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Speaker 1: My wife isn't who I thought she was. I want

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Speaker 1: to leave. She's a secret agent. Hello there, I twenty

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Speaker 1: one female and my twenty eight female ex wife recently divorced,

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Speaker 1: and boy do I have a story to share. So

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Speaker 1: I met my now ex wife back in twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 1: It was a whirlwind romance, as I had just recently

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Speaker 1: freshly single, while she was actually still in a serious

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Speaker 1: relationship herself with a man. But more on that later.

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Speaker 1: From this point forward, I refer to her as my ex.

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Speaker 1: S got a name for s. M said, name Sherry, Sherry. Sherry.

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Speaker 1: You give with that cherry Sherry baby, right, Sherry? It is,

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Speaker 1: by the way, this comes from Midnight Mistress. And if

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Speaker 1: r slash Okay story time subread it. So when we

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Speaker 1: first met, Sherry was a young woman in an extremely

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Speaker 1: rough living situation, start with the harmful ahole of a

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Speaker 1: as long as she was awake, meaning she was always

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Speaker 1: under the influence of something. We met via an app

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Speaker 4: That could have been too many fish or plenty of fish,

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Speaker 4: of many fish, probably too much fish out there.

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Speaker 1: When we first started talking, she expressed her frustration with

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Speaker 1: for a long time. She was absolutely gorgeous and kind

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Speaker 1: butterflies just after talking to her, but seeing she had

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Speaker 4: It's like as soon as she asked me to bring

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Speaker 1: Fast forward about a week, me and Sherry are spending

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Speaker 1: her and her boyfriend's relationship was in shambles and they

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you can imagine everything that happened afterwards. I

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Speaker 5: And my parents haven't told me about that stuff yet.

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Speaker 1: And so it was set. She woke up with her

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Speaker 1: My new job would also provide low cost health insurance

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Speaker 1: it seems like they've been together for how long? Like

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Speaker 1: maybe a year? Nine months?

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Speaker 4: But they went through all that getting her out of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that seems a little fast. Everything seems pretty fast.

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Speaker 1: She was clean, had it done substances in almost a year,

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Speaker 1: She was in a safe living environment, living her life

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Speaker 1: and rediscovering hobbies. So many positive things that had happened

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Speaker 1: Yeah, less than a year into the relationship and we

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Speaker 1: It was honestly one of the happiest moments of my life.

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Speaker 1: women getting married. Wow. I felt like such a victory

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Speaker 1: Over that time. We got through debt together, helping each

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Speaker 4: It seems like yeah, uh, growing together be good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I'm starting to really wonder. Yeah who

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Speaker 1: Her wife? Her? Yeah, I'm also.

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Speaker 5: Her wife is I'm not totally sure.

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Speaker 1: I totally forgot the title. I'm just like, everything's going good.

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Speaker 4: My wife's not who I thought she was. Is there

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Speaker 4: gonna be a new man in the mix? Mm?

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Speaker 1: Not a whoa man? Uh? Just a man?

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Speaker 5: Just a yeah, just a man.

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Speaker 1: We had dreams of moving somewhere new together and maybe

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Speaker 5: Well, you thought that was gonna be a little more interesting.

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Speaker 1: Dude, I thought it was gonna be like a rock

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Speaker 4: I think everyone learns how to play rock paper scissors

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Speaker 1: They're five, not the adult version.

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Speaker 5: Oh, definitely add dynam saying it.

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Speaker 5: Rock paper scissors dynamite.

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Speaker 1: I was raised by a single mother who was extremely

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Speaker 1: We've been growing strong as a couple, but we kind

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Speaker 4: You could be stable without being paycheck to paycheck.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm assuming that they're both working full time. They

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Speaker 1: may have like talk about let's save this much, let's

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Speaker 1: That's what's going on here.

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Speaker 4: Someone's got some funny money, and I wonder where it's going.

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Speaker 4: I wonder what kind of funny business it's funding.

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Speaker 1: Something we were starting to have issues with was our

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Speaker 1: During our early relationship, we had experimented in many ways together.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think she was starting to that all that

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Speaker 4: Well, I think this is something that should have been really,

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Speaker 5: Like of course, like that could influence that decision. But

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Speaker 4: And then but if you do get to a point

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Speaker 1: Near ready to get married. Yeah, they really. They rushed

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Speaker 5: A lot of gaps here.

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Speaker 5: It's something that can happen.

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Speaker 4: But the key is if you as soon as you

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Speaker 4: I don't know if this is gonna work.

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Speaker 1: All those years we've been married up to this point,

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Speaker 7: Because it's yeah right boy, with this confession, I was

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Speaker 1: She left things around the apartment that made it obvious

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00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:29,399
Speaker 1: she was already seeing someone lingerie beard oil and other people's.

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Speaker 5: Clothes, and you're just rubbing it in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, dude, So I immediately knew our pect had been broken.

442
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 1: Of course, how can I expect that she'd be trustworthy

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Speaker 1: after the biggest breach of trust had already occurred. When

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Speaker 1: I confronted Sherry with my knowledge as she was having

445
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: men over at the apartment, she somehow flipped the script

446
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,639
Speaker 1: on me made it seem like I was the encroaching

447
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Speaker 1: one on her happiness, that it was her choice on

448
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Speaker 1: how to be happy, and as she was shoesy this lifestyle.

449
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 1: Hence why she never apologized for into our marriage since

450
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Speaker 1: she was simply choosing another lifestyle and who was I

451
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Speaker 1: to stand in her way?

452
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Speaker 4: What an absolutely goober brained take to be like, Actually, morally,

453
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Speaker 4: I don't need to empathize with you just because you're

454
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Speaker 4: my ex wife. I'm actually gonna just like openly flaunt

455
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Speaker 4: the new people I'm I'm with now in front of you.

456
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Speaker 1: No respect at all, I see none.

457
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna care zero percent that we were married

458
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Speaker 4: for what eight years?

459
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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: Uh?

461
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Speaker 4: And actually yeah, and actually morally, I don't need to

462
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Speaker 4: be empathize. What a goober rock brain take.

463
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Speaker 1: This is one believable. I was officially out of the

464
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Speaker 1: apartment at this point. The management at the complex had

465
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Speaker 1: known us for a long time, and when I told

466
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 1: them the situation, they were very willing to let me

467
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Speaker 1: sign the lease over to her and relieve myself of

468
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Speaker 1: any current responsibility. And thank the goodness of the Gods,

469
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Speaker 1: since within a month of Lee, the management was contacting

470
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Speaker 1: Sherry to let her know rent was overdue. We had

471
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Speaker 1: never had overdue rent since once in the four years

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Speaker 1: we lived there. Pretty sure she actually ended up getting

473
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Speaker 1: evicted from that apartment. Shortly after we were separated. Our

474
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Speaker 1: small group of mutual friends was completely shocked by our separation.

475
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Speaker 1: A small amount of details I'd shared with them left

476
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Speaker 1: them gobsmacked, although some of them weren't actually too surprised.

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Speaker 1: One mutual friend even admitted that Sherry had tried to

478
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Speaker 1: kiss him recently and he felt extremely confused by the situation,

479
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 1: another fact that infuriating me but wasn't too surprising. I

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Speaker 1: now realized Sherry may have been going behind my back

481
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Speaker 1: for a while without my knowledge. Sherry was able not

482
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Speaker 1: only to lose her wife, but gain an almost immediate

483
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Speaker 1: boyfriend within all about him on's time, while I was

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Speaker 1: still crying over my perfect marriage being ruined, she was

485
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Speaker 1: having men over to the apartment regularly and even had

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Speaker 1: one move in with her, which I only knews since

487
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Speaker 1: I was still getting mail alerts for the old apartment.

488
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Speaker 1: It was at this point I knew, just like with

489
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Speaker 1: her last relationship, just like she'd been done with him,

490
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Speaker 1: he had punted her own wife to the curb to

491
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Speaker 1: jump into bed with someone new.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but that you know, it's been in the works

493
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Speaker 4: for a long time. At that point, I wouldn't even

494
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Speaker 4: give her like, well, she did it in a month.

495
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Speaker 4: It's like she's been doing.

496
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Speaker 5: It for months and months and months.

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Speaker 1: She was, Yeah, she was. She did this before you

498
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Speaker 1: lose them, how you get them?

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Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, it seems, you know, very suspect that

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Speaker 4: this This could be that I cut contact completely within

501
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Speaker 4: that first month, but then began the long process of

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Speaker 4: separating everything from her.

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Speaker 1: We didn't share a bank account, thank goodness, Oh wow,

504
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 1: thank you. I'm extremely careful with money and she isn't, thankfully.

505
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: But everything else, as far as insurance, electricity, phone bills

506
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 1: was both in our names. I immediately changed the electricity,

507
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: figuring if she was so determined she didn't need me anymore,

508
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: then I don't have to pay your bills. I immediately

509
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 1: find out she had a pass do notice on the electricity,

510
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 1: which I also paid in order to close the account.

511
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,639
Speaker 1: She also had a phone, which I paid for. I

512
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,159
Speaker 1: wanted her several times of the course of two months

513
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 1: that she wouldn't need to create her own phone account

514
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: and to continue paying for service, and she never complied,

515
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: so in the end, her phone was temporarily shut off.

516
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,640
Speaker 1: In the end, I paid well over six hundred dollars

517
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 1: for her in fees in order to get everything out

518
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: of both of our names. I never asked her for

519
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Speaker 1: a cent, seeing I knew she couldn't afford it and

520
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: just wanted all ties to be caught off at this point. Yeah,

521
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 1: sometimes you just got to pay a little extra to.

522
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Speaker 5: Be yeah with it, one hundred percent agree.

523
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Speaker 4: And it's this all of that just like again, I

524
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 4: think is more evident that she's just kind of like

525
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Speaker 4: a very flippant individual. Yeah, she's just like, oh wait, yeah,

526
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,120
Speaker 4: we just get married, right, whatever, We'll just do it

527
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Speaker 4: all right. It's like, well, yeah, oh what the the phone?

528
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 4: Yeah whatever. Everything is just yeah one.

529
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,640
Speaker 1: A time, dude. Yeah, Like I'm gonna go do this now,

530
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be with women. Now I'm gonna be with men.

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Speaker 1: I wonder what her.

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Speaker 4: Moment was after they you know, I mean she was

533
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 4: probably even before they were married.

534
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I wonder what it was the.

535
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 4: Moment where she was like, guys seem like a good option.

536
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,120
Speaker 4: Right now, She's probably been with guys this whole time, we're.

537
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 5: Like, maybe like talking with them, who know? I mean

538
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 5: seven years a long time could be.

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00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 1: I mean she was doing this, she almost kissed a

540
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: mutual friend.

541
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 5: A mutual friends not say anything thing so ridiculous.

542
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: We had been separated for well over six months when

543
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: I was still finding other bills that were in both

544
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,640
Speaker 1: of our names or had my bank account info attached

545
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: to them. This is entire time Sherry is sending me

546
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,439
Speaker 1: nasty text on how could I tree her this way?

547
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 1: And if I don't stop contacting her about stupid crap,

548
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: she'll block me. Our relationship had gone a complete one

549
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 1: eighty at this point. No longer was I the one

550
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: supporting her and helping her. Now she saw me as

551
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: the one standing in her way, so I quickly got

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Speaker 1: up boom. So back to the story now. As of

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Speaker 1: this day, we are one month divorced. The process was

565
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: longer than I wanted it to be, but in the end,

566
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 1: like with everything else, it was all up to me.

567
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: Despite Sherry's very adamant choice that she was never the

568
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: one that divorced me and this was her choice, I

569
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: end up being the one that had to go through

570
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Speaker 1: the courts and officially request a divorce. I feel like

571
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: she didn't even show up at the court. I paid

572
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: all the fees involved on my own and attended every

573
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Speaker 1: conference and hearing to drudge through this long process of divorce,

574
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Speaker 1: and all Sherry had to do was sign a dotted line.

575
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 5: Well, maybe I want to sign a solid line.

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Speaker 1: In reflection, I'm extremely upset with Sherry, and yet I

577
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: can still find some room in my heart to forgive her.

578
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 1: But the heartbreak she caused me will forever be left

579
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: to stain on my heart. I loved her more than

580
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: any person. She taught me patience, resilience, and loved me

581
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: more than anyone had ever before, and In the end,

582
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: she tore me apart completely and moved on as if

583
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: I was just another chapter in the book. So please

584
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: read it folk. Let me know what am I supposed

585
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: to think now? Oh my gosh, wait, WHOA, that's a

586
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: crazy question. I know this story was long winded, and

587
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: I apologize, but as a romantic sapphic in today's culture,

588
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: losing love like this is something most of us LGBT

589
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: folk here the most. I am doing exceptionally well now,

590
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: but still have a hard time sometimes thinking my future.

591
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: After experiencing the love I thought I'd never find and

592
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: then having it in like this, what else is left

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Speaker 1: for me?

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00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 7: Day?

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Speaker 4: Dude? I got like a I don't know if it's

596
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Speaker 4: a boot, I don't know what proverb it is, but

597
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Speaker 4: it's like, the pain you feel now is the happiness

598
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 4: you felt before?

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00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 5: Wow, that's the deal. It's you know, takes rain and

600
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Speaker 5: sunshine to make a rainbow.

601
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Speaker 4: Everyone's afraid of falling in love and then losing it.

602
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Speaker 1: It's just it's terrible.

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Speaker 5: It's horrible.

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Speaker 4: It's one of the great, unifying, terrible human experiences and

605
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Speaker 4: we all go through.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

607
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Speaker 4: You know, at the end of the day, I think

608
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Speaker 4: that while you love this person. Maybe they never really

609
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Speaker 4: reflected it back the way you think they did.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think a lot of people go through their

611
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Speaker 1: first love and it is devastating. They don't want to

612
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Speaker 1: lose it. I remember that I didn't want to lose it.

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Speaker 1: I didn't want to No one wants.

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Speaker 6: Them to do that.

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Speaker 1: But right now you're divorced, You're going through a horrible

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Speaker 1: breakup that you've been with someone for seven years. I

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Speaker 1: you to believe that you deserve love, because right now

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Speaker 8: to this country before, but had always wanted to go.

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Speaker 8: Now I had the opportunity to share my research with

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Speaker 8: other inspiring professionals. And and Bailey planned out the trip

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Speaker 8: for us and just relay the total amount we each

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Speaker 8: needed to pay.

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Speaker 3: This is where I messed up.

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Speaker 8: I thought I could trust their judgment in setting up

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Speaker 8: our travel plans. I should have asked for details when

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Speaker 8: we'd have time to eat and sleep, what the travel

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Speaker 8: protocols were during that time due to the VID.

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Speaker 3: So we sent out on the trip right off the bat.

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Speaker 8: I was super tired since we had a late night

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Speaker 8: flight and I can't sleep on planes.

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Speaker 3: The flight took about eight hours.

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Speaker 8: We were served a meal and I had brought snacks,

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Speaker 8: but by the time that we deborded and went to

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Speaker 8: our airbnb I was starving. However, we couldn't eat until

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Speaker 8: lunchtime because we had to check in first. That first night.

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Speaker 8: At our B and b, there were two queen beds

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Speaker 8: and a single bed. I was running on zero sleep

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Speaker 8: while everyone else had been able to sleep on the flight,

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Speaker 8: so I asked for the single bed, hoping to get

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Speaker 8: a bit more rest. Now this wasn't a legit bed,

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Speaker 8: more like a glorified lounging couch.

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Speaker 3: It had only a thin sheet and the place was

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Speaker 3: pretty cold.

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Speaker 8: We realized there were no extra blankets, so I spent

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Speaker 8: the night freezing.

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Speaker 1: My butt off.

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Speaker 8: The next day we presented at the conference and that

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Speaker 8: part went smoothly, but we had to spend one more

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Speaker 8: night at our cold B and B with no blankets

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Speaker 8: for me. Then we finally started touring, and again there

692
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Speaker 8: wasn't much time set aside for proper meals. Breakfast, lunch,

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Speaker 8: and dinner were rushed, and we barely had time to

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Speaker 8: stop for snacks. Since we had timed tours, we had

695
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Speaker 8: to check in on our schedule or risks missing them.

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Speaker 8: At this point I was running on little sleep, hardly

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Speaker 8: any food, and sheer exhaustion. Then we arrived at our

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Speaker 8: last B and B and discovered the hot water heater

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Speaker 8: had stopped working as soon as one of us went

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Speaker 8: to take a shower. The place was already small and cramped.

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Speaker 8: It was an old city, so I understood that the

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Speaker 8: water system might not be the best, but at this

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Speaker 8: point it was just another thing going wrong. Running on

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Speaker 8: no sleep, not enough food, and now unable to properly

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Speaker 8: clean myself.

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Speaker 3: I was emotionally breaking down. That's a lot to handle.

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Speaker 1: A lunch, cold shower, That's hard.

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Speaker 8: The night before our return flight, we all went to

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Speaker 8: bed early since we had to get up in time

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Speaker 8: to catch the only direct flight back to the US

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Speaker 8: that day. We woke up early and dropped off at

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Speaker 8: the airport, only to find out that it wasn't a

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Speaker 8: twenty four hour airport. And and Bailey, who had booked

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Speaker 8: the flight, didn't realize this, so we had to wait

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Speaker 8: an hour for it to open. When we finally went

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Speaker 8: to check in, they asked for our last VID test,

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Speaker 8: which had to be within the past twenty four hours.

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Speaker 8: None of us had taken one recently enough, so we

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Speaker 8: had to rush across the street to a small clinic

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Speaker 8: wait for that to open, and that was another hour wasted.

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Speaker 8: At this point, we were cutting it very close to

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Speaker 8: boarding time. And and Bailey, who planned the trip, went

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Speaker 8: in first for testing, then Kim, then me, then Casey.

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Speaker 3: As Casey and I were getting our tests.

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Speaker 8: And Bailey and Kim said that they were going to

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Speaker 8: the check and desk to tell the crew to wait

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Speaker 8: for us. Now I didn't like this one bit. When

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Speaker 8: you're in a foreign country, you're not supposed to separate

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Speaker 8: from your group, but I figured since I was still

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Speaker 8: with Casey, maybe it would be okay. Once we got

731
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Speaker 8: our results and rushed to the check and desk, no

732
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Speaker 8: one was there. Oh no, not the flight crew, not

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Speaker 8: our group members, no one. I frantically called Kim asked

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Speaker 8: where they were. She said that they were boarding the

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Speaker 8: flight and begging the crew to let us on. Now

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Speaker 8: I don't believe this for one second.

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Speaker 1: Wait what I don't know? Wait? Sorry, sorry.

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Speaker 8: Maybe they asked once, but I highly doubt that they

739
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Speaker 8: truly advocated for us. So here I was stranded in

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Speaker 8: a foreign country I had never been to, with only

741
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Speaker 8: one other person from our group. We had no clue

742
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Speaker 8: what to do or where to go. The help desk

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Speaker 8: told us that we needed to book a hotel for

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Speaker 8: the night since the next flight to the US wasn't

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Speaker 8: until the next day. We also had to buy new

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Speaker 8: last minute plane tickets, and we all know how expensive

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Speaker 8: those are, especially for international flights.

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Speaker 1: So where did they go? They went on the flight,

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Speaker 1: but there weren't the flight wasn't there.

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Speaker 3: That's because everyone was bording, so.

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Speaker 1: They sorry, I thought they were at the gate, and

752
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Speaker 1: they're like, they're at their wrong gate, and they're like,

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Speaker 1: what happened? Where is everyone?

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Speaker 8: No? I mean I guess, I mean that's kind of

755
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Speaker 8: what they're saying, is that like there's no like flight

756
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Speaker 8: crew everyone. But I think it's because everyone was literally

757
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Speaker 8: already on the plane, Like there were probably other people

758
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Speaker 8: at other gates there.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, they.

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Speaker 3: Didn't they didn't do whatever they could to stop them.

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Speaker 1: They just they just boarded. Shoot, what would you do?

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Speaker 8: Would you board the plane or would you wait for

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Speaker 8: your group, like have to go the next day with

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Speaker 8: your with the rest.

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Speaker 1: Of your group. Pens on how well I'm doing financially. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing so hot financially. Sorry, guys. Now, let's

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Speaker 1: say like it's a group of guys, yeah, and they

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Speaker 1: were in the wrong. I'm not gonna I'm be like, sorry, guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get on the flight. Yeah. But if it

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Speaker 1: was like you and Sophia left behind, yeah, and me

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Speaker 1: and other guy, I'd be like, we got to stay back.

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Speaker 1: We can't leave these girls here.

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Speaker 3: Thanks appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: That's that's my take on that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, man, poor planning, that's rough.

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Speaker 8: I had to drop one thousand, five hundred dollars on

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Speaker 8: a new ticket just to get home. On top of that,

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Speaker 8: I had to pay for a hotel near the airport

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Speaker 8: since we had to wake up early, get tested again

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Speaker 8: and our fight.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 8: I was a broke college student and had budgeted this

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Speaker 8: trip down to the scent. I had brought a little

784
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Speaker 8: extra money, but not enough to cover an emergency this big.

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Speaker 8: I had to charge my flight ticket and use the

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Speaker 8: last of my converted money for the hotel. I didn't

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Speaker 8: even have enough left for an uber, so we had

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Speaker 8: to walk five miles to the hotel while carrying our luggage.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, this whole thing is just such a mess.

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Speaker 1: That's a tank cake.

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Speaker 8: Thank god the hotel had meals included hot water and

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Speaker 8: cozy beds, Otherwise I would have lost it. The stress, exhaustion,

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Speaker 8: and lack of basic needs throughout the trip had already

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Speaker 8: pushed me to my breaking point. Once we got through

795
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Speaker 8: our layover on the new flight, I was finally able

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Speaker 8: to breathe and relax, knowing I was almost home. This

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Speaker 8: is where I asked myself would I be in a

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Speaker 8: hole for going low contact with my friend after all this?

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Speaker 8: On the one hand, I get it, buying another ticket

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Speaker 8: and staying an extra night is expensive.

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Speaker 3: And on the other hand, I thought we were good friends.

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Speaker 3: Who leaves their friends stranded in a foreign country they've

803
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Speaker 3: never been to. But I have another question.

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Speaker 8: It's gonna listen to all of our extra stories and

805
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 8: episodes with most stories just like this one.

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Speaker 3: What's the answer, Riley?

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00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: I don't know. Could it be you?

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00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 5: Could it be you?

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Speaker 3: I think it is.

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Speaker 8: Just go to Spotify, Apple podcasts, or iHeart Radio and search. Okay,

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Speaker 8: story time anyway, Uh back to you, Riley.

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Speaker 3: There's more to this story. You never on Riley, dude,

813
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Speaker 3: but there is more to this story.

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Speaker 8: But but what what what would what would you do?

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Speaker 1: Test?

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Speaker 3: See what words they use?

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Speaker 8: Would b B DI alverging low contact with their friend?

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Speaker 1: No, cause it's like, yeah, I would have not left them.

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Speaker 1: They're alone whenever you're getting your test. I understand you

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Speaker 1: were kind of that was what went wrong. They were

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Speaker 1: waiting on the test, right, and then they left.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty much.

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Speaker 1: I would go probably low contact and and then like

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Speaker 1: kind of step away and be like, all right, you

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Speaker 1: know my you know my guy, you know my girl. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you got my bag like that.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm really glad that she was not alone alone this.

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Speaker 8: I feel like with things like this, if like something

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Speaker 8: goes wrong, someone's planning something, I always have to like

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Speaker 8: think that I have to blame myself a little bit

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Speaker 8: at the same time, being like, well, I was also

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Speaker 8: going on this trip and like I was doing this,

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Speaker 8: and that I could have done the research into all

834
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Speaker 8: this too, you know.

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Speaker 5: What I mean?

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Speaker 8: Because do you remember it was she like she was

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Speaker 8: just like fully planning it herself.

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Speaker 1: I think she was fully planning it herself in a way. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know why miscommunication happened well of the group chat.

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Speaker 1: Talking to the group chat, yeah, I guess so.

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Speaker 8: Peter just said that she like trusted her friend and

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Speaker 8: that was that was mistake number one.

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Speaker 3: I think that's what she said.

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Speaker 1: Anyways, what happened next.

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Speaker 8: Kim also said that she tried to help me out

846
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Speaker 8: with the cost of the ticket, but that never happened,

847
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Speaker 8: not even five dollars.

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Speaker 3: Nothing.

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Speaker 8: That felt like the cherry on top of an already

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Speaker 8: crappy experience. My friends and family who know the full

851
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Speaker 8: story say, I'm not the a hole. They say it

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00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 8: was a terrible thing for him to do, and I

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Speaker 8: know if that's true, then Anne and Bailey are just

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Speaker 8: as bad. Some of their past behavior should have clued

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Speaker 8: me in that they were the best people to trust

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Speaker 8: with our travel plans. Hindsight is twenty twenty, I guess,

857
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Speaker 8: But what do you all think? Am I the a

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Speaker 8: hole for going low contact with my friend? For leaving

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Speaker 8: me behind in a foreign country?

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Speaker 1: The friend I hosted suddenly vanished along with my valuables.

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Speaker 3: Hosted or ghosted?

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Speaker 1: Am I right?

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00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 3: I guess?

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Speaker 1: Dude, freaking bars everyone looking for some advice and just

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Speaker 1: to tell this insane story. This all started at the

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Speaker 1: end of December when I invited some friends to celebrate

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Speaker 1: New Year's Eve with me and my boyfriend. Before we

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Speaker 1: go any farther, this story comes from one of our

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Speaker 1: very freaking owned no our sash Okay story. Some subrend

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Speaker 1: another one we planned a chill few days before the party.

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Speaker 1: By the way, this comes from Useful Platypus twenty seven

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Speaker 1: and if you want to submit your own stories, go

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Speaker 1: to the arsashow Okay story Tom Suburn, So, my friend

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Speaker 1: Lana and her boyfriend Tobias were coming. I met Lana

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Speaker 1: while backpacking in Easter Island, and she and Tobias are

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Speaker 1: the sweetest people. Since they've lived in another country, I

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Speaker 1: was really excited to see them. While making plans, another

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Speaker 1: backpacking friend, Alex, reached out on Instagram saying he was

879
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: coming to Europe since he'd be passing through the Netherlands.

880
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: I told him to stop by and mentioned our New

881
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: Year's Eve gathering. He got excited and wanted to join us.

882
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 1: The arrival disaster a couple of days before the New

883
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 1: Year's Eve party, Lana and Tobias arrived midday. We had

884
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: a great time catching up and walking around town. Meanwhile,

885
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: Alex messaged me that he was on his way from Germany,

886
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: where he had spent Christmas. He was supposed to arrive

887
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: that day around eight pm, but kept getting delayed. At

888
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: one point, he mentioned having some drinks, so I assumed

889
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: he might have fallen asleep on the train. I told

890
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,919
Speaker 1: him that if his phone passed away, he should meet

891
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: me in front of the Starbucks near the station. Meanwhile,

892
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: my boyfriend and I were enjoying a relaxed evening with

893
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: Lana and Tobias to pass board games and win Alex

894
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: kept being delayed at some point, and he would arrive

895
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: at one am. We made a quick phone call where

896
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: I asked if he minds walking to my place, which

897
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,720
Speaker 1: he said he didn't. Whilst we were getting ready for sleep,

898
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: we waited up for him. Ten minutes after his expected arrival,

899
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,760
Speaker 1: I texted him. No response. At won forty am, I called,

900
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 1: no answer. My boyfriend and I started getting worried, so

901
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 1: we hopped on our bikes to check the station. He

902
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,799
Speaker 1: was nowhere to be seen. We spent the next hour

903
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,399
Speaker 1: cycling around the city, asking people if they'd seen him,

904
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: checking the few places still open, not many since it

905
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: was Sunday. Nothing. Eventually, we headed home. I even called

906
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 1: the police just to check if he had ended up there.

907
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: At this point, we were both worried and really confused.

908
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: I barely slept that night. The next day still no

909
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:58,399
Speaker 1: sign of him. The next morning, Lana and Tobias, who

910
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,280
Speaker 1: didn't even know Alex, kept an eye out while exploring

911
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 1: the city. I called a few hotels and the Starbucks

912
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,479
Speaker 1: where he was supposed to meet me. No luck. Since

913
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: my boyfriend and I worked freelance, we tried to focus

914
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: on work, but I couldn't shake the unease. I started

915
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 1: thinking maybe he lost his phone and couldn't access Instagram.

916
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: I knew his last name, so I searched online and

917
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 1: actually found his parents' phone number and email, figuring he

918
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 1: might remember their number by heart. I left a message

919
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,359
Speaker 1: with my contacting foe and in case he reached out.

920
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: His parents didn't answer. By five pm, we decided to

921
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 1: go to the police to report it, mostly for our

922
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,840
Speaker 1: peace of mind. That evening, we tried to relax, playing

923
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 1: pool and cooking dinner. Then at eight pm I checked

924
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: my phone and Alex had sent me a follow request

925
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:42,839
Speaker 1: on Instagram. Interesting the strange excuse. Yeah, I immediately called him.

926
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: Turns out his phone broke on the train and he

927
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 1: had no idea what to do, So he arrived, looked

928
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 1: around for us, and then just booked a hotel. He

929
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 1: apologized and we were relieved that he was okay, But

930
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 1: in the back of my mind I was suspicious. It

931
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 1: just seemed like a weird situation. But I'm not buying this.

932
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 3: What do you think happened? Otherwise you get.

933
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: Set up, dude, set him up for something. I'm about it.

934
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:08,200
Speaker 1: I don't know.

935
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 8: I kind of it seems weird for sure, but like,

936
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:15,439
Speaker 8: I don't really know what else would have happened, Yan,

937
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 8: what do you think?

938
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 9: I don't know, Like, if you're traveling, I get it.

939
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 9: It's hard to communicate because you don't have like the

940
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 9: SIM card or you know.

941
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 6: Some thing's happen. It just happened to me. My phone

942
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,320
Speaker 6: got stolen while studying the road. It happens, and it sucks.

943
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:29,879
Speaker 3: That's good.

944
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 9: Yeah, you have people you can talk to and like, hey,

945
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 9: can I just measuree somebody or go on Facebook or

946
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 9: go on your Instagram for like a quick second. It

947
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 9: takes like three minutes to sign into your Instagram or

948
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 9: Facebook or whatever just to message somebody. So that was

949
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 9: kind of odd that he didn't do it immediately.

950
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's my take.

951
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 6: But also one day, that's okay.

952
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 9: You check the next day and if you don't get

953
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,320
Speaker 9: any messages, and then I would go to the police, agreed.

954
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, going to the police seems a little bit fast.

955
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 6: It was really quick. He gave it a day pretty much,

956
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 6: not even a day. You gave it like half a day. Yeah.

957
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: He finally showed up with his backpack, feeling bad about everything.

958
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 1: We said not to worry, and happy that we found him.

959
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 1: We had dinner, drank some wine, played board games. To

960
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: be honest, we all were after a good time and

961
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 1: at that point there was no reason to be annoyed

962
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: or to raise questions. We just give him the benefit

963
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 1: of the doubt and just had a good time. New

964
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: Year's Eve the disappearance. The next day, we planned to

965
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 1: visit a spa before the New Year's Eve party. In

966
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: the morning, I reminded Alex check out of this hotel

967
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,440
Speaker 1: and maybe by flip flops for the spa. I mentioned

968
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: that he could rent a robe as it was required.

969
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 1: Later he returned not with flip flops, but with a robe,

970
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: saying he bought it at a store. He mentioned that

971
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,439
Speaker 1: his girlfriend didn't have a robe, which he could give

972
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 1: the robe to her. Despite the weirdness, the next few

973
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:43,120
Speaker 1: days were fun. We spent eight hours out of spa.

974
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: At lunch and relaxed that evening, we ate traditional Swiss food.

975
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,320
Speaker 1: It was a nice mix of people from our different countries.

976
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: Me Dutch, Lonin Tobias German, and my boyfriend Leo Swiss,

977
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 1: Alex American. Alex mentioned a few times that he would

978
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 1: ship in for food and booze. As he drank a.

979
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 6: Lot hypical American. Typical typical American drinks a lot lot

980
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:02,839
Speaker 6: my right.

981
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,359
Speaker 1: When I was in Bali, there were Dutch and Germans there,

982
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,799
Speaker 1: and all my American friends were drinking way more than

983
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:08,840
Speaker 1: they were really.

984
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 6: Yeah, the Germans in the French did love me like

985
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 6: this guy's crazy.

986
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: I told him I'd appreciate it since we already bought

987
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 1: everything before he arrived. Your z eve was itself was great.

988
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 1: We danced all night, watched the fireworks, and got home

989
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:29,360
Speaker 1: around six am. The next morning. Leah took Lana and

990
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: Tobias to their car while I started cleaning the apartment.

991
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: At some point, Alex mentioned needing some alone time and

992
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 1: wanted to grab a coffee. I understood it had been

993
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: intense few days in the small apartment. Still, whilst we

994
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,720
Speaker 1: were talking a bit in the atmosphere was a little

995
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: awkward and I just couldn't pinpoint why it was strange.

996
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: He stood up and wanted to take his backpack. I

997
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: asked him, as he was coming back later, why not

998
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:52,359
Speaker 1: leave it here as it's a heavy and big bag,

999
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: and he told me he wanted to take it as

1000
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 1: it had his laptop in it. This caught me off guard.

1001
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: As he had already found on my website and could

1002
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: have reached to me sooner when his phone was broken. Mmmm,

1003
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: so things aren't adding up here.

1004
00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 3: Interesting. Interesting.

1005
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: We discussed that we would either visit Amsterdam for a

1006
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: night and then come back, or he would return later

1007
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:14,800
Speaker 1: that evening. He made plans for the next few days.

1008
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,439
Speaker 1: Still it was a little weird as he didn't even

1009
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: say bye to Leo, who was coming back anytime the

1010
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 1: vanishing nact. Later that day, Alex messed me that he

1011
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 1: would head to London earlier than expected and to be

1012
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: staying somewhere else that night. We said, cool, let's talk tomorrow.

1013
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: That's when things got weird. While doing laundry, I realized

1014
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: my new robe was missing. Alex's robe was still there.

1015
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: I messaged him asking if he had seen it, mentioned

1016
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: he forgot his robe and asked if he was coming back.

1017
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: No response, what why. Over the next few days I

1018
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 1: sent him another message, including a payment request for some

1019
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: of the food and booze and the spa around sixty euros.

1020
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: Still nothing. Me and Leo actually drove to the spa

1021
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: to check if it was there, but it wasn't. Weeks

1022
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,560
Speaker 1: past and I realized one of my sweaters was missing

1023
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: that I was sure was in the room, the living

1024
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: room where he stayed. I asked, but she said she

1025
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,280
Speaker 1: hadn't seen it. We had a phone call and agreed

1026
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,720
Speaker 1: it was strange. We hadn't heard from Alex at all. Leo, meanwhile,

1027
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 1: was getting increasingly annoyed at the lack of respect ghos

1028
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,120
Speaker 1: seeing us after making plans and not paying me back. Then,

1029
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: while cleaning my apartment before heading to Switzerland, I made

1030
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 1: another discovery. My analog camera was gone. This wasn't just

1031
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: any camera. It belonged to my late grandfather and still

1032
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,959
Speaker 1: had a full roll of film from a trip Leo

1033
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:26,919
Speaker 1: and I took to Tunisia.

1034
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:27,400
Speaker 3: Wow.

1035
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:29,959
Speaker 1: I had a long chat with Lana about this matter,

1036
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: and she feels sick about it. Oh my gosh, he

1037
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:39,240
Speaker 1: just took everything. Yeah, all of this, like valuable stuff gone. Dude.

1038
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 6: That's my travel tip.

1039
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 9: Whenever you can never trust anybody. M they could be

1040
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,640
Speaker 9: the coolest person and just have all your belongings.

1041
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, locked up.

1042
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,120
Speaker 6: That's why you bring locks on your one you travel.

1043
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1044
00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:53,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, that seems good truly.

1045
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 6: Espectually in like hostels or airbnb wherever you got.

1046
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure they didn't take the stuff, as I

1047
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 1: know and trusted them, and besides they were just that

1048
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: that kind of people. I traveled with Alana six countries

1049
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: and she really gets upset about this kind of stuff.

1050
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: But I do now. At this point, I had given

1051
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 1: Alex multiple chances to respond, including scene him in payment

1052
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 1: requests for about sixty euros. Honestly, the scooter rental and

1053
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,280
Speaker 1: extra costs from that night searching for him weren't cheap either,

1054
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 1: and I barely work that day. But the money isn't

1055
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: the main issue. It's the missing items and more than anything,

1056
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 1: the trust that's been broken. I think it's hard to

1057
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 1: assume he took my stuff, although on the other side,

1058
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,680
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1062
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:46,399
Speaker 1: That's one. Come on down, come on down, dang man,

1063
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: can you do anything? He's gone.

1064
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 6: There's no such like this.

1065
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 3: Is just yeah, it's kind of how it be when

1066
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,319
Speaker 3: you're traveling. I guess this is just hang man.

1067
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:58,400
Speaker 6: There's no such thing as like travel insurance. For this

1068
00:50:58,480 --> 00:50:59,520
Speaker 6: kind of thing that.

1069
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 1: They live at home. This is their home.

1070
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1071
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,840
Speaker 1: I know some people might say, why invite someone you

1072
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 1: didn't even know that well, but in the backpacking world,

1073
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,759
Speaker 1: there's a sense of mutual respect. You travel together, look

1074
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 1: out for each other. I let him into my home

1075
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,960
Speaker 1: was hospitable, and now I feel used. I don't know

1076
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,719
Speaker 1: what my next step should be. Should I confront him, should.

1077
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:18,960
Speaker 5: I let it go.

1078
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 1: I just feel bad that this whole situation has cast

1079
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,759
Speaker 1: a shadow over what was supposed to be a fun

1080
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 1: and meaningful reunion. Confront him and I mean, I know

1081
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: those pictures are gone. I'm really sorry about that part.

1082
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:33,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, the camera, I know.

1083
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 1: I would.

1084
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 5: I would.

1085
00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 3: I don't know though, because it's hard, like if they

1086
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:38,280
Speaker 3: don't see each.

1087
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 8: Other in person at all, then confronting him would just

1088
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 8: be like messaging him on whatever app and he's not

1089
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:44,799
Speaker 8: going to answer it exactly, So it's like I don't

1090
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 8: even know if that's going to do anything, you know. Yeah,

1091
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:52,360
Speaker 8: but it's really just kind of so crappy though. And

1092
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,400
Speaker 8: they were so worried about this guy, and they were

1093
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 8: like literally just worried about.

1094
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 3: His safety when he wasn't like talking to them.

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00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:04,279
Speaker 8: He's gone has to feel bad about that's so that's

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00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 8: so crappy.

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Speaker 1: He really is, Yeah, he is, But that's the end

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Speaker 1: My wife's best friend insulted me in my home, so

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00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:19,800
Speaker 1: I bandered.

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00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 3: You shall not pass.

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00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: Me and my wife got married a year ago. We

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00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:27,440
Speaker 1: both were in our early twenties. I love my wife

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00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,799
Speaker 1: very much. I do everything for her, take care of her.

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00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: I know she loves me, and I never feel a

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00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: shame for doing what my wife asked me to and

1109
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: as her husband, I feel like she's my responsibility and

1110
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:38,439
Speaker 1: it's my duty to take care of her. By the way,

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00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,279
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00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:47,279
Speaker 1: story times upbredd it. So her best friend BFF insulted me.

1114
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:50,400
Speaker 1: Her BFF visits us every few weeks, always did. We

1115
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 1: aren't close, but we do talk, not enough to be friends,

1116
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:56,480
Speaker 1: but me and my wife's BFF get out along. Two

1117
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 1: weeks ago. She came to spend time with my wife

1118
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,479
Speaker 1: After talking to my wife, she came to the living

1119
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 1: room and it was just me and her and my

1120
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: wife was cooking. We're watching the news, and long story short,

1121
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: we're arguing over politics. We went back and forth, and

1122
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:14,960
Speaker 1: she got angry bad and started getting old. My wife

1123
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:18,319
Speaker 1: came and so was arguing. BFF got so angry that

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00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,400
Speaker 1: she started insulting me. I didn't like that, but I

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00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:23,960
Speaker 1: kept it civil, but she started saying that I am

1126
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 1: a simp without a back boom. I always hid behind

1127
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 1: my wife and listen to her all the time, and

1128
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:30,800
Speaker 1: I'm weak. I don't know anything about the real world,

1129
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,359
Speaker 1: and I'm basically my wife's puppy who always listens to her,

1130
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:36,880
Speaker 1: so I should shut up and listen to my wife's command.

1131
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 1: I was angry, but I asked her to leave. She

1132
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,040
Speaker 1: said she's sorry for what she said, but I kept

1133
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:42,799
Speaker 1: asking her to leave. She looked at my wife, and

1134
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:45,239
Speaker 1: my wife just said, it's between you guys, and deal

1135
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 1: with it. I demanded she leaves right away, and she

1136
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,320
Speaker 1: finally left. I felt really bad for what she said,

1137
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 1: so I went to my wife to talk to her

1138
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 1: and asked her, if you think the way she thinks,

1139
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: my wife said ignore what her best friend said. I

1140
00:53:57,719 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: am not her puppy or anything like that. Her husband

1141
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 1: and she couldn't have found a better husband, and she's

1142
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 1: glad that I'm with her.

1143
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:06,879
Speaker 3: Ah, that's cute.

1144
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,439
Speaker 1: We both spent the night together and my wife said

1145
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: she'll talk to her friend and she will always be

1146
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,240
Speaker 1: on my side. But yesterday her best friend visited once again.

1147
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: She said she came to me to apologize. I politely

1148
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:20,879
Speaker 1: said that I'm currently still angry at her and it's

1149
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:23,520
Speaker 1: better if we do not escalate. What you said was

1150
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: extremely disrespectful. I love my wife, will always love her,

1151
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:28,719
Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean I'm a puppy, and for you

1152
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:32,040
Speaker 1: to consider me one is disgusting. She says she's extremely

1153
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:34,640
Speaker 1: sorry for what she said in her anger and didn't

1154
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 1: mean it. I asked her to leave. My wife simply

1155
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:39,839
Speaker 1: said it's between you both. Deal with it once again. Later,

1156
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: my wife said I should forgive her best friend and

1157
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: I should not think about whatever she said. And I

1158
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:48,799
Speaker 1: am her husband, so no matter whatever decision I make,

1159
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:52,640
Speaker 1: she will support me, always choose me over everything else,

1160
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:54,799
Speaker 1: and if I want to, she will ask her best

1161
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 1: friend to never come to her home again. Now I'm

1162
00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 1: thinking if I should forgive the best friend or ask

1163
00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:01,839
Speaker 1: my wife to cut her off or not allow her

1164
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,399
Speaker 1: in my house again. Am I the a hole?

1165
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,719
Speaker 8: I think it's an overreaction, A reaction. Yeah, I think

1166
00:55:07,719 --> 00:55:09,719
Speaker 8: you can be mad about it. You talked about it,

1167
00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 8: she apologized. It's not that bad.

1168
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 1: Like I don't know.

1169
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,440
Speaker 8: I don't really like the thing about like you know,

1170
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:20,920
Speaker 8: you'll choose your partner over absolutely everything else in your life.

1171
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 1: Love you, Riley, but like.

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00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:29,640
Speaker 8: You know, run that back, But like you know, I think,

1173
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 8: I don't know. I've just been in a situation where,

1174
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:35,239
Speaker 8: like an X of mine got mad at something that

1175
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,239
Speaker 8: my friend did, and it was he got way too

1176
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:42,520
Speaker 8: mad at it, and I think it I didn't agree

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00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 8: with him, but I kind of had to. I don't

1178
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,240
Speaker 8: know it was it was a it was a weird situation.

1179
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:50,360
Speaker 8: But I've been in her shoes. If OP were to

1180
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 8: be like no, no, she can never come back. I've

1181
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,759
Speaker 8: been in the like wife's shoes and it's not fun.

1182
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:57,680
Speaker 1: So don't do that.

1183
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:01,200
Speaker 8: So I think it's not that big of a get

1184
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,239
Speaker 8: over it. Maybe it's gonna be weird around her, and

1185
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 8: if it still is, then you can talk about that again,

1186
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,880
Speaker 8: but I think to have her never come back because

1187
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 8: she called you a simp and a puppy.

1188
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 3: It's like, come on.

1189
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:14,160
Speaker 1: Come on, come us. It's not even that Porsche.

1190
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:16,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, like, that's not even insult.

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00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,600
Speaker 1: She did hit your manhood, but how strong is your

1192
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:21,920
Speaker 1: manhood if you're gonna let this stop you from being friends?

1193
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 3: Exactly exactly update.

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00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:27,440
Speaker 1: After my wife's best friend called me a puppy, I

1195
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:29,600
Speaker 1: was very angry at her friend. Normally I would have

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00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:32,080
Speaker 1: forgiven her, but I do not feel comfortable about the

1197
00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 1: fact I was insulted. If it was a joke, I

1198
00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:36,360
Speaker 1: wouldn't have cared so much about it. I decided to

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00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,040
Speaker 1: talk to my wife and sure what I think with her.

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00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:39,799
Speaker 1: I told her that I want to discuss and share

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00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:41,680
Speaker 1: what I feel with her. She sat me down. She

1202
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: said I should tell her everything I feel. I was blunt.

1203
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: I didn't try to sugarcoat it. I said I do

1204
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:47,840
Speaker 1: not like what her best friends said. I do not

1205
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,320
Speaker 1: like being called names. I am not your obedient puppy.

1206
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: I'm your husband, and I listened to you and do

1207
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,560
Speaker 1: everything you ask for because you are my wife and

1208
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,640
Speaker 1: it's my responsibility to take care for you, to listen

1209
00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:00,680
Speaker 1: to you and give you whatever you need. That's cute.

1210
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:05,440
Speaker 1: No puppy, that seems a little over the top to me,

1211
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,239
Speaker 1: but the way I'm doing it. Or this guy no,

1212
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 1: that guy. Yeah, yeah, I agree. But if your best

1213
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,719
Speaker 1: friend thinks of me like this, that she would call

1214
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 1: me your puppy, that was an insult over a pointless

1215
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 1: political argument. I fear what your other friends might be

1216
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 1: thinking about me, because what she thinks is what everyone thinks.

1217
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 1: If everyone's making fun of me for treating my wife right,

1218
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 1: doing everything that is needed for her, I will just

1219
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,480
Speaker 1: stop listening to you and thinking of you all the time.

1220
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 1: If hugged me and said she didn't know that I

1221
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 1: was thinking this way, and said there's nothing wrong or

1222
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,200
Speaker 1: to be ashamed of for a man to listen to

1223
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 1: his wife. She said that I'm not her puppy, but

1224
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:37,800
Speaker 1: her husband, and she couldn't have found a better husband

1225
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: than me. She hugged me and kissed me and says

1226
00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:41,560
Speaker 1: she will talk to her best friend and all of

1227
00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:43,680
Speaker 1: our friends, and if I want to not to allow

1228
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:45,600
Speaker 1: them in our home, she'll ask them not to come

1229
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: over anymore. Wife, don't give them this, don't give them

1230
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 1: in because what is he gonna take a mile? That's right,

1231
00:57:54,360 --> 00:58:00,320
Speaker 1: that's right. Yeah, I can't clap. I've got your gosh, dude,

1232
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 1: that's ah. That just ah.

1233
00:58:03,440 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 3: Like, listen, look out for number one. Make space for

1234
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 3: your friends, guys.

1235
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:09,560
Speaker 1: You're right.

1236
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,520
Speaker 8: I know it's your husband. I know that's different when

1237
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,080
Speaker 8: you have a family and stuff. But like, they're not

1238
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,720
Speaker 8: the most important thing in the world. Okay, you are,

1239
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:19,439
Speaker 8: you are, and if you want your friends, you want friends,

1240
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:20,120
Speaker 8: keep them around.

1241
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 1: Oh wait wait, I said, that's not necessary. Oh there

1242
00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:27,240
Speaker 1: you go. Great, great, I said. I just feel extremely

1243
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:29,520
Speaker 1: bad about what she said, and I wonder if she,

1244
00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,040
Speaker 1: along with everyone of our friends, thinks of me as

1245
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 1: your dog. Do not want to lose your friends and

1246
00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 1: live a restricted life. All your friends are welcome to

1247
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 1: our house, but ask your BFF to remain distance from

1248
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:42,760
Speaker 1: me with a limited contact for now, because I'm still

1249
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,120
Speaker 1: angry at her. Oh, I've said, she will make sure

1250
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,640
Speaker 1: that I will never get insulted again. And she asked

1251
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,080
Speaker 1: me if I would treat her differently, said I won't.

1252
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:52,640
Speaker 1: I love you and you are my whole world, So

1253
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:54,720
Speaker 1: no matter what you ask of me, I will always

1254
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:57,680
Speaker 1: try to do my best to feel your desire because

1255
00:58:57,720 --> 00:59:00,760
Speaker 1: you're my wife. My wife immediately hugged me and kissed

1256
00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:03,400
Speaker 1: me again, and she said she's glad that I'm still

1257
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:05,960
Speaker 1: thinking of her and she will fix it all. She's

1258
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,200
Speaker 1: glad that I still think of her even when I'm hurt.

1259
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:11,120
Speaker 1: What we did is not relevant, but I'm glad and

1260
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 1: my wife is still thinking of me and my best

1261
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 1: interests cares for me. Update two.

1262
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 5: Excuse me, I'm sorry. What we did is not relevant.

1263
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:21,920
Speaker 3: You know what, Maybe it was right.

1264
00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 8: I think you are simpf You are simp and you're

1265
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:26,480
Speaker 8: a silly little puppy.

1266
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: Maybe she was Read update two, posting for advice and

1267
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,120
Speaker 1: more perspective over my situation. For those of you who

1268
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:35,840
Speaker 1: don't want to read my previous posts, Jildir is I

1269
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,880
Speaker 1: had a huge argument with my wife's best friend over politics.

1270
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,120
Speaker 1: He got so heated that she started getting angry at

1271
00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 1: me and called me my wife's puppy and she doesn't

1272
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 1: care about my opinion because I'm a puppy. I victored

1273
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,960
Speaker 1: her out and discussed it with my wife. Anyway, in

1274
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:50,840
Speaker 1: the beginning, I didn't care about it. I was hurt,

1275
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:52,840
Speaker 1: but I didn't want to hurt my wife's feelings. I

1276
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:55,640
Speaker 1: thought that I was a man and I should always

1277
00:59:55,640 --> 00:59:58,080
Speaker 1: think about my wife and put her first, But deep

1278
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,919
Speaker 1: down felt bad and fell amiliate and kind of did

1279
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:04,000
Speaker 1: care not just buy my wife's best friend's words, but

1280
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 1: also the comments on my post. No more people are

1281
01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:08,959
Speaker 1: coming after you?

1282
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 8: What?

1283
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:10,720
Speaker 5: Oh?

1284
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:15,880
Speaker 8: No, do just get your wife to shut everyone up?

1285
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:17,520
Speaker 1: How can they not see?

1286
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 8: Oh my gosh, Oh, I'm just a manic just really

1287
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:22,920
Speaker 8: cares about his wife.

1288
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:26,120
Speaker 1: A few weeks ago after the incident, I told my

1289
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 1: wife that her friend or any of her close friends

1290
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 1: is not allowed in our house. My wife asked me

1291
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 1: to understand why I wouldn't allow her best friend in

1292
01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:36,280
Speaker 1: our house. She doesn't understand why her other close friends

1293
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,680
Speaker 1: aren't allowed. Your other close friends might call me the

1294
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:43,920
Speaker 1: puppy too, or even worse, a small little kitten. Now

1295
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:45,520
Speaker 1: I can't allow that happened.

1296
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:48,840
Speaker 5: This guy's yapping his way out of a marriage right now.

1297
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: I don't know she might like this. I see, I

1298
01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: see a little dommy mommy, and she's like, it's okay,

1299
01:00:55,120 --> 01:00:57,160
Speaker 1: so good, it's okay, little thim mommy.

1300
01:00:57,240 --> 01:00:57,479
Speaker 2: Dear.

1301
01:00:57,640 --> 01:01:00,640
Speaker 1: I told her she redisrespected me and your other friends

1302
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:03,080
Speaker 1: also might be thinking of me as a puppy. I'm

1303
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:05,240
Speaker 1: your husband, not a puppy or a dog or whatever.

1304
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:08,200
Speaker 1: And I'm super pissed about this disrespect, which got me

1305
01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: wondering what they might have been talking about behind my back.

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Speaker 1: My wife said she understands, and if I don't want

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Speaker 1: them in our house, then consider it done. I come first.

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01:01:17,680 --> 01:01:19,840
Speaker 1: She loves that I listened to her and put her

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01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:22,880
Speaker 1: before anything and everything else, and unless I am okay

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01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:26,360
Speaker 1: with allowing them in our house, they won't be visiting us.

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01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 1: She asked me to never change and said she's willing

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01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:31,959
Speaker 1: to lose everything, but not me. I should always listen

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01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,720
Speaker 1: to her and she will do the same. After we

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01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:37,280
Speaker 1: discussed and agreed on not letting her best friend in

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01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:40,480
Speaker 1: our house and lived happily, my wife two days ago

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01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:42,080
Speaker 1: ask me I come down to talk to her best

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01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:44,800
Speaker 1: friend and she truly regrets what she said and wants

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01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 1: to apologize. I refused and said I don't want to

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Speaker 1: ever talk to her. I mean the fifth grade now

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01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:55,320
Speaker 1: here me and it's better we stay away from each other.

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Speaker 3: Ah, this is crazy.

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01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:00,920
Speaker 1: I don't want anyone in my life disrespects me in

1323
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 1: my own house, and especially in front of my own

1324
01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:05,560
Speaker 1: wife said, it's better if we put this whole situation

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01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 1: behind us and start fresh. I asked her if she's

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01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:12,640
Speaker 1: on my side or her friends. She says, she's with me,

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01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:15,440
Speaker 1: but it's better if we reconcile and get along. And

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01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:17,880
Speaker 1: her best friend is willing to beg for my forgiveness.

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Speaker 3: Beg I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: I come, and guys, we beg you to go to

1331
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:29,280
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1332
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 1: and there we will please you with plenty of stories.

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01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:35,400
Speaker 1: Please press on one of them and listen.

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01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, go do that. Well, I lose my absolute mind

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01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:40,280
Speaker 3: over here.

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Speaker 1: Well, I've said she won't force me, and it's upon

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01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:44,440
Speaker 1: me if I want to forgive her best friend or

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01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:46,520
Speaker 1: even talk to her. But she would prefer if we

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01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:48,440
Speaker 1: got along, and she doesn't want to lose me, and

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01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:50,520
Speaker 1: she is glad that she has found a husband like me,

1341
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:53,440
Speaker 1: and whatever my decision is, she will agree and begged

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01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:56,000
Speaker 1: me not to change because of what others said about me.

1343
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:58,640
Speaker 1: Now I'm wondering if I should forgive her best friend

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01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:01,400
Speaker 1: and allow her and my wife's other friends in our

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01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:04,000
Speaker 1: house for my wife's sake. I think I might be

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01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 1: uncomfortable for which is why she's bringing it up. Not

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01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,560
Speaker 1: allowing her friends in our house might be stressing her,

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01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:12,720
Speaker 1: but it will stress me if I constantly see the

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01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 1: person who disrespected me in my house and my wife

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Speaker 1: allowed it