number. She

592
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 2: also shared that she only texted him about the injury

593
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 2: and that he followed up to check in on her

594
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 2: the next day, but nothing more.

595
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 9: I'm not texting him. I'm just going to leave it alone.

596
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 2: Effing great, I guess, and piecing this together entirely from

597
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 2: her conversations with her best friend. She obviously hasn't mentioned

598
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 2: any of this to me and has deleted the whole

599
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 2: text conversation with the guy that in itself feels dang enough.

600
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 2: What also stands out is that something must have happened

601
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 2: on Friday to trigger all of this, because she thanked

602
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 2: her best friend for listening to me be a psycho.

603
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 2: There were no arguments between us leading up to my

604
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 2: weekend away, which is not an excuse, but I'm trying

605
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 2: to rationalize and nothing I can think of that would

606
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 2: have triggered this. In fact, that morning before she left

607
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 2: for work while I was at work, she was really nice,

608
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 2: setting aside a few things for me to pack when

609
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 2: I got home. It makes me wonder what the f

610
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 2: shifted between being sweet that morning and this bs in

611
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 2: the evening. I can't find anything. I'm holding all my

612
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 2: willpower not to blow this up right now, but I

613
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 2: don't have any proof they've met outside of appointments or

614
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 2: that things have gotten physical. However, the searching, the late

615
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 2: night effort to find him, the flirty tone with her friend,

616
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 2: the I can't make promises comment, the coincidence of getting

617
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 2: his number, the missing messages, the radio silence, and the

618
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 2: fact that something unknown happened to set this all off.

619
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 2: It feels like emotional cheating at the very least, and

620
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 2: something that could easily escalate further. This is so out

621
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 2: of character for her, or at least I thought so.

622
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 2: But since nothing happened, is this salvageable? Then my mind

623
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 2: wonders thinking about any other time in the last twenty

624
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 2: one years that crap like this could have happened. Do

625
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,239
Speaker 2: I even want to save it? I'm spiraling, swinging from

626
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 2: extreme anger to complete numbness, over and over again. I

627
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 2: have the receipts to prove it, and I still can't

628
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 2: effing believe it. That said, I don't want my next

629
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 2: move to be a mistake, and I'm not thinking clearly

630
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 2: what should I do. My marriage and family are everything

631
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 2: to me, but I'm not going to ignore this.

632
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 9: It's not a question of if.

633
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 2: But when I'm setting off this bomb, should I confront

634
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 2: her now or monitor the situation for something more? And

635
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 2: there's an edit. I'm adding a confirmed timeline I have

636
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 2: of the weekend. I summarized it in the original post

637
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 2: to avoid it getting too long and scaring people from reading.

638
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 2: Here's a cleaned up version. This detailed version seems to

639
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 2: change some perspectives. Thank you all for the replies thus far. Sadly,

640
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 2: it's been eye opening, to say the least. She was

641
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 2: working until eight pm ish That Friday night. She spoke

642
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 2: to her best friend for thirty two minutes at nine

643
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 2: forty seven pm.

644
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 9: Thanks for listening to me bea psycho last night.

645
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 2: I last spoke to her right before that at nine

646
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 2: forty five, telling her I was driving and would let

647
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 2: her know when I got to the hotel. She Google

648
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,719
Speaker 2: searched him from eleven twenty to twelve twenty six amish.

649
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 2: I got to the hotel around one twenty ish and

650
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 2: texted her with no answer. The next morning, she texts

651
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 2: a boring update, and her friend says she's glad my

652
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 2: wife stayed home to just get a massage and don't

653
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 2: ask anyone to dinner. I can't make any promises. This

654
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 2: is where I see read. That same morning, she texts

655
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 2: friend too that she's limping and can't run. Friend two,

656
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 2: also a runner, also sees the therapist totally innocently gets

657
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 2: the guy's number through Instagram so my wife can call

658
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 2: for advice. I found a draft and her clipboard of

659
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 2: the first message she sent to him, entirely about just

660
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 2: the injury and how she should treat it. This is

661
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 2: still Saturday. That night, she texts her her best friend.

662
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 2: You won't believe this, but I got hurt and texted

663
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 2: friend too, and she got me his number, so I

664
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 2: had to text him. Best friend says, oh no, this

665
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 2: is bad. Wife says she can't make it up and

666
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 2: tells her she had to text him now or it

667
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 2: would be awkward, which matches the draft message. Best friend jokes,

668
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: he's like, finally she has my number. It's mommy's turn.

669
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 2: What what? Okay, don't know what that means? Laughing emojis

670
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 2: from my wife with an I hate you. Then. Wife says,

671
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 2: the guy said to keep him posted, but she says,

672
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 2: I'm not texting him.

673
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 9: I'm just gonna leave it alone.

674
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,439
Speaker 2: On Sunday night, she texts best friend that he sent

675
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 2: her a how are you feeling? Text? Friend says, stop really?

676
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 2: Wife says, yes, that was the text exclamation point Wife,

677
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: nothing else crazy, But I had to text you friend.

678
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 2: Did you say you would feel better if he cured you? Wife?

679
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 2: If I could only and I'm better now lol? Friend

680
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 2: mentally better now? Lol. Wife actually way worse.

681
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:03,720
Speaker 9: And there's an update.

682
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, your wife was like fully like low key down.

683
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 9: To cheat your wife seems like an idiot.

684
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, she's messaging a physical therapist like, hey, my leg's hurt,

685
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 2: Like what do I do?

686
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 9: And he's like, do this and then let me know

687
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,439
Speaker 9: how it's going the next day.

688
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 2: And then he reaches out to her and says, how

689
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 2: are you feeling? And she's like, ee aw see how

690
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 2: I'm feeling? Freaking dunce cap on her. Yeah I don't know.

691
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 5: And the friends like what kind of friends? Like they know?

692
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,879
Speaker 2: I yeah, I would just be like, honestly, I saw

693
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 2: the messages.

694
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 9: Yeah, I've seen them. We have two options.

695
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 2: We either do counseling if that's something, OPI you're open to,

696
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 2: which you said you're you know. This is either something

697
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,399
Speaker 2: we can attempt to work through no promises that it'll work,

698
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 2: or we just split right now out. Those are our

699
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 2: two though, because why, you're like a giddy schoolgirl fantasizing

700
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 2: about having an affair.

701
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 9: So how long until you just make that a real thing?

702
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 2: Right?

703
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 5: You already seem pretty ready to do it with this one.

704
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 9: Yeah, Well we have an update.

705
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 2: Let's see what happens. Update. Please don't ask how I

706
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,879
Speaker 2: got the text. I won't reply, Okay. I added some

707
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 2: commentary to help correlate with the timeline and the other posts.

708
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 2: Once again, thank you all for offering advice and guidance.

709
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 2: Having people to talk this out with really helped me

710
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: from spiraling deeper than I already was. This is the

711
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 2: text that the wife said on Saturday. Hey, sorry to

712
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 2: bother you. I'm literally limping around. I don't know what happened.

713
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 2: I just can't lift my leg. I wasn't even doing

714
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 2: anything crazy. It just happened out of nowhere. I think

715
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 2: maybe it feels like nerve pain, but it's not just

716
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 2: the back of my leg, it's the front two. I've

717
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 2: had siatica issues in the past. This exactly matches the

718
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 2: draft I found in her bared. The sciatica, she mentions,

719
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 2: is a lingering on and off issue since our youngest

720
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 2: son was born. Therapist says, could be your back or hip.

721
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,879
Speaker 2: What movements hurt the most? Wife says, if I move

722
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 2: my knee inward or if I just try and stretch flat.

723
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 2: Therapist says, Okay, for the next two days, you need

724
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 2: to focus on anti inflammatory practices, ice a leave and

725
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 2: comfortable positions. These flare ups happen and they suck. Focus

726
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 2: on lowering the inflammation wife. All right, that's what I'm

727
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 2: gonna do because I really hate going to the doctor.

728
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 2: Hopefully it doesn't last too long. MG, I just remembered

729
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 2: you're away for the weekend. I'm being that annoying client. Lol.

730
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 2: Thanks for getting back to me, therapist, No problem, keep

731
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 2: me posted over the next few days.

732
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 5: Wait wait, wait, So was the only reason that she

733
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 5: couldn't cheat then because he was away for the weekend.

734
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 9: I don't know.

735
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 2: I guess I would assume the only reason she couldn't

736
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 2: cheat is because this guy's probably not into her at all.

737
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,879
Speaker 5: Right, and he's probably just being like, yeah, you're here

738
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 5: for yeah, therapy advice for sure. I don't know the

739
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 5: way she's dealing with it, though, asking it, asking how

740
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 5: you're feeling is enough.

741
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 2: And then it's like after those messages, she's like telling

742
00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 2: the best friend, I won't.

743
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 9: Text, I'll just leave it alone.

744
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 2: But it's like, even if you do not doing this,

745
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 2: you're like fantasizing about having an affair with somebody, so

746
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 2: like we need to have some we need to do

747
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 2: some serious work, or it needs to be over. Yep,

748
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 2: wife says, will do Thanks, And here's the text from

749
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: the therapist Hey, how are you feeling? Then she texted

750
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,799
Speaker 2: best friends Sunday night that he reached out to check

751
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 2: in on her. Wife says, so much better. I think

752
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 2: it was my lower back. It just came out so

753
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 2: suddenly I was freaking out. Therapist says, these things happen.

754
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,800
Speaker 2: It's important to have forty eight hour plans ready to

755
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 2: go from there. Glad it was short lived. Stretching session

756
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: will be important from now until race day. You can't

757
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 2: afford a flare up close to racetime. Wife. Oh, I know,

758
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 2: I was like, what's happening. I'm just glad it wasn't worse.

759
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 2: I'd be dragging myself to that race if I have to.

760
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 9: Lol.

761
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 2: Wife. Are you doing the stretching at the new place

762
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 2: or is it the other girl? Therapist says, I'm done stretching.

763
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 2: Wife says, okay, at which place? How do I book it?

764
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 2: I'm going to wait a little because some of the

765
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: stretching was hurting me, but so I know h Therapist says,

766
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 2: you're still in the process of the inflammation going down,

767
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 2: so give it some time. You'll be able to book

768
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 2: through an app. Both facilities will have them. Wife says, okay,

769
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 2: do you have a preference or does it not matter? Uh.

770
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 2: Therapist says when it comes to who stretches you, odd

771
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 2: question to ask, but definitely not a big red flag.

772
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 2: Wife says, no, I'll go to you if you do it.

773
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 2: I'm saying, do you have a preference which location therapist?

774
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 2: Location will have exclusive stretched sessions. We can include more

775
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 2: stretches in our massage sessions if you like. Wife says, Okay,

776
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,800
Speaker 2: got it. I just want to make sure I think

777
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 2: that you know, it doesn't seem like she cheated with

778
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 2: the therapist or that they even really want to.

779
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 9: He's just being professional.

780
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 2: I think you need to really confront your wife about

781
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 2: you are aware that she was fantasizing about cheating on you, right.

782
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, therapist seems very just like, oh, like go wherever

783
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 5: your oll gets stretched there, no matter what.

784
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 2: And he just finally got to like, are you talking

785
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 2: about who's gon to stretch you? Because I mean and

786
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 2: then even there it's like therapists like okay, well yeah,

787
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 2: if you already you know, prefer me as a massage therapist,

788
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: It's like, yeah, it makes sense that you would have

789
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 2: a preference for that.

790
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 5: It's funny though, because she's probably taking this back to

791
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 5: the friend and being like, he like wants to know

792
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 5: if I want to stretch with him. Yeah, it's like, no, dude,

793
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:18,720
Speaker 5: Like it's so profound.

794
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 9: Honestly, it's pretty pathetic.

795
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 2: Also, not sure like how you're sleuthing on all of

796
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 2: your wife's messages, but if you're already at that point, yeah,

797
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 2: it's not looking good for your relationship.

798
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 5: But I did want to know was that something that

799
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 5: he like previously set up from suspicion or like, was

800
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 5: it by chance, like you said, just signed in somewhere,

801
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 5: Because that then it's like, yeah, why are you already looking?

802
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 9: It's all bad all around.

803
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it just makes it worse that you have

804
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 2: a I guess a reason to be looking.

805
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,479
Speaker 5: But yeah, you felt it so good.

806
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 9: Well, let's finish this story.

807
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 2: So that's it. No further text or call since Sunday

808
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,399
Speaker 2: or any contact. It's completely professional. And I stumbled onto

809
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 2: this convo using her phone for something else. I would

810
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 2: have never thought anything of it, but she deleted it,

811
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 2: and it doesn't change the facts of her conversations with

812
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 2: her best friend, implying very strongly she wanted to get

813
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 2: his number Friday night and ask him to dinner I'm

814
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 2: still going ahead with my plans for the confrontation tomorrow night,

815
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 2: but I think I'll soften my approach. I need to

816
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 2: know what triggered the psycho phone call Friday night that

817
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 2: set this all in motion. Only my wife will have

818
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 2: that answer, and that is the end of that story.

819
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,240
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's a mess.

820
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 5: Yeah. I moved back home after my husband filed for

821
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 5: divorce and now everyone hates me.

822
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 2: You just can't catch a break.

823
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 5: I've been getting cruel messages from my ex, his family,

824
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 5: and our friends for the past few days. My soon

825
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 5: to be ex husband, Levi thirty three male and I

826
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 5: twenty eight female, have been together for a decade and

827
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 5: married for five years. I'm currently pregnant with our first

828
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,280
Speaker 5: baby and due next month. By the way, this comes

829
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 5: from dig Grassanova, and if you want us to make

830
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 5: your own stories, go to the r slash okay storytime

831
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 5: sub reddit. I'm Carly, I'm Dakota, and we're here to

832
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 5: give good advice goofully, But we don't have all the answers.

833
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 5: We only know what we would do, So let us

834
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,240
Speaker 5: know what you would do in the comments, and Opie says.

835
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 5: After I graduated, I moved back to his hometown, a

836
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 5: major city on the West coast with him. I'm from

837
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 5: a bigger city in the Midwest, but I loved living

838
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 5: out there. I thought we were happy. We planned our

839
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 5: baby and we're so excited. But a few weeks ago,

840
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 5: he told me he was going to file for divorce.

841
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 5: He said he didn't want to be tied down anymore,

842
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 5: he was still young and needed to live his life,

843
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 5: et cetera. He said there was nobody else, but I

844
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 5: know since then he's been seeing someone. He wanted me

845
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 5: to move out, but this is my house too. I

846
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 5: put the down payment even so he's staying with his friend, Lewis.

847
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,799
Speaker 5: I can't afford to live here on my own while

848
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 5: maintaining my lifestyle. Sure I could make it work, but

849
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 5: it wouldn't be the kind of lifestyle that I'd want

850
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 5: to live, especially with a baby. I make really good money,

851
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 5: even but it's so expensive. I have friends, for sure,

852
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 5: but not the support system. He does. No family here,

853
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 5: so I've decided to move back home, and luckily my

854
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 5: company has a location in my hometown, so I was

855
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 5: able to keep my job. My parents have been so supportive.

856
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 5: They're divorced and hate one another, but are now combined

857
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 5: in their hatred of Levi, which is interesting to see.

858
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 2: Wow, well, one union ends and another gets less bad.

859
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 9: Well, I guess they don't have a union anymore.

860
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 5: One union ends and one somehow gets better from the

861
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:50,760
Speaker 5: second ending.

862
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 2: One union ends, another beginnings a union of distaste for Levi.

863
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 5: They've secured me a nice rental home in my city

864
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 5: and refuse to let me pay them back, saying I

865
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 5: need to save for my next house. They're paying for

866
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 5: my divorce lawyer and my copays at my new doctor here.

867
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 5: They said I'm doing the right thing for my baby

868
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 5: and are happy to help. My mom is about to

869
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 5: retire and even wants to watch my baby while I

870
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 5: work after my maternity leave, so it's been an ideal

871
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 5: situation for me. Levi is furious, Oh is he boo hoo?

872
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 2: Maybe you shouldn't have just, I don't know, done the

873
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 2: most immature possible thing and been like I need to

874
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 2: be free and then just started dating someone else.

875
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's claiming that I moved back to get at him,

876
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 5: and I'm going to try to keep him out of

877
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 5: our baby's life.

878
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 2: Didn't you literally say you didn't want to be tied down.

879
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 2: My guy's what happened all that? Don't you just want

880
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 2: to pay child support? Why you hang out with your

881
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 2: new girl.

882
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,840
Speaker 5: I explained very clearly that I couldn't afford to be

883
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,440
Speaker 5: a single mom in San Diego, But he doesn't believe me.

884
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 5: He's told everyone I moved to get the upper hand

885
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 5: on custody. That's not why I moved. But it's definitely

886
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 5: a plus. His job doesn't have any locations here and

887
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 5: they won't keep him if he moves. He could get

888
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,879
Speaker 5: another job here, of course, but he's saying that's too

889
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 5: much to ask of him. I told him I'd be

890
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 5: going for child support once the baby is born, and

891
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 5: he told me I needed to make up my mind.

892
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 5: Could he be a dad or no? I told him

893
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 5: he was going to be a dad regardless, and if

894
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 5: he doesn't want to move here, then he would be

895
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 5: a dad by paying child support. I don't think i'm

896
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 5: the ahole. I think I'm doing what I have to do.

897
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 5: But I don't know what I'm supposed to say to

898
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 5: all these people texting and calling me and telling me

899
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 5: I'm keeping Levi's baby from him.

900
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 9: Insane that people are not on your side.

901
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's leaving you pregnant to explore his other options,

902
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,359
Speaker 2: telling you he doesn't want to be tied down, and

903
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 2: now that you're moving back home where it's less expensive

904
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 2: and you have the support of your own family, like, well,

905
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 2: are you gonna let me be a dad or not? Buddy?

906
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 2: You told me you didn't want to be one.

907
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 5: Info from comments pregnancy seven months, Current place Southern California,

908
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 5: San Diego City, moving to Midwest. Info about other girl.

909
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 5: She's like thirty eight, I know, not old, but she

910
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 5: knew he was married because they worked together. She congratulated

911
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:31,440
Speaker 5: me on my pregnancy nake and has three kids that

912
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:33,960
Speaker 5: she doesn't even have full custody of. I found out

913
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,360
Speaker 5: we have an update six days later. But yeah, girl,

914
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 5: you moved back to have your support system and be

915
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 5: able to live. Yeah, that's a big deal.

916
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 2: Honestly, at this point, I think I would be like,

917
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 2: we're gonna just have all our communications handled with the

918
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 2: divorce lawyers, and you know, I'm gonna document you sort

919
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 2: of turning all these people against me, because again, I

920
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 2: did not move out here to get the upper hand

921
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 2: and move dit here because I can't afford it. We're

922
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 2: no longer together and you're not supporting me, and I

923
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 2: wanted to be closer to my family to have the support,

924
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,720
Speaker 2: you know, while I'm going through the eight later stages

925
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:12,360
Speaker 2: of my pregnancy.

926
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 5: Yeah update six days later. So first off, I thought

927
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 5: I was clear in my first post, but the amount

928
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 5: of helpful comments who skipped over the following info was

929
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 5: driving me insane. I have already moved back to the Midwest,

930
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 5: and I already have a lawyer, So no need to

931
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 5: tell me to move before baby is born or yell

932
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 5: at me to get a lawyer. I've done both. A

933
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 5: few weeks after moving out, he had filed for divorce

934
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 5: in California. Since I was moving and obtaining a lawyer,

935
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 5: I had not yet responded. I have an obgyn here

936
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,520
Speaker 5: in my hometown and am set to give birth here.

937
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 5: I have legal advice from a professional. My ex leve I,

938
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,320
Speaker 5: came to my place like the day after my post.

939
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 5: I hadn't been responding to him or his friends or

940
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 5: family and had just muted their numbers. I got home

941
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,920
Speaker 5: and he was talking to my new neighbor, who I

942
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 5: haven't met yet. I wanted him to stop, so I

943
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 5: let him come inside to talk, but also texted my

944
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 5: parents what was going on. Basically, he said everything had

945
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 5: been a mistake, he didn't think everything through enough, and

946
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 5: that he had withdrawn his divorce petition. So you just

947
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 5: got to go out with another girl for a couple

948
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,160
Speaker 5: months and we think that everything is just like fine.

949
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 2: This guy, this guy, or not a couple months this guy.

950
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 2: Come on, this guy, We're still getting divorced, buddy.

951
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, he said he was fine living in my hometown.

952
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 5: He'd need time to find a job, but could work

953
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 5: on selling the house back west in the meantime and

954
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 5: work remote until he found a new job, kind of

955
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 5: acting like everything was fine. Very strange, though not like

956
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:58,879
Speaker 5: he was on substances. I've seen him on substances, it's

957
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 5: been years, but it wasn't that. I don't know. By

958
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,880
Speaker 5: the time my dad got there, I was very upset

959
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 5: and not thinking clearly. His wife drove me to their

960
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:10,879
Speaker 5: house and he stayed there with Levi for a bit

961
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 5: and got him to leave. And he's been at my

962
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 5: mom's and won't leave town. I don't want to get

963
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 5: too into it. My lawyer was able to confirm he

964
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 5: sort of withdrew the petition, but it was either incomplete

965
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,919
Speaker 5: or incorrect. His behavior has been odd. Yes, I told

966
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 5: them I'm not talking to him unless he gets evaluated.

967
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 5: And I don't know if my mom wore him down

968
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,759
Speaker 5: or what, but he agreed and has been at the

969
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 5: hospital all day. My mom's boyfriend has been through a

970
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 5: lot of this with his own son and was able

971
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 5: to get him into a good hospital. I hope will

972
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:50,120
Speaker 5: know something soon. To be honest, I'm exhausted and overwhelmed.

973
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 5: I feel bad saying this, but I don't want to

974
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,280
Speaker 5: be dealing with this right now. I have so much

975
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,359
Speaker 5: going on and had already kind of divorced him and

976
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 5: started my life as a single mom. In my head,

977
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 5: I'm not saying I'm gonna stay with him even if

978
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:07,880
Speaker 5: this is a health thing. He has crossed so many

979
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,760
Speaker 5: boundaries and hurt me so bad in just two months.

980
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 5: But I did make a vow that I take seriously,

981
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 5: and before all of this, if you told me he'd

982
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 5: done any of this, you'd think I was insane. So

983
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:22,759
Speaker 5: I'm not really sure why I'm posting an update. I'm

984
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 5: not religious, but grew up Catholic, and maybe someone who

985
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,320
Speaker 5: is reads this and can pray for us. I guess

986
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 5: they'd have a more direct line to the big guy

987
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 5: than me. Right now, I'm not sure what i'd pray for.

988
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 5: If he's fine, then he's just the a hole and

989
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 5: I'm fine divorcing him. But if it's something more, I'm

990
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 5: so overwhelmed at the thought of taking care of both

991
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:47,760
Speaker 5: him and a newborn. But it would mean he hasn't

992
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 5: been deceiving me all these years.

993
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm hoping for like you know, oh,

994
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,319
Speaker 2: he's got like a benign tumor in his brain.

995
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 5: Like I don't want to be mine wrong.

996
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:01,000
Speaker 2: But also like if he doesn't, then it just means like, okay,

997
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 2: so clearly you've been together for a long time. You've

998
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 2: been together for ten years, all of your twenties basically,

999
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 2: you know, and now he's like, well, I need to

1000
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:14,040
Speaker 2: explore other options. And it's like, so the fact that

1001
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 2: he could let a pang of emotion of like, oh

1002
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,799
Speaker 2: I missed out or I have this other opportunity, which

1003
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 2: by the way, was definitely cheating on you with that

1004
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 2: woman at his job, And there's no way he would

1005
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:33,439
Speaker 2: have just like broke off the marriage and then been

1006
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,280
Speaker 2: like now I'm hoping I can get with this other person.

1007
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,880
Speaker 2: That was already locked in. So he did cheat on

1008
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 2: you while you were pregnant. To what extent. Whether it

1009
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,600
Speaker 2: was just emotional or not, it doesn't matter. I don't

1010
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1011
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:52,239
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's bros for doing that. We just have an edit.

1012
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 5: I've gotten a few comments and also want to say this.

1013
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,720
Speaker 5: I have his phone. I now know for a fact

1014
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 5: the woman he was seeing was not the woman I thought.

1015
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 5: He didn't meet that woman until after he filed for divorce,

1016
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:08,200
Speaker 5: and that she still wants to be with him. I'm

1017
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:12,399
Speaker 5: not saying this changes anything, but people kept bringing her up.

1018
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 5: Some top relevant comments. Commenter one says, how did he

1019
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:19,560
Speaker 5: get your address? That's not good, Opie says, I gave

1020
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,359
Speaker 5: him my address when I moved. He was an a hole,

1021
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 5: not harmful. I was never scared of him. Commander two says,

1022
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 5: his girlfriend who he was cheating on with you dumped

1023
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:32,040
Speaker 5: him when she found out about you and or the baby.

1024
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 5: Of course, he'll pass the medical assessment because there's no

1025
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 5: test for douchiness. Opie says, I don't want to get

1026
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 5: too into it. I know this isn't the case, and

1027
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:45,320
Speaker 5: I have his phone, though. We'll see how everything goes.

1028
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 5: He was voluntarily admitted earlier, but they haven't told me

1029
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:49,360
Speaker 5: anything yet.

1030
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:50,040
Speaker 4: Uh.

1031
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,360
Speaker 5: Commentar three says, how did you get his phone? He

1032
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 5: was staying at your mom's and you are at your dad's.

1033
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:58,280
Speaker 5: How do you know he doesn't have another phone? Anyway

1034
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 5: you slice it, you see to be such a decent person.

1035
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,480
Speaker 5: I am wishing the best for you and your baby,

1036
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:07,920
Speaker 5: whatever you decide, and Opie says, they gave it to

1037
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:10,319
Speaker 5: me after he was admitted. I don't know if he

1038
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:12,880
Speaker 5: has another phone, I guess, but everything seems to be

1039
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:17,400
Speaker 5: on here. Another commentary says, however everything goes, and whatever

1040
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 5: you decide, I want to wish the best for you

1041
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,719
Speaker 5: and your baby. You've made all the right moves considering

1042
00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 5: your circumstances. At this point, it's all about you and

1043
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 5: the baby staying safe and healthy. Opie says, thank you.

1044
00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:34,520
Speaker 5: I agree. I know everyone is mad. I still care

1045
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:38,960
Speaker 5: about him, but it's about my baby, and honestly, I

1046
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:42,200
Speaker 5: think the best thing for baby is having a healthy dad,

1047
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,400
Speaker 5: even if he's an a hole. If something is wrong,

1048
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,520
Speaker 5: I might still leave him, but i'd be supportive of

1049
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:52,080
Speaker 5: him getting better, and so would my family. I don't

1050
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,960
Speaker 5: even know what I want to happen. That's the end

1051
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:55,760
Speaker 5: of that story.

1052
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is a rock in a hard place.

1053
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 9: I don't know.

1054
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 2: I just I'd have to really get down to the

1055
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:08,800
Speaker 2: emotional root of how all of this happened and what transpired.

1056
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 9: And maybe he wasn't cheating on you when all this happened.

1057
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,400
Speaker 2: But it's like, Okay, how do we How can I

1058
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,520
Speaker 2: move forward in this relationship without the fear that you're

1059
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:21,399
Speaker 2: going to do this when our child is five or

1060
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:24,759
Speaker 2: ten or whenever, Like, and am I supposed to move

1061
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,799
Speaker 2: forward without never being able to trust that you're just

1062
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 2: gonna drop me?

1063
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 5: Right? I feel like that's like that would be the

1064
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:36,279
Speaker 5: whole question depending on her answer to that is how

1065
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:38,920
Speaker 5: you move forward? Like, if you think it's possible, then

1066
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:43,240
Speaker 5: sure give it a try, especially if there's something like diagnosed.

1067
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 5: But otherwise he sucks. But that's the end of that story.

1068
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:51,239
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1071
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1072
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Speaker 5: Was he on the tripe with you or the friends?

1073
00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:05,560
Speaker 2: My husband and I book a trip to Mexico as

1074
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:08,319
Speaker 2: one of his college buddies was getting married. There wasn't

1075
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1076
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,280
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1077
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1078
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1079
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Speaker 2: slash okay story. I'm Subreddit, I'm Dakota, I'm Carly, and

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Speaker 2: we are here to give good advice goofly, but we

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Speaker 2: don't have all the answers. We just know what we

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Speaker 2: would do, so if you would do something different, let

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Speaker 2: us know in the comments. Opi says some of those

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Speaker 2: in attendance were people he went to college and high

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Speaker 2: school with but didn't regularly stay in touch with or

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Speaker 2: reach out to on even the big events like holidays

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Speaker 2: and birthdays. There were also many people we'd both never

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Speaker 2: met before but nonetheless ended up being super friendly, while

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Speaker 2: some of the girls were not super open and friendly.

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Speaker 2: It's been about fourteen years since we've lived in our hometown,

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Speaker 2: where he met some of these people. Originally, it was

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Speaker 2: my first time spending more than a few hours with

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Speaker 2: any single person there. The trip itself was six days.

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Speaker 2: For background, my husband makes quite a bit more money

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Speaker 2: than me and had decidedly paid for the flights as

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Speaker 2: well as the stay for the all inclusive five star

1100
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Speaker 2: resort we were staying at. This was really nice because

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Speaker 2: it was super pricey and I wouldn't have been able

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Speaker 2: to swing paying half. I did not ask nor expect

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Speaker 2: him to do this. It was his choice for us

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Speaker 2: to go for such a long length of time, as

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Speaker 2: the only official planned event was the wedding and reception

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Speaker 2: to follow on Saturday night. Also for background, I let

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Speaker 2: my husband know before we traveled down for the trip

1108
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Speaker 2: that I was having some general anxieties, mostly good, and

1109
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,800
Speaker 2: felt a little eager and nervous to be around so

1110
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,320
Speaker 2: many people I didn't know on back to back days.

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Speaker 2: I assumed we would take some time out of the

1112
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Speaker 2: six days to do something cute just us, since we've

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Speaker 2: also been married for about a year and have what

1114
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Speaker 2: I would call a healthy, loving relationship. He reassured me

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Speaker 2: prior to leaving that he was also feeling a little

1116
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 2: nervous but said we'd have a great time together. I

1117
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:14,480
Speaker 2: already knew this, but I needed a tiny push of

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00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:17,720
Speaker 2: positivity from the moment we landed for the trip. I

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00:57:17,840 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 2: let him know I needed to freshen up, and he

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Speaker 2: preferred to go meet the group and didn't want to

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Speaker 2: wait for me to get ready whatever, so I said, cool,

1122
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 2: just let me know where you're at and leave your

1123
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,720
Speaker 2: ringer on so I can call. Because I knew I

1124
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 2: wouldn't find him. This resort is massive and so easy

1125
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Speaker 2: to get lost. I rinsed off, threw on my bikini,

1126
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Speaker 2: and tried to call him to see where he was.

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00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 2: No answer. I called fifteen minutes later, Still no answer.

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Speaker 2: I left the room to try and venture on my own.

1129
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:52,400
Speaker 2: Still no answer. I couldn't find him. At this point,

1130
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Speaker 2: I'd been trying to call or walk around for over

1131
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 2: an hour's and was getting annoyed. He called back, already wasted,

1132
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 2: short with me and told me to chill. He gave

1133
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Speaker 2: me vague instructions because he'd been drinking, and then told

1134
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Speaker 2: me I had overreacted. I gave him the benefit of

1135
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Speaker 2: the doubt, though I was annoyed, and we started drinking

1136
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Speaker 2: at the pool, already huge just red flag that he

1137
00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 2: doesn't have the patience to just wait for you to

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Speaker 2: be ready. After about five hours of drinking, it was

1139
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:24,520
Speaker 2: almost six pm and I was getting hungry. The concierge

1140
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 2: when we checked in had mentioned that a few of

1141
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 2: the included restaurants at the resort are delicious, so I

1142
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 2: had my sights set on a particular one. I said, Hey,

1143
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Speaker 2: let's go to dinner. You haven't eaten, and I really

1144
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:37,600
Speaker 2: need to get some food if we're going to continue

1145
00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,480
Speaker 2: at this pace. His response was that he wanted to

1146
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Speaker 2: be with his friends and he wasn't hungry. We started

1147
00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:45,280
Speaker 2: getting into a tiny spat because it was the first

1148
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Speaker 2: night in town, and he suggested I go to dinner

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Speaker 2: by myself, as he preferred to spend time with these people,

1150
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:55,600
Speaker 2: some of whom he had never met. Buddy, you can

1151
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 2: go to dinner and come back and spend time with

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Speaker 2: those people.

1153
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 5: Only do those people Maybe they're hungry too.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, why are you pretending like you don't

1155
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 2: have a wife?

1156
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Speaker 5: Right?

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Speaker 9: Stop it stop.

1158
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 2: I got upset and he went down to his buddy's room.

1159
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Speaker 2: It felt silly, but I reminded him that we're married,

1160
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Speaker 2: and I was looking forward to it. His response was

1161
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Speaker 2: that if I was so hungry and didn't want to compromise,

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Speaker 2: I could just order room service. After he left, I

1163
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Speaker 2: decided to put on makeup and a hot outfit, because

1164
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Speaker 2: why not.

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Speaker 9: I'm in Mexico. I'm not going to just stay in

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Speaker 9: and order room service.

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Speaker 2: So I got dressed and made a reservation for one

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Speaker 2: and was about to head out the door when he

1169
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:36,440
Speaker 2: called me and said this big group was going to dinner.

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Speaker 9: I said, no, I made a reservation at this place.

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Speaker 2: You said you weren't interested in going to dinner with me,

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Speaker 2: so I made plans alone. His response was, do you

1173
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Speaker 2: know how that will make me look? If I'm with

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Speaker 2: this group having dinner and you're by yourself in a

1175
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Speaker 2: different place. Yeah, maybe you should have offered to Hey,

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Speaker 2: we'll all get dinner as a group later or soon.

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Speaker 5: Right, Can we get a snack and then we'll go

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Speaker 5: to dinner in an hour?

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Speaker 2: Your mess up here, buddy. You're prioritizing the group over

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Speaker 2: your wife.

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Speaker 5: You're like really flopping this, dude.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, come on, I didn't care for the drama, so

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Speaker 2: I said I didn't care. I looked cute and was

1184
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Speaker 2: looking forward to eating what I'd already picked out from

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Speaker 2: the menu, and if he really needed to be with

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Speaker 2: me for the optics, he could join me. I found

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Speaker 2: him in the lobby waiting for me, wasted, looking pissed

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Speaker 2: and giving me the silent treatment. The restaurant was full

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Speaker 2: and they couldn't update the reservation for two, so we

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Speaker 2: couldn't go there. I ended up ordering room service. Gotten,

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Speaker 2: I told you so, look, and he met up with

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Speaker 2: his friends.

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Speaker 5: No, girl, you go to dinner, you say you can

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Speaker 5: get room service though, if you don't want to look bad.

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Speaker 2: Aye. He got back to the room around two am,

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Speaker 2: incredibly wasted, and he peed in the bathtub. The next day,

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Speaker 2: we wake up and he's still annoyed with me. He

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Speaker 2: wakes up super late and hungover, so we missed breakfast.

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Speaker 2: I ordered a crappy breakfast through room service for both

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Speaker 2: of us. Yeah, ordering bad room service when you're at

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Speaker 2: an all inclusive, five star resort crazy sucks.

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Speaker 5: Cool. Get up, get your own breakfast, start doing things alone.

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Speaker 5: You'll have a great time.

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Speaker 2: So later that evening, after drinking and socializing for around

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Speaker 2: ten hours with nothing to eat, a similar situation comes up.

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Speaker 2: I say, I'm hungry, Please can we go get dinner.

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Speaker 2: His response was no, he didn't want to be taken

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Speaker 2: away from his friends. He told me to go get

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01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 2: food by myself or order room service. Most of the

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Speaker 2: other couples at this point had broken away to go

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Speaker 2: get dinner or we're making plans with their significant others.

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Speaker 2: Mind you, this is a five star resort with incredible

1213
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Speaker 2: food options. Getting dinner alone is not really my jam

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01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:42,520
Speaker 2: and makes me a little anxious. I pulled my husband

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01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:44,720
Speaker 2: to the side built him. I was super hungry and

1216
01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:48,160
Speaker 2: asked if he could just take thirty minutes, literally just that,

1217
01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:51,400
Speaker 2: to please go sit down with me. He said no,

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01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:54,560
Speaker 2: I was embarrassing him and making a scene in front

1219
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 2: of his friends. Brother. The only person embarrassing themselves.

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Speaker 5: Is you, right, I guarantee every other couple is looking

1221
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:06,280
Speaker 5: at him and being like, Wow, he's really embarrassing. Not

1222
01:02:06,840 --> 01:02:07,400
Speaker 5: your wife.

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Speaker 2: You're out here cos playing as a frat boy. Yeah,

1224
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:14,920
Speaker 2: with like a clingy girlfriend. That's not what's going on.

1225
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Speaker 2: You're an adult who's married to his wife.

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Speaker 5: And your wife's all she's asking for is food after

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Speaker 5: ten hours of a thirty minute dinner with her husband.

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01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:33,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I said, effet, let's just keep drinking. Am

1229
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:36,160
Speaker 2: I get sick or throw up from drinking all day?

1230
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:38,600
Speaker 2: But God forbid? He spends a moment away out of

1231
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:40,600
Speaker 2: the six day trip to have a dinner with me.

1232
01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:43,280
Speaker 2: He says that his priority is to be with the

1233
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,080
Speaker 2: people here at the wedding, his old friends and the

1234
01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:50,160
Speaker 2: people he hasn't met before over me. Around three am,

1235
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:52,120
Speaker 2: we get back from the bars and the only room

1236
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:55,240
Speaker 2: service they have is bad pizza. The next day, I'm

1237
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:57,880
Speaker 2: over arguing or trying, he says, he's going to go

1238
01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 2: see who's at the pool and makes plans with other people.

1239
01:03:00,120 --> 01:03:01,920
Speaker 2: About an hour before he would need to be at

1240
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:04,760
Speaker 2: the wedding, I got ready by myself and was alone

1241
01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:08,120
Speaker 2: all afternoon. Some of the girls in the group he

1242
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:11,000
Speaker 2: was with weren't super friendly or engaging with people that

1243
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 2: weren't in their clique. The people he was with all

1244
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:15,720
Speaker 2: day were all new people he hadn't met, with the

1245
01:03:15,720 --> 01:03:18,600
Speaker 2: exception of one sort of friend from college, but they

1246
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,040
Speaker 2: hadn't spoken to in about ten years. He got a

1247
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:23,480
Speaker 2: little bit more story left.

1248
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Speaker 10: How would you how do you like diffuse this situation

1249
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:31,920
Speaker 10: and get the husband to recognize he's just being so

1250
01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 10: bad because clearly op he has said multiple times that

1251
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,120
Speaker 10: they've just sort of given up.

1252
01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:39,360
Speaker 5: Right, So, like, my whole thing was, did they go

1253
01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:43,080
Speaker 5: into this trip on the same page of like because

1254
01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:44,760
Speaker 5: they are there for a wedding, they are there to

1255
01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:47,000
Speaker 5: be with friends, but like, I'm totally on her side

1256
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,680
Speaker 5: of like you can still like everyone else too, is

1257
01:03:49,720 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 5: still doing their own couple stuff. So did he go

1258
01:03:52,120 --> 01:03:54,480
Speaker 5: in telling you like I'm gonna be with the boys

1259
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:55,080
Speaker 5: the whole time?

1260
01:03:55,440 --> 01:03:57,960
Speaker 2: At the beginning of the story, she said that she

1261
01:03:58,040 --> 01:03:59,040
Speaker 2: had brought up right.

1262
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:01,400
Speaker 5: But was he also on that page? Yeah, for sure,

1263
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 5: like he agree currently right.

1264
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,280
Speaker 9: He had said like, yeah, no, I get I hear he.

1265
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:08,960
Speaker 5: Gets their one year of this and he's being such

1266
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:10,439
Speaker 5: a little poopy boy.

1267
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:12,959
Speaker 9: He is being a poopy diaper baby boy.

1268
01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:15,400
Speaker 5: Poopy diaper baby boy just wants to drink at the

1269
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:17,160
Speaker 5: pool all day with strangers.

1270
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:19,800
Speaker 2: And it's like, you op, he even like is doing

1271
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:22,040
Speaker 2: that with him. And then when it's just like, hey,

1272
01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:25,040
Speaker 2: remember how I'm your wife, don't you want to go

1273
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:27,880
Speaker 2: get dinner with me at the really nice restaurants at

1274
01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:31,840
Speaker 2: the resort that you're paying for And he's just like, nah,

1275
01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:33,880
Speaker 2: bab you're really harsh in my mellow.

1276
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:37,120
Speaker 9: I'm just trying to chill with the with the boys.

1277
01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:39,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, I genuinely don't know how I would handle it.

1278
01:04:40,040 --> 01:04:42,360
Speaker 5: I know that you would want to maybe try to

1279
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:45,480
Speaker 5: catch him sober, which seems like a hard thing to

1280
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:48,720
Speaker 5: do right now. But I'd be getting breakfast on my own,

1281
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:52,880
Speaker 5: I begin I'd be getting those nice hotel foods.

1282
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:53,600
Speaker 9: Yeah.

1283
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,520
Speaker 2: I think if if it just comes to the point

1284
01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:58,000
Speaker 2: where he's like, you know, I would I would bring

1285
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 2: up like, hey, I feel like you're really just like

1286
01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 2: treating me like you don't want to hang out with

1287
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:04,400
Speaker 2: me at all.

1288
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:07,960
Speaker 9: So I'm gonna just do my own thing.

1289
01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:10,720
Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, have a great vacation still if you can

1290
01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:11,840
Speaker 5: and then.

1291
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:15,360
Speaker 2: Out, it just speaks to a larger issue.

1292
01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:19,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'd be so mad.

1293
01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:23,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, well it's yeah, he's just he's being a horrible partner. Yeah,

1294
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:28,920
Speaker 2: you know, being a very very childish, inconsiderate partner.

1295
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:31,320
Speaker 9: Let's finish the story.

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Speaker 2: Am I the a hole for expecting my husband to

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Speaker 2: break away and have a nice meal or just want

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01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:38,520
Speaker 2: to have one on one time with me for even

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Speaker 2: a tiny portion of this trip. I'm feeling a little

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Speaker 2: hurt still, and he completely doesn't understand why I would

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Speaker 2: anticipate any kind of devoted time or attention. He's even

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Speaker 2: thrown in the fact that he paid for the trip

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Speaker 2: and flight and that I didn't even try to plan

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Speaker 2: anything while we were there. These same people he was

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Speaker 2: obsessing over prioritizing did not do the same for him.

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Speaker 2: For context, his friends really loved me and we all

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Speaker 2: got along great. It don't intentionally mean to sound any

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Speaker 2: type of way about wanting alone time. I'm just a

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Speaker 2: bit more introverted, and six days straight of tequila and

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Speaker 2: being with new people felt quite tiring. This might be

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Speaker 2: our last trip together before he's away for work for

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Speaker 2: quite a while. Oh no, I don't think you're an

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Speaker 2: a hole, not at all. Is he like thinking so

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Speaker 2: so this six day trip? And maybe he's thinking like, oh, well,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna spend time alone after the wedding, because I'm

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Speaker 2: sure a lot of people are going to leave after

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Speaker 2: the wedding.

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Speaker 5: But regardless, even the fact that he left her to

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Speaker 5: get ready alone for the wedding is insane.

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Speaker 2: Didn't get ready for the wedding together day one literally

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Speaker 2: left you to get ready and like just ditched you

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Speaker 2: for an hour, Like I.

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Speaker 5: Don't know, it's just like he's not concerned about you

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Speaker 5: in the slightest.

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Speaker 2: He's fully regressed back to like college.

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Speaker 5: A yeah, and half the time he's with people he's

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Speaker 5: just meeting, not even his college buddies, like I.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it would be a big strain.

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Speaker 5: And you're still enjoying of their wedding.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I hope you still enjoyed that trip though.

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Speaker 5: I hope