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<v Speaker 1>People who walked in on their significant other cheating, How

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<v Speaker 1>did you whip their sorry? A story one. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to see my girlfriend one day and her roommate let

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<v Speaker 1>me in. Looking confused, She said, I thought you were

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<v Speaker 1>here already. Then I heard noises coming from my girlfriend's room.

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<v Speaker 1>I got really pissed off and stormed in, ready to

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<v Speaker 1>beat the crap out of him. But when I kicked

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<v Speaker 1>the door in, the guy jumped off of her, and

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<v Speaker 1>I swear his fully up and strong dong couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>been bigger than a sharpie. It stopped me dead in

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<v Speaker 1>my tracks. So I started laughing, softly at first, then

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<v Speaker 1>harder until I was cackling like a damn hyena. I

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<v Speaker 1>was doubled over, pointing at this guy's dong and laughing

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<v Speaker 1>and yelling at her through hysterics. Seriously, I grabbed my

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<v Speaker 1>phone charger I had come back for, took one last

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<v Speaker 1>look at them, then started laughing again. As I left.

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<v Speaker 1>My now ex girlfriend runs out in a towel, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>let me explain and all that crap. I have no

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<v Speaker 1>idea how my brain connected this, but I look at

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<v Speaker 1>her continue laughing and yell, I've smoked cigarettes bigger than

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<v Speaker 1>that and open the door and walk out. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>as soon as I got back to my car, my

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<v Speaker 1>reaction went from uncontrollable laughter to sobbing and screaming. But

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<v Speaker 1>I got the satisfaction of not letting her see it.

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<v Speaker 1>There are two great ps to the story, though. First,

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<v Speaker 1>her roommate called me a few days later saying she

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<v Speaker 1>had fought with my ex for cheating on me. Two

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<v Speaker 1>days later, while the X was at work, I banged

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<v Speaker 1>her roommate on her bed. Second, many years later, the

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<v Speaker 1>word reached me that my ex was marrying this guy

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<v Speaker 1>and their wedding was forthcoming. I ordered to grow your

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<v Speaker 1>own Dong bachelorette novelty toy on Amazon and had it

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<v Speaker 1>sent as a wedding gift from a made up name

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<v Speaker 1>to her mother's house. No word on if they got it.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we continue, do us a quick favor. Smash that

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<v Speaker 1>I had my suspicions that my boyfriend was cheating on

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<v Speaker 1>me for a while, but I never had any proof.

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<v Speaker 1>I had access to his phone and laptop, and I

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<v Speaker 1>never saw anything out of the ordinary. But my boyfriend

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly was going out all the time, saying it was

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<v Speaker 1>just him and the boys, so I couldn't come, and

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<v Speaker 1>if I really trusted him, it shouldn't be an issue.

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<v Speaker 1>He also stopped being intimate with me, claiming he was

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<v Speaker 1>too tired or not in the mood. I tried confiding

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<v Speaker 1>in my best friend about this, asking for her advice

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<v Speaker 1>on what to do. She said that he would never

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<v Speaker 1>do that to me because he loves me too much,

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<v Speaker 1>and that I'm being paranoid. I should be thankful that

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<v Speaker 1>I have him in my life. I tried to listen

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<v Speaker 1>to her advice, but it was just too much. He

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<v Speaker 1>was always going out, coming home late, and never answered

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<v Speaker 1>my texts or calls. So we had a huge fight

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<v Speaker 1>where I basically begged him to just ease my anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>and tell me where he goes, or at least answer

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<v Speaker 1>my texts so I don't have to worry. But he

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<v Speaker 1>said that I was being jealous and controlling. So I

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<v Speaker 1>left our apartment. I didn't grab anything, I just ran

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<v Speaker 1>out because I couldn't stand it anymore. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how much time passed, maybe two hours, as I was

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<v Speaker 1>just walking around the city trying to cool down before

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<v Speaker 1>I got home. That's when I walked in on my

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend vigorously testing the mattress with my best friend right

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of my living room on a couch

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<v Speaker 1>that I bought. They didn't notice me right away, but

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<v Speaker 1>when they did, the shit show ensued. I started screaming

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<v Speaker 1>at both of them as I cried my eyes out.

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<v Speaker 1>My best friends said nothing as they both quickly put

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<v Speaker 1>on clothes, but my boyfriends started defending them. He said

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<v Speaker 1>that they were in love and had been for the

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<v Speaker 1>last year, but they didn't want to hurt me, so

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<v Speaker 1>they tried to hide it. That it's my fault for

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<v Speaker 1>being so sad and depressed, so it's natural that my

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend went to seek solace somewhere else. My best friend

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<v Speaker 1>was also sick of me always being sad, apparently my

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend's words. She said nothing the entire time, and they

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<v Speaker 1>bonded over that and realized they could give each other

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<v Speaker 1>whatever I wasn't providing them. They wanted to tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>but didn't want my depression to get worse. I just left.

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<v Speaker 1>I spent the night at coffee shop until they closed,

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<v Speaker 1>and then all night just wandering outside, feeling I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have anywhere to go, as I normally go to my

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<v Speaker 1>best friends, but that wasn't an option. Now. My best

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<v Speaker 1>friend texted me and called me a bunch of times

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<v Speaker 1>trying to say sorry. I guess I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>know when and how, because I texted her back asking

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<v Speaker 1>for the full story. She that my boyfriend over exaggerated.

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<v Speaker 1>They were not in love. They were just banging, as

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<v Speaker 1>if that makes it so much better. She explained everything.

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<v Speaker 1>They slept together after getting wasted. I asked her when,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was during my birthday after I had gone

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep. They promised never to tell me and never

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<v Speaker 1>do it again, but the tension between them was just

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<v Speaker 1>too much to ignore, so they would hook up at

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<v Speaker 1>her place every Tuesday and Friday when he claimed he

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<v Speaker 1>was with the boys. I asked if they ever did

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<v Speaker 1>it in my own home and she said yes, any

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<v Speaker 1>time I had to pull over time at my job,

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<v Speaker 1>she would go to my house and bang my boyfriend.

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<v Speaker 1>But she said they would never do it in my

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<v Speaker 1>bed because she couldn't do that to me. Like what

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<v Speaker 1>she said. She was really sorry, but thought I should

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<v Speaker 1>know that she wasn't the only girl he was banging with.

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<v Speaker 1>She said he has a second phone to set up

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<v Speaker 1>all the hookups, which is why he didn't care if

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<v Speaker 1>I was on his phone or laptop. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what to do. It's been about a week

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<v Speaker 1>since that happened, and I've only been home once to

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<v Speaker 1>grab my essentials, and I've been staying in a hotel.

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<v Speaker 1>My boyfriend has not contacted me once, which shouldn't matter,

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<v Speaker 1>but it still hurts like hell. It's been so hard

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<v Speaker 1>to drag myself out of bed to go to work.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to leave this hotel room. I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to curl up on the bed and never move again.

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<v Speaker 1>Story three. I was married for about five years. I

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<v Speaker 1>walked in on my wife and a coworker on the

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen floor. All three of us worked together, just to

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<v Speaker 1>be clear. She worked graves and I worked days at

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<v Speaker 1>the time, and Saturday morning was a time when many

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<v Speaker 1>of our coworkers would hit the bar that happened to

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<v Speaker 1>be behind our house. I remember seeing someone else's car

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<v Speaker 1>in the driveway and assume someone likely a female, had

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<v Speaker 1>crashed to avoid drunk driving. I remember opening the door

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<v Speaker 1>super quietly not to wake anyone, and experiencing something I

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<v Speaker 1>was not prepared for. The First thing I heard was

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<v Speaker 1>a rapid squishing sound accompanied by the moaning of my wife.

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<v Speaker 1>This was quickly followed by a strong smell. I see

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<v Speaker 1>them clear as day on the kitchen floor. I am

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<v Speaker 1>not noticed until I closed the door and greet them

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<v Speaker 1>with a friendly what the actual heck? It's difficult to

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<v Speaker 1>even begin to explain what that does to you. I

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<v Speaker 1>realize it's unfortunately not all that uncommon to experience cheating,

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<v Speaker 1>but to walk in on it, especially when you are married,

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<v Speaker 1>is a life changing experience. I did not react the

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<v Speaker 1>way I would have imagined I would. I simply felt nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>My actions became autonomous. Told the fellow to get out now, repeatedly,

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<v Speaker 1>as he insisted on apologizing and asked me to hit him.

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<v Speaker 1>After several warnings, I threatened to get my gun, as

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<v Speaker 1>I felt as if that was what you were expected

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<v Speaker 1>to do. Eventually, he left only after my wife told

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<v Speaker 1>him to leave. I calmly went to the bedroom to

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<v Speaker 1>remove my suit and get into something more comfortable, as

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<v Speaker 1>my wife remained in the kitchen, still lying on her

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<v Speaker 1>back covering her face. I left and immediately drove to

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<v Speaker 1>a nearby apartment complex and called my boss, who is

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<v Speaker 1>a good friend. As I was leaving, I saw the

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<v Speaker 1>other guy in my driveway, but I didn't give a crap.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to get away. After telling my boss

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<v Speaker 1>slash friend everything, I began the application process for an

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<v Speaker 1>apartment not even two hours after discovering the two Because

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<v Speaker 1>of the nature of the incident, since my wife was

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<v Speaker 1>the boss of the guy she was sleeping with, there

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<v Speaker 1>had to be an investigation. I didn't intend for there

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<v Speaker 1>to be an investigation. I just wanted someone to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to less than twenty four hours later. Because some people

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<v Speaker 1>on the committee can keep their mouths shut. Every single

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<v Speaker 1>person I knew found out. It was a horrific experience

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<v Speaker 1>that I am fairly certain has scarred me yet strengthened

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<v Speaker 1>me for life. But I made the mistake of giving

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<v Speaker 1>her a second chance about two months later. It lasted

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<v Speaker 1>about a month before we set separated and I filed

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<v Speaker 1>for divorce. Don't ever give someone who cheated a second

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<v Speaker 1>chance in a monogamous relationship. Ever. Cheating occurs when one

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<v Speaker 1>selfish desires exceed their compassion and respect for their partner. Period.

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<v Speaker 1>You owe it to yourself to cut them out of

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<v Speaker 1>your life like a cancer, even if they become a

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<v Speaker 1>better person. Afterwards, it's simply not worth it for you.

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<v Speaker 1>The emotional turmoil is surreal. For a while, I would

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<v Speaker 1>break down crying any time I saw the color orange.

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<v Speaker 1>She was wearing orange when I caught her. I chose

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<v Speaker 1>to welcome the single life and to numb the pain

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<v Speaker 1>with a large amount of booze. Time is a beautiful thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Eventually I came to my senses and stopped drinking and

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<v Speaker 1>started to progress to a constructive life. I did the

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<v Speaker 1>classic stuff. I hit the gym, became the strongest I

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<v Speaker 1>have ever been in my life. To coincide with the

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<v Speaker 1>strength I wanted to develop mentally and emotionally, resumed college

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<v Speaker 1>and got a new job. It's been a few years,

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<v Speaker 1>but I like the direction I am going. I have

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<v Speaker 1>more self respect than I have ever had in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a wonderful woman in my life who is

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<v Speaker 1>a great support and compliments my personality. I lost a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of friends for various reasons, but I am building

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<v Speaker 1>new relationships. I occasionally struggle with trust issues as well

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<v Speaker 1>as anxiety, but it's getting better. Trust me on this

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<v Speaker 1>though it was hard and it still is on occasion,

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<v Speaker 1>but you will learn a lot about yourself. Story four.

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<v Speaker 1>I first met my wife when I was studying abroad

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<v Speaker 1>in China. We dated briefly over there and kept in

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<v Speaker 1>touch online when I returned home. Eventually, the two of

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<v Speaker 1>us got married and she moved out here to the

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<v Speaker 1>States with me. Occasionally her family came to visit. Four

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<v Speaker 1>years into the relationship, I catch her with her brother

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<v Speaker 1>in bed. I didn't know what the heck to think.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a weird cultural thing? Is this guy even

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<v Speaker 1>her brother? I got angry, yelled at her, stormed out

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<v Speaker 1>for the night, and crashed at my friend's apartment. I

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<v Speaker 1>went to work the next day and came back home

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<v Speaker 1>while she was still at school. The guy was already gone.

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<v Speaker 1>I checked her MacBook, where her Skype and email accounts

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<v Speaker 1>were still logged in. That's when I discovered the man

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<v Speaker 1>was actually her husband. The money we thought we were

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<v Speaker 1>sending to help her parents was actually going to him

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<v Speaker 1>and her kids. Story five. This girl was staying at

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<v Speaker 1>my house for a bit. She had family issues and

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<v Speaker 1>never wanted to go home. We'll call her Erica. Every night,

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<v Speaker 1>Erica would start crying when we were heading to bed,

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<v Speaker 1>and my boyfriend and I would stay up for hours

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<v Speaker 1>I kicked her out. My boyfriend really didn't like it,

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<v Speaker 1>and the bedroom door was closed. I opened the bedroom

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<v Speaker 1>door and he and the girl were unclothed in bed together,

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't what it looked like. She was keeping him warm

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<v Speaker 1>since he had a fever. What an amazing excuse. She

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<v Speaker 1>I told him he'd better have his stuff out by

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<v Speaker 1>He broke into my apartment three days later to leave

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<v Speaker 1>flowers and a note. I was twenty years old and dumb,

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<v Speaker 1>so I took him back. We stayed together for two

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<v Speaker 1>The whole time we were there, he was unhappy and

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<v Speaker 1>Eventually he came to me and told me his mom

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<v Speaker 1>He got home and never called to say he landed,

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<v Speaker 1>or was safe or anything. After a couple of weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>I got hold of one of his friends who said

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<v Speaker 1>female friends from Oregon started calling asking me to get

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<v Speaker 1>him to leave them alone. He was trying to hit

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<v Speaker 1>on my friends. I told them that jerk wasn't my

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<v Speaker 1>tell him I was going to take the two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>he calls back says he gave that number for job

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<v Speaker 1>applications and I can shut it off. I did anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm engaged to a reasonable human being whom I

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<v Speaker 1>love and have been with for five years. My ex

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<v Speaker 1>is married, lives with his parents, and is still sleeping

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<v Speaker 1>with Erica. On the side, Erica married a trans girl

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<v Speaker 1>who impregnated Erica almost immediately all those years ago. Story six.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband cheated on me with his fit and skinny

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<v Speaker 1>Jim friend. I came home from work early. I'm an

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<v Speaker 1>female sneakers in the garage that weren't mine. At that point,

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<v Speaker 1>I sort of already knew what I'd be walking into.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband has recently become very fit and has been

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<v Speaker 1>She's beautiful and thin and everything I am not, which

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<v Speaker 1>instantly made me feel horrible, so I talked to him

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<v Speaker 1>about it. He encouraged me to build my confidence and

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<v Speaker 1>reassured me he loved me and would always be loyal

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<v Speaker 1>to me. I walked into the laundry room from the

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<v Speaker 1>garage and sort of tiptoed around the house before going upstairs,

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<v Speaker 1>and yea, they were shagging in our bed, with a

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<v Speaker 1>framed picture from our wedding above the nightstand next to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I silently left the room and got back in my

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<v Speaker 1>get food and just sat in my car crying. Since

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<v Speaker 1>it's now almost one am. I walked in on them

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<v Speaker 1>at seven pm and I've returned to the hospital. He

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<v Speaker 1>called me asking why I wasn't home, and I told

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<v Speaker 1>him my shift is extended. But in reality, I'm lying

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<v Speaker 1>in one of the on call rooms bawling my eyes

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<v Speaker 1>out as I type this, I feel so worthless and

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<v Speaker 1>ugly and stupid. I don't even know how to proceed.

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<v Speaker 1>On one hand, I want to divorce him and never

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<v Speaker 1>see him again. But on the other hand, I'm an

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<v Speaker 1>ugly woman. It's not like I can do better. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel so gross and the self loathing is getting too

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<v Speaker 1>much right now. Story seven not exactly what you're expecting,

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<v Speaker 1>but I walked in on my fiance being essay. We

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<v Speaker 1>were at a Halloween party, and she got a little wasted.

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<v Speaker 1>Mind you, everyone there were friends, pretty damn close friends too.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone at this party was actually invited to our wedding.

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<v Speaker 1>So my fiance disappears upstairs with the woman who owns

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<v Speaker 1>the house, and I think, no big deal. My girl

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<v Speaker 1>gets tired when she drinks. She's probably going to lie down.

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<v Speaker 1>I assumed the woman who owned the house, a very

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<v Speaker 1>old friend of my fiance's, was going to lie down

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<v Speaker 1>with her, since they both have a history of doing this.

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<v Speaker 1>Fast forward forty five minutes and the owner is back

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<v Speaker 1>down at the party, but my fiancee was nowhere to

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<v Speaker 1>be seen. The owner told me she was asleep in

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<v Speaker 1>the spare bedroom and she had closed the door and

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<v Speaker 1>left her up there about ten minutes ago. But something

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't sitting right with me, so I went up to

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<v Speaker 1>find her. The door wasn't closed, in fact, it was

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<v Speaker 1>wide open, and one of our friends, the husband of

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<v Speaker 1>her best friend to be exact, was in bed with her.

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<v Speaker 1>Her dress was on the floor and he had his

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<v Speaker 1>hand inside her dress. I hate to admit it, but

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<v Speaker 1>I assumed the worst for a split second, just a second.

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<v Speaker 1>But I hate myself for it. I assumed she was

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging it, but then I realized she was crying and

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<v Speaker 1>he had tied one of her arms to the bed frame.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only that, but she's a petite girl and he

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<v Speaker 1>had most of his bulk on her, holding her down.

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<v Speaker 1>I hauled him off of her, broke his nose, and

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<v Speaker 1>gave him a concussion before someone else from the party

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<v Speaker 1>pulled me off of him. After the three of our

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<v Speaker 1>combined screaming brought people running, he attempted to sue me

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<v Speaker 1>for assault. She pressed essay charges. It hasn't been easy

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<v Speaker 1>for the past couple of months. Her best friend, the

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<v Speaker 1>guy's wife, sided with her husband and cut all contact

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<v Speaker 1>with my fiance. She was also my fiance's maid of honor,

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<v Speaker 1>so she obviously kicked her out of the wedding party.

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<v Speaker 1>Story eight. I had a group of friends tell me

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<v Speaker 1>that they knew my then girlfriend had cheated on me

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<v Speaker 1>with three other guys. I didn't believe it, and they

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<v Speaker 1>drove me out to the party where she was. Unbeknownst

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<v Speaker 1>to me, all three guys were guys I knew, and

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<v Speaker 1>they were all at this party. I stalked through the

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<v Speaker 1>party looking for her, but I found two of the

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<v Speaker 1>guys hanging out. Confronted them and they admitted it and apologized.

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<v Speaker 1>I just walked off. I kept looking around for her

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<v Speaker 1>and finally found her in one of the upstairs bedrooms,

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<v Speaker 1>just getting dressed after banging the third guy. He was

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<v Speaker 1>just standing there, shirtless with all these piercings, with this

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<v Speaker 1>smug look on his face, and so I confronted him

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, it's just for the pleasure. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even like her. I grabbed a nipple ring in each

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<v Speaker 1>hand and ripped them right out walked out of there

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<v Speaker 1>with him screaming and bleeding, as a bunch of people

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<v Speaker 1>ran in to see what the deal was. I still

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<v Speaker 1>have them. Story nine. The first girl I ever fell

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<v Speaker 1>in love with, who I lost my V card too,

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<v Speaker 1>ended up sleeping with my best friend. A week later,

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<v Speaker 1>I walked in on them going at it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>literally just walked off in a fit of rage and tears.

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<v Speaker 1>A day later, I went to his house and sat

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<v Speaker 1>him down like a man and asked him what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>He said nothing. I asked him again, same reply. So

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, well screw you then and never spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>him again. As for her, I ditched her and never

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<v Speaker 1>looked back. I don't recommend that anyone do what I

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<v Speaker 1>a house party about five years later and basically peer

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<v Speaker 1>pressured him into taking some powder with some of the

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<v Speaker 1>guys I was with. I took pictures and had them

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<v Speaker 1>blown out onto big a four pages and sent them

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<v Speaker 1>to his mom and dad at Christmas with the message,

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<v Speaker 1>Merry Christmas, here's your son in all his glory. His

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<v Speaker 1>mom and dad were Christians. Suffice it to say, I

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<v Speaker 1>got my revenge. Story ten. This was my first boyfriend

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<v Speaker 1>in college. He was a lot of firsts, actually, including

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<v Speaker 1>the first person to cheat on me. It was my

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend's birthday and I was going to surprise him by

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<v Speaker 1>decorating his room at midnight. He usually has work until

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<v Speaker 1>two am on those days, so I planned to go

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<v Speaker 1>to his dorm room and decorate it. I knew his

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<v Speaker 1>roommate was going home that weekend, so his roommate was

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<v Speaker 1>nice enough to lend me his key. I have all

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<v Speaker 1>one am. I like to vlog things and was going

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<v Speaker 1>to record the process, so I had my phone recording

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<v Speaker 1>me entering his room. I swung open the door and

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<v Speaker 1>I see him and another girl. I guess I have

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<v Speaker 1>impeccable timing because he spills all over her back as

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<v Speaker 1>I opened the door, and remember my phone was recording

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<v Speaker 1>all of this. I just kind of stand there. We

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<v Speaker 1>say babe. Tears start falling down my face and I

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<v Speaker 1>just lose it. I fell to the floor and started crying.

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<v Speaker 1>He scrambles for his clothes and I just leave. I

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<v Speaker 1>leave all the supplies there, grab my bag and phone,

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<v Speaker 1>and just walk away. I went back to my room

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<v Speaker 1>without saying anything. In fact, I never said anything to

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<v Speaker 1>him ever again. He stalked me for a bit after

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<v Speaker 1>his roommate didn't know we broke up, and messaged me

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<v Speaker 1>a few days after, telling me he thinks my ex

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<v Speaker 1>is cheating on me with a girl. He says the

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<v Speaker 1>name of the girl, which is not the same girl

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<v Speaker 1>I saw him in bed with. Story eleven. I was

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<v Speaker 1>He knew I was going to be there that morning

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<v Speaker 1>to move my things out. I got there only to

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<v Speaker 1>find a strange car in the driveway. I went into

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<v Speaker 1>after they had been on a two week powder bender.

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<v Speaker 1>I went into the kitchen, emptied the ice bucket into

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<v Speaker 1>them both and wake them from their stupor. I then

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<v Speaker 1>paint on the hood of her car. Once they fled,

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<v Speaker 1>I was livid. I grabbed everything I could find of

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<v Speaker 1>fluid on it, and lit a match. I was out

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<v Speaker 1>of my mind with heartbreak at the time and would

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<v Speaker 1>never do this again. I wish I could say that

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<v Speaker 1>I learned my lesson and never went back. But I

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<v Speaker 1>stayed for fourteen years, trying with all my might to

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<v Speaker 1>years ago I said enough, divorced him, and now raise

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<v Speaker 1>our four kids without anyone's help. Story twelve. We'd been

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<v Speaker 1>friend's apartment and heard me knocking. She let me in.

420
00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.839
<v Speaker 1>We both walked together to their room at the end

421
00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:22.480
<v Speaker 1>of the hall, and as her roommate pushed the door open,

422
00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.000
<v Speaker 1>my ESSO called out not to come in, and I

423
00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:28.400
<v Speaker 1>heard laughing. At this point, I moved on a kind

424
00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:31.759
<v Speaker 1>of numb autopilot and pushed the door open. She was

425
00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:34.720
<v Speaker 1>on top of him. She threw the blanket over her

426
00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:38.279
<v Speaker 1>shoulders and looked back toward the door. I honestly lost it.

427
00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:42.519
<v Speaker 1>I cried, screamed, and went to pieces. I knew the

428
00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.640
<v Speaker 1>guy from other friends, and he'd abandoned a close friend

429
00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.319
<v Speaker 1>of mine after their daughter was born severely epileptic. She

430
00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:53.079
<v Speaker 1>wasn't apologetic at all. They were in love. I drove

431
00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:56.880
<v Speaker 1>home bawling the whole way. I haven't loved anyone like

432
00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:59.519
<v Speaker 1>I loved her yet in my life. I drank both

433
00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:02.720
<v Speaker 1>bottles of champagne at my apartment and packed a bag,

434
00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:05.599
<v Speaker 1>calling my family to pick me up. I spent a

435
00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:08.519
<v Speaker 1>few days with them. Being back home reminded me of

436
00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:12.160
<v Speaker 1>the actual unconditional love in my life. She and the

437
00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:14.880
<v Speaker 1>guy deserved each other. In the end, she called me

438
00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:17.240
<v Speaker 1>almost a year later, while she was living with him

439
00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:20.079
<v Speaker 1>and wanted to come over. She wanted to get intimate

440
00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:23.200
<v Speaker 1>with me, so we did. Then I detailed the whole

441
00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.519
<v Speaker 1>affair in a message to him, and he kicked her

442
00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:28.920
<v Speaker 1>out of his house. Everything works out in the end. People.

443
00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:32.960
<v Speaker 1>Story thirteen, Well, I walked in on them sleeping in

444
00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:35.440
<v Speaker 1>our bed. I came home early from a road trip

445
00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:37.759
<v Speaker 1>with a friend of mine and walked into my bedroom,

446
00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.640
<v Speaker 1>happy to wake her up and surprise her. For whatever reason.

447
00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:43.599
<v Speaker 1>The guy had a polaroid camera on the bedside table,

448
00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:45.880
<v Speaker 1>so I took a picture with it, set it next

449
00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:48.799
<v Speaker 1>to them, basically to say, be glad I didn't kill you,

450
00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:51.680
<v Speaker 1>and walked out. It was an old camera, but I'm

451
00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:55.079
<v Speaker 1>pretty sure they were on powder. She tried justifying it later,

452
00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.559
<v Speaker 1>but I think I barely said ten words to her

453
00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:01.480
<v Speaker 1>after that. Story fourteen, Well, I came home from work

454
00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:04.599
<v Speaker 1>about two hours early. I'd wrapped up my paperwork ahead

455
00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:07.519
<v Speaker 1>of schedule. I walked into the bedroom planning to take

456
00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.599
<v Speaker 1>a shower. Then it happened. Honestly, I just stood there frozen,

457
00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:14.400
<v Speaker 1>staring at them while they stared back at me. She

458
00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:17.680
<v Speaker 1>looked me dead in the eyes, and said, babe, it's

459
00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.599
<v Speaker 1>not what it looks like. I couldn't help it. I

460
00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:25.039
<v Speaker 1>just burst out, laughing obnoxiously, then turned around and walked

461
00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:27.960
<v Speaker 1>out of the room. When she finally came out, she

462
00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:32.000
<v Speaker 1>found me calmly playing Battlefield four on my PC. As

463
00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:34.759
<v Speaker 1>for the other guy, I'm guessing he left the same

464
00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.400
<v Speaker 1>way he came in, through the window. Tabebe sis, she

465
00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:43.039
<v Speaker 1>said softly. I didn't look up, just replied set. She

466
00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:47.519
<v Speaker 1>asked if I was okay, said yeah, I said a fine, set,

467
00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:50.799
<v Speaker 1>I said. I guess she actually believed that, because she

468
00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:54.240
<v Speaker 1>turned around and started heading back into the bedroom. As

469
00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:56.920
<v Speaker 1>she walked away, I kept playing my game and calmly

470
00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.480
<v Speaker 1>said at c O, and you have three days to

471
00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:02.519
<v Speaker 1>get all of your things out. She stopped in her tracks,

472
00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:05.799
<v Speaker 1>spun around, and started arguing, telling me I couldn't do that.

473
00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:10.400
<v Speaker 1>I didn't raise my voice. I just said fed. I

474
00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:14.359
<v Speaker 1>signed the lease, I pay all the bills, everything tied

475
00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:17.440
<v Speaker 1>to this place. Every single thing between you and me

476
00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.839
<v Speaker 1>is in my name, not yours, So yes, I can,

477
00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:24.079
<v Speaker 1>and I sit really appreciated if you packed your things

478
00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:28.119
<v Speaker 1>and left. She started crying, and I tell be honest,

479
00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:31.680
<v Speaker 1>I laughed some may call me heartless for this, but

480
00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.640
<v Speaker 1>if you knew the amount that I had put into

481
00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:37.000
<v Speaker 1>the relationship and how much I sacrificed for it, you

482
00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.640
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't blame me. Story fifteen. I came home early from work,

483
00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:45.279
<v Speaker 1>noticed a strange car outside, and found them sleeping in

484
00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:48.160
<v Speaker 1>our bed, cozy as can be. After doing the deed.

485
00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:50.920
<v Speaker 1>They woke up to me closing the door and leaving.

486
00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:53.880
<v Speaker 1>She called and begged me to come home. I said

487
00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:57.039
<v Speaker 1>everything I had ever bitten my tongue about and filed

488
00:24:57.079 --> 00:25:00.519
<v Speaker 1>for divorce two days later. A month after the divorce

489
00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:04.359
<v Speaker 1>was final, I moved thousands of miles away. She still

490
00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:06.359
<v Speaker 1>wants me to come back and tells me it's the

491
00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:09.960
<v Speaker 1>biggest mistake she's ever made. People still ask me why

492
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.599
<v Speaker 1>I talk to her at all. I say it's because

493
00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:15.440
<v Speaker 1>I have to be civil. The truth is I'm still

494
00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:19.079
<v Speaker 1>enjoying knowing she's struggling and that I'm winning. Petty, I know,

495
00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:23.079
<v Speaker 1>but screw her. Story sixteen. When I was younger, I

496
00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:25.599
<v Speaker 1>had a girlfriend. My mistake is that I thought we

497
00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:28.279
<v Speaker 1>were close. I had a key to her place and

498
00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:31.680
<v Speaker 1>worked part time. My manager sent me home one weekend

499
00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:35.079
<v Speaker 1>because we were overstaffed. And there was in any point

500
00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:37.279
<v Speaker 1>in my being there. I went and picked up a

501
00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.599
<v Speaker 1>DVD and some ingredients to make dinner and headed to

502
00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:43.680
<v Speaker 1>her place. I let myself in and could already hear

503
00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:47.759
<v Speaker 1>suspicious noises. My heart was pounding and my brain was saying,

504
00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:51.559
<v Speaker 1>all systems go. I went upstairs and opened the door,

505
00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.880
<v Speaker 1>and lo and behold, there was some guy pounding my girl.

506
00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:57.759
<v Speaker 1>There were so many emotions that all I could spurt

507
00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.599
<v Speaker 1>out was I hope his dong tastes better than dinner.

508
00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:03.640
<v Speaker 1>And proceeded to dump my shopping on her floor and

509
00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:07.039
<v Speaker 1>stormed out Q texts and calls saying how she was

510
00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:10.440
<v Speaker 1>confused and wasn't sure if she still liked guys, and

511
00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:13.759
<v Speaker 1>how sorry she was. To be clear, I am a

512
00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:18.000
<v Speaker 1>bisexual female and Michelle was my girlfriend in question. After

513
00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:20.799
<v Speaker 1>this incident, I had kind of a hard time dating women.

514
00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:25.119
<v Speaker 1>Let's just say I haven't had a girlfriend since story seventeen.

515
00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:27.839
<v Speaker 1>I was on a trip and decided to come home

516
00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:31.559
<v Speaker 1>a couple of days early, and surprise my now ex fiance.

517
00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:34.279
<v Speaker 1>We were not living together, so I was going to

518
00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:36.599
<v Speaker 1>go to my apartment to shower because I took a

519
00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:39.119
<v Speaker 1>red eye flight and I wanted to wash off the

520
00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:42.920
<v Speaker 1>airplane's stink before I surprised her with some flowers. I

521
00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:45.200
<v Speaker 1>walked in and I saw a pair of shoes by

522
00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:47.960
<v Speaker 1>the door that were not mine. I thought maybe they

523
00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:50.880
<v Speaker 1>were my roommates. As I round the corner to my room,

524
00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:54.119
<v Speaker 1>I start to hear moaning and heavy breathing. I thought

525
00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:57.039
<v Speaker 1>my roommate was with someone in my room, so I

526
00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:59.559
<v Speaker 1>thought I would screw with him. I burst through the

527
00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:03.039
<v Speaker 1>door and said something like surprise, and found my fiancee

528
00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:06.279
<v Speaker 1>getting railed by her roommate. I guess their other roommate

529
00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.680
<v Speaker 1>had people over, so they thought to go to my place,

530
00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:11.400
<v Speaker 1>which they thought was empty. I looked at them and said,

531
00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:13.559
<v Speaker 1>I think you should leave the ring and the key.

532
00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:16.319
<v Speaker 1>They freaked out and asked what I was doing at home.

533
00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:18.839
<v Speaker 1>I told them that this is my place and I

534
00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.759
<v Speaker 1>didn't have to answer to them. They scrambled to collect

535
00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.920
<v Speaker 1>their stuff and left. In the process, she left behind

536
00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:28.200
<v Speaker 1>her iPad. I decided to go through it. I'm really

537
00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:31.319
<v Speaker 1>proud of that, but I figured why not. The wedding

538
00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:34.000
<v Speaker 1>is off now. Anyway. Turns out she had been sleeping

539
00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.160
<v Speaker 1>with a bunch of different people for the past six

540
00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:39.960
<v Speaker 1>or seven months story eighteen, I had just gotten to

541
00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:42.920
<v Speaker 1>college and it was my first time being away from home.

542
00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:45.200
<v Speaker 1>That was a really big deal for me because I

543
00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:49.079
<v Speaker 1>have major helicopter sports parents who pretty much ruined any

544
00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:52.480
<v Speaker 1>social life I had in high school from the constant practicing.

545
00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:55.880
<v Speaker 1>That being said, I can't really blame them, because that's

546
00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:59.519
<v Speaker 1>what made me excel at athletics. Anyways. Because of this,

547
00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:02.880
<v Speaker 1>I had never had a serious romantic relationship with a

548
00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:05.880
<v Speaker 1>girl of any kind. When I got to school, I

549
00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:09.000
<v Speaker 1>met Mary, whom I fell for immediately, and she seemed

550
00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:11.920
<v Speaker 1>really into me as well. It was actually pretty much

551
00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.480
<v Speaker 1>the exact fantasy of what I wanted to happen to me.

552
00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:17.559
<v Speaker 1>I became really close friends with the guys next to me,

553
00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:21.440
<v Speaker 1>and everything was perfect. After a few months, I told

554
00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.519
<v Speaker 1>Mary I loved her and she told me the same.

555
00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:26.119
<v Speaker 1>And three days later, when I went to Mary's dorm

556
00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.640
<v Speaker 1>because I had left some stuff there the previous night,

557
00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:30.960
<v Speaker 1>I actually walked in on her banging one of my

558
00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:34.519
<v Speaker 1>closest friends. I'm usually a pretty even tempered person, but

559
00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:38.440
<v Speaker 1>I completely snapped. I beat him up really badly. When

560
00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:40.920
<v Speaker 1>I was in high school, I was a state finalist wrestler,

561
00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:44.160
<v Speaker 1>and also boxed amateurly and was still in good shape

562
00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:47.000
<v Speaker 1>and practicing on a regular basis. I should mention that

563
00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.200
<v Speaker 1>at the time I was six foot three, about two

564
00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:52.480
<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty pounds, and he was a fairly scrawny guy,

565
00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.519
<v Speaker 1>which probably makes it worse, but oh well. It wasn't

566
00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:58.440
<v Speaker 1>really a fight, just me punching him until he went

567
00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:01.680
<v Speaker 1>limp while Mary screamed in trying to get me to stop.

568
00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:04.839
<v Speaker 1>I eventually did, and I just kind of looked at her.

569
00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:07.400
<v Speaker 1>To be honest, I wanted to hit her. I'd never

570
00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:09.960
<v Speaker 1>felt so betrayed and heard in my life, and she

571
00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:13.279
<v Speaker 1>was just giving me this scared, helpless look. I spat

572
00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:15.759
<v Speaker 1>on her face and called her a jerk and left.

573
00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:21.039
<v Speaker 1>This was not my finest moment story nineteen. Thankfully, she

574
00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:24.400
<v Speaker 1>was just a girlfriend. We were living together at the time,

575
00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:27.400
<v Speaker 1>and I had gotten released early from the military, came

576
00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:31.480
<v Speaker 1>home unexpectedly and caught her in the act. Honestly, I

577
00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:34.559
<v Speaker 1>think what kept me the calmest wasn't the shock. It

578
00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:37.480
<v Speaker 1>was the guy's reaction. The look on his face said

579
00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:40.359
<v Speaker 1>it all, and somehow that made it easier to keep

580
00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.400
<v Speaker 1>my cool. He started yelling at her, who the heck,

581
00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:46.319
<v Speaker 1>is this guy and you said you were single. She

582
00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:49.240
<v Speaker 1>had lied through her teeth to the guy, And to

583
00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:52.279
<v Speaker 1>be honest, I've never been the one to hang pictures

584
00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:55.039
<v Speaker 1>or anything, or to live like a slob, so it

585
00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:58.839
<v Speaker 1>is fairly believable he didn't know a guy live there. Anyways.

586
00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:01.920
<v Speaker 1>I just started packing my stuff, and she tried to

587
00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:04.599
<v Speaker 1>yell at me, curse at me, and stop me from packing.

588
00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:07.559
<v Speaker 1>She tried to take stuff from me and dumped my bags,

589
00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.759
<v Speaker 1>and I just kept my head down and kept packing away. Honestly,

590
00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:14.519
<v Speaker 1>I think I took it the best way I could.

591
00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:18.680
<v Speaker 1>There was other stuff, like quickly contacting the landlord informing

592
00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:21.039
<v Speaker 1>him I was moving out and getting out of there

593
00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:24.279
<v Speaker 1>the next day, but my reaction was the only sensible

594
00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:27.759
<v Speaker 1>thing I could do. At the time, I think story twenty,

595
00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:30.319
<v Speaker 1>I was already at a low point in my life.

596
00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:33.119
<v Speaker 1>I actually just got fired and came back to the

597
00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:35.759
<v Speaker 1>hotel room where we were staying and went straight to

598
00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:39.440
<v Speaker 1>the bathroom. Hadn't really thought about why my girlfriend wasn't there.

599
00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:42.160
<v Speaker 1>I reiterate that it was a very low point in

600
00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:45.519
<v Speaker 1>my life. Sitting on the toilet, I recognized her singing

601
00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:48.200
<v Speaker 1>through the vents. I could tell she was in the

602
00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:51.400
<v Speaker 1>shower next door. I banged on the next door down

603
00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:53.960
<v Speaker 1>for like five minutes before I heard the neighbor yell

604
00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:57.039
<v Speaker 1>at her that it was me. I yelled open the door,

605
00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.880
<v Speaker 1>and he obliged. I walked straight past him and threw

606
00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.039
<v Speaker 1>her clothes at her as she was getting out of

607
00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:07.279
<v Speaker 1>the shower. As she argued with meducher, McGee decided that's

608
00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:09.680
<v Speaker 1>when he'd step in and shove me and tell me

609
00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:13.319
<v Speaker 1>to screw off. I promptly lost it, broke his nose,

610
00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:16.920
<v Speaker 1>and continued to throw him around his hotel room. I

611
00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:20.240
<v Speaker 1>left when he started screaming about the cops. I just

612
00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:23.119
<v Speaker 1>took off my bloody shirt and started walking down the

613
00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:26.920
<v Speaker 1>street and kept going for a few hours, all before noon.

614
00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:31.279
<v Speaker 1>It was a crappy day. I honestly don't regret my actions.

615
00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.880
<v Speaker 1>Don't get physical with me. After I discovered you slept

616
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:38.519
<v Speaker 1>with my girlfriend Story twenty one. They were in the

617
00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:41.000
<v Speaker 1>same room as me and about ten other people, and

618
00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:44.079
<v Speaker 1>they thought we were all asleep senior year, post prom

619
00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:47.559
<v Speaker 1>sleepover situation. The guy was a pretty good friend, or

620
00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:50.440
<v Speaker 1>so I thought. I didn't leave the room because they

621
00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:52.599
<v Speaker 1>were in front of the door. I cried into my

622
00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:56.279
<v Speaker 1>pillow while they were banging. They denied doing it, which

623
00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.039
<v Speaker 1>was strange, but it turns out there were two others

624
00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:02.440
<v Speaker 1>awake in the room, so that lie collapsed. I found

625
00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.559
<v Speaker 1>out she'd been cheating on me the whole time with

626
00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:07.839
<v Speaker 1>another friend, because why not. She cared a lot about

627
00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:10.799
<v Speaker 1>her reputation, so I went after that small school, so

628
00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.640
<v Speaker 1>everyone found out quickly, because I didn't think it could

629
00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:17.920
<v Speaker 1>get worse wrong. The girlfriend of the first guy, yes

630
00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.680
<v Speaker 1>he had a girlfriend, called me crying and asked if

631
00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:23.279
<v Speaker 1>it was true. I could hear her heart break over

632
00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:26.160
<v Speaker 1>the phone when I confirmed it. But they're back together,

633
00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.200
<v Speaker 1>so I hoped he straightened his crap out. As for

634
00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:32.119
<v Speaker 1>my ex, she's been dating some guy for about two

635
00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:36.359
<v Speaker 1>years now and seems happy. Story twenty two. Walked in

636
00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:39.480
<v Speaker 1>on my ex not sleeping with her XBF, but him

637
00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.599
<v Speaker 1>asleep in his boxer's on her bed and her beside him.

638
00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.519
<v Speaker 1>I had bought her a bunch of gifts because I

639
00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:46.960
<v Speaker 1>had been away at school and was busy. Thought i'd

640
00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.680
<v Speaker 1>surprise her. I guess I did. She bolted up as

641
00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:53.160
<v Speaker 1>soon as I walked in. I put the gifts on

642
00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:57.119
<v Speaker 1>the ground and said so I bought you gifts. I

643
00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.880
<v Speaker 1>guess I should just go left the gifts and walked out.

644
00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:03.160
<v Speaker 1>She chased after me and threw herself in front of

645
00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.640
<v Speaker 1>my car and wouldn't move until I came in to

646
00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:08.160
<v Speaker 1>talk to her. The guy left while I was sitting

647
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:11.640
<v Speaker 1>in my car contemplating running her over. We went inside

648
00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:15.200
<v Speaker 1>and talked, decided not to end things. Two weeks later,

649
00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:18.640
<v Speaker 1>on Valentine's Day, she dumped me because I hadn't yet

650
00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:22.720
<v Speaker 1>put the past behind me. She was crazy. She contacted

651
00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:25.960
<v Speaker 1>me and told me she loved me still. Two years later,

652
00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:29.599
<v Speaker 1>after being engaged and pregnant, I told her sorry, but

653
00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:32.039
<v Speaker 1>things were over and I was in a relationship with

654
00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:35.440
<v Speaker 1>some one I loved deeply. My then girl friend proceeded

655
00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.880
<v Speaker 1>to cheat on me and dump me a week later.

656
00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:41.160
<v Speaker 1>My luck was not the greatest. The good news is

657
00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:44.680
<v Speaker 1>that now I'm married to a wonderful woman. Story twenty three.

658
00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:49.160
<v Speaker 1>I absolutely blew up. I came home from work early

659
00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:51.680
<v Speaker 1>one day and saw a different car in the driveway,

660
00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:54.640
<v Speaker 1>assuming it was a friend of hers, I walked into

661
00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:57.400
<v Speaker 1>my house as normal. Clothes were all over the floor.

662
00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.200
<v Speaker 1>As I get closer and closer to our bedroom she

663
00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.680
<v Speaker 1>lived with me and didn't own anything in the house.

664
00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:05.799
<v Speaker 1>The door was opened slightly, so I peeked after. I'm

665
00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:08.639
<v Speaker 1>sure I heard noises. You know in the movie trailers,

666
00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:11.440
<v Speaker 1>when you hear that ringing that gets louder and louder.

667
00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:14.760
<v Speaker 1>That started. I got so mad. I kicked the door in,

668
00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:17.800
<v Speaker 1>walked up to him and peeled him off my girlfriend

669
00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:20.800
<v Speaker 1>by his shoulders, and started to beat the living crap

670
00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.599
<v Speaker 1>out of him. She's screaming and crying at this point,

671
00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.320
<v Speaker 1>trying to pull me off and get me to stop.

672
00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:29.199
<v Speaker 1>I eventually do, but I chase him while he is

673
00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.679
<v Speaker 1>still unclothed. Afterward, I come back to the house and

674
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:35.920
<v Speaker 1>yell until my throat is hoarse and kick her out too.

675
00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:39.039
<v Speaker 1>She had keys, but those don't do you much good

676
00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:42.159
<v Speaker 1>if they're inside. I started rounding up all of her

677
00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:44.800
<v Speaker 1>things and had to decide if I wanted to burn

678
00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:48.559
<v Speaker 1>them or give them back. Eventually I started going through

679
00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:51.599
<v Speaker 1>her phone. The start of this cheating thing was when

680
00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:54.360
<v Speaker 1>I was at work supporting her because she refused to

681
00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:57.920
<v Speaker 1>get a job. It still makes my blood boil. Story

682
00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:01.039
<v Speaker 1>twenty four I heard from friends that my first wife

683
00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:03.960
<v Speaker 1>was cheating on me. I drove by my house, and

684
00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:06.760
<v Speaker 1>sure enough there was a strange car in the driveway.

685
00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:10.039
<v Speaker 1>About the third time I did that, I finally manned

686
00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:12.760
<v Speaker 1>up and pulled in the driveway. After a few minutes

687
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:15.559
<v Speaker 1>to calm down enough that my hands weren't shaking, I

688
00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:18.079
<v Speaker 1>went in and found them going at it in the

689
00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:21.760
<v Speaker 1>best dead pan voice I could manage, I said, Jesus Christ,

690
00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:25.320
<v Speaker 1>another one. How many guys are you screwing? The joke

691
00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.599
<v Speaker 1>was on me. The look on her face told me

692
00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:30.960
<v Speaker 1>he really wasn't. The first I went out, got way

693
00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.719
<v Speaker 1>too drunk, somehow managed to drive home without killing anyone,

694
00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.320
<v Speaker 1>and as I sat in an empty house, had a

695
00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:40.400
<v Speaker 1>simply brilliant idea that I should take all her stuff

696
00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:43.639
<v Speaker 1>outside and burn it. But I ended up getting beaten

697
00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:47.199
<v Speaker 1>up by her guy, arrested for drunk and disorderly, and

698
00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:50.840
<v Speaker 1>charged in court for damages and the divorce settlement. The

699
00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:53.639
<v Speaker 1>upside was that years later I found out she was

700
00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:56.280
<v Speaker 1>now blowing guys in bars for rent money, so in

701
00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:59.360
<v Speaker 1>the end I would call it a win. Story twenty five.

702
00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.480
<v Speaker 1>I came home early and heard the water running in

703
00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.599
<v Speaker 1>the bathroom, so I put my stuff in the living

704
00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:07.360
<v Speaker 1>room and waited for my wife. Now ex wife to

705
00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:09.199
<v Speaker 1>get out. As I passed the door to go to

706
00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:11.920
<v Speaker 1>the bedroom, I heard her talking, so I stopped and

707
00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:16.079
<v Speaker 1>listened quietly. There was some splashing around, laughing and talking.

708
00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:18.679
<v Speaker 1>I listened some more and heard a second woman's voice

709
00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:21.599
<v Speaker 1>in there, a girl I recognized. I didn't know what

710
00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:24.079
<v Speaker 1>to do, walk in and confront them, or wait until

711
00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:26.800
<v Speaker 1>they got out, or just leave. While I was thinking

712
00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:29.039
<v Speaker 1>about what to do, I could tell they were about

713
00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:31.199
<v Speaker 1>to come out, so I opened the balcony door and

714
00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:34.320
<v Speaker 1>went outside. They went to the bedroom, got dressed, and

715
00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.840
<v Speaker 1>after hearing my wife tell her I would be home soon,

716
00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.199
<v Speaker 1>the girl left. I already knew my wife was bisexual,

717
00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:43.199
<v Speaker 1>but she was also not into three scores, not a sharer,

718
00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:46.079
<v Speaker 1>at least not at that point in our relationship. I

719
00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:48.480
<v Speaker 1>didn't mention it to her for months, but finally told

720
00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:50.960
<v Speaker 1>her what happened that day. She told me she and

721
00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:53.320
<v Speaker 1>our friend had a thing going on for a few weeks,

722
00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.440
<v Speaker 1>but stopped it due to the drama of being with

723
00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:59.320
<v Speaker 1>a younger woman. She needed someone more mature. She later

724
00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.840
<v Speaker 1>left me for another woman, but in her defense, the

725
00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.280
<v Speaker 1>other woman was more mature than I ever was at

726
00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:08.760
<v Speaker 1>that age. Story twenty six. It wasn't my girlfriend, but

727
00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:11.440
<v Speaker 1>I was there. I was out with a few buddies

728
00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:14.760
<v Speaker 1>and was the designated driver. I had just dropped off

729
00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:18.719
<v Speaker 1>two guys and was driving my other quite inebriated friend home.

730
00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.920
<v Speaker 1>We live about two minutes from each other walking distance,

731
00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:24.719
<v Speaker 1>and he says, dude, you should come in and I'll

732
00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.880
<v Speaker 1>sort you out some tequila. I had never done tequila,

733
00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.360
<v Speaker 1>and this had been a thing for a while, so

734
00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:33.840
<v Speaker 1>I said, screw it, Yeah, let's do it. We walked

735
00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:35.960
<v Speaker 1>in through the hallway and opened the door to the

736
00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:38.559
<v Speaker 1>front room. We see his housemate with a girl on

737
00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:41.599
<v Speaker 1>the sofa. I had to take a double look, but yep,

738
00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:45.440
<v Speaker 1>it was my buddy's girlfriend. We're both staring at this situation.

739
00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:49.000
<v Speaker 1>The girlfriend stares at my buddy and immediately starts crying.

740
00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.960
<v Speaker 1>I grabbed my buddy and start taking him back towards

741
00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:54.480
<v Speaker 1>the front door. He's in that kind of sobered up

742
00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:57.360
<v Speaker 1>immediately sort of shock. I look back to see the

743
00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:00.119
<v Speaker 1>girl with her hands on her face, crying heavily, and

744
00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:03.440
<v Speaker 1>the housemate looking really weirded out. I took my buddy

745
00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:05.920
<v Speaker 1>back to my place in my car, with him fighting

746
00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:09.440
<v Speaker 1>for consciousness or at least pretending to so he doesn't

747
00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:12.440
<v Speaker 1>have to admit what he saw. The next morning, my

748
00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:16.000
<v Speaker 1>buddy was passed out in my room. I stayed downstairs

749
00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:18.440
<v Speaker 1>on the sofa, just in case he decided to get

750
00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:21.800
<v Speaker 1>up and go do something stupid in a drunken rage.

751
00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:24.519
<v Speaker 1>He didn't, but I thought it was better to be safe.

752
00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:27.599
<v Speaker 1>The next morning, he's still in shock from it all.

753
00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:30.519
<v Speaker 1>His phone is blowing up left, right and center with

754
00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:34.079
<v Speaker 1>texts and calls. I've had a few texts too, with

755
00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:37.039
<v Speaker 1>her asking for my address to come over. They had

756
00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:40.639
<v Speaker 1>been together since early secondary school, that is, since fifteen

757
00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:44.960
<v Speaker 1>years old. They'd already discussed staying together for life, as in,

758
00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:48.000
<v Speaker 1>when they would graduate, they would work for X years,

759
00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:51.840
<v Speaker 1>they'd get married, have kids, set for life kind of stuff.

760
00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:56.039
<v Speaker 1>He looked utterly smashed. Anyway, there is a good part.

761
00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.599
<v Speaker 1>He did the right thing. He moved out away from

762
00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.039
<v Speaker 1>his housemates and stopped in with me for the rest

763
00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:03.480
<v Speaker 1>of the year. He didn't even acknowledge her when they

764
00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:06.360
<v Speaker 1>passed each other a couple of weeks later. She tried

765
00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:09.400
<v Speaker 1>to make out to mutual friends like he was already cheating,

766
00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:12.360
<v Speaker 1>but couldn't back it up with facts. In return, he

767
00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:15.599
<v Speaker 1>quite happily told everyone exactly how and where he had

768
00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:18.199
<v Speaker 1>caught her. Of course, she made out like he was

769
00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:22.039
<v Speaker 1>abusive and psychologically manipulative, but by then her credit was

770
00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:25.840
<v Speaker 1>totally trashed. Sure she had her male friends who sided

771
00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:28.880
<v Speaker 1>with her totally, but really they only wanted to sleep

772
00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:32.880
<v Speaker 1>with her too. Anyway, a few weeks later, he's drowning

773
00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:36.199
<v Speaker 1>his sorrows again. One night, he's all broken about how

774
00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:39.559
<v Speaker 1>she threw him away and how his housemate was a jerk.

775
00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:43.000
<v Speaker 1>I just said, look at it from your ex housemate's perspective.

776
00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:46.400
<v Speaker 1>Just imagine it. No matter how you shake it. He

777
00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:48.920
<v Speaker 1>had a girl on top of him in the throes

778
00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:53.880
<v Speaker 1>of utter devastation and crying hysterically. Dude, intimacy for him

779
00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:57.480
<v Speaker 1>is ruined for life. We both laughed a lot, and

780
00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:00.639
<v Speaker 1>it was all fun and games after that story twenty

781
00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:03.960
<v Speaker 1>seven It was weird. We had been dating for only

782
00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:07.280
<v Speaker 1>eight months but were seriously in love. We had recently

783
00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.480
<v Speaker 1>moved in together. That day, she got a Facebook message

784
00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:13.440
<v Speaker 1>from an old friend asking to hang out. I already

785
00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:16.559
<v Speaker 1>had plans to see two friends that night by myself,

786
00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:19.960
<v Speaker 1>one earlier and maybe one later in the night. I

787
00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:22.400
<v Speaker 1>was having a morning cigarette with her on the porch

788
00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:25.440
<v Speaker 1>and even made a comment along the lines of well,

789
00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:27.159
<v Speaker 1>you should hang out with him as long as you

790
00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:29.840
<v Speaker 1>won't sleep with him. She laughed it off because he

791
00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:33.400
<v Speaker 1>was kind of unattractive. I still felt a pinch of jealousy,

792
00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:36.400
<v Speaker 1>but just wrote it off as paranoia. She mentioned the

793
00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:38.920
<v Speaker 1>guy before, but it didn't seem like a long lost

794
00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:41.639
<v Speaker 1>crush or anything. Fast forward to later on in the

795
00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:44.280
<v Speaker 1>night and I was hanging out with my friend Chris.

796
00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:47.400
<v Speaker 1>We just did random stuff and decided to end the

797
00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:50.639
<v Speaker 1>chill session early as he had work in the morning. Well,

798
00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:53.239
<v Speaker 1>I had talked with my girlfriend and she was just

799
00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.679
<v Speaker 1>chilling with the guy at home. I mentioned that I

800
00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:58.159
<v Speaker 1>was probably going to see another friend in the area

801
00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:02.079
<v Speaker 1>while driving to his place. Yes, I impulsively decided to

802
00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:04.920
<v Speaker 1>go home. I thought to myself, I should be a

803
00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:07.679
<v Speaker 1>good boyfriend get to know her friends as well. I

804
00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:10.840
<v Speaker 1>drove back to our apartment and I tried calling her,

805
00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:13.599
<v Speaker 1>but she didn't pick up. I was worried because I

806
00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:15.599
<v Speaker 1>still didn't have a card that would let me be

807
00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:18.760
<v Speaker 1>buzzed into our apartment complex. I had to dial a

808
00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:20.960
<v Speaker 1>number at the front she had to pick up on

809
00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:23.559
<v Speaker 1>her cell phone and then the gates for the apartment

810
00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:27.079
<v Speaker 1>complex would open up. By sheer chance, I happened to

811
00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:29.599
<v Speaker 1>get there as someone else had just opened the gate,

812
00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.880
<v Speaker 1>and I was able to follow them in without being buzzed.

813
00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:37.599
<v Speaker 1>In my lucky day. They're probably drunk, being goofy and

814
00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:40.480
<v Speaker 1>might not have noticed my call. I thought to myself.

815
00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:43.039
<v Speaker 1>We had just made me a copy of the key,

816
00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:46.840
<v Speaker 1>and I walked into our apartment. It was eerie. No

817
00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:50.079
<v Speaker 1>one was in the living room. For a second, I thought, wow,

818
00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:53.079
<v Speaker 1>they just suddenly left the place in such a rush,

819
00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:56.880
<v Speaker 1>until I noticed our bedroom door was closed. We never

820
00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:59.960
<v Speaker 1>do that. I crept toward it, and a deep feeling

821
00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:03.559
<v Speaker 1>of fear slowly overwhelmed me. No, it can't be what

822
00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:07.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking. That only happens in movies. As I opened

823
00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:10.360
<v Speaker 1>the bedroom door and flipped the switch, there they were,

824
00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:13.440
<v Speaker 1>the love of my life and a fat Italian dude.

825
00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:17.000
<v Speaker 1>Inches away from putting his stuff into her. He just stops,

826
00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:21.159
<v Speaker 1>sits up and says, sorry, dude. I did not act

827
00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:24.599
<v Speaker 1>cool at all. I screamed, what the heck, get the

828
00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:27.239
<v Speaker 1>hell out of my house. I then promptly ran to

829
00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:30.280
<v Speaker 1>the kitchen grabbed a large chef knife In one hand

830
00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.719
<v Speaker 1>and a half empty wine bottle in the other. I

831
00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:34.840
<v Speaker 1>ran back to the room and threatened him to leave

832
00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:38.599
<v Speaker 1>or I would off him. I kept screaming, randomly kicking

833
00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:42.000
<v Speaker 1>or throwing stuff. The only thought I had in my

834
00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:45.440
<v Speaker 1>mind was just cut him. Don't stab him. A little

835
00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:48.519
<v Speaker 1>cut isn't that bad. You won't go to jail. What

836
00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:51.800
<v Speaker 1>saved me was that a few days prior, I had

837
00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:54.440
<v Speaker 1>been offered a job in South Korea to teach. My

838
00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:57.639
<v Speaker 1>best friend was there already and had pushed me to

839
00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:00.800
<v Speaker 1>take the job. His voice popped into my head, saying,

840
00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:04.079
<v Speaker 1>don't do it. On cave. You have a way out

841
00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:06.719
<v Speaker 1>of this mess. You can leave the country in a month.

842
00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:09.519
<v Speaker 1>Don't hurt him. You can go to jail instead of

843
00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:13.159
<v Speaker 1>getting a new chance at life. So he left. I

844
00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:16.159
<v Speaker 1>yelled at her. She was very drunk. I called her names.

845
00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.599
<v Speaker 1>It was the only time I used such words in

846
00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:21.199
<v Speaker 1>such a malicious way. I called her mom to come

847
00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:23.760
<v Speaker 1>over because I was afraid that if she was left alone,

848
00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:26.519
<v Speaker 1>she would try to offer herself. She tried for real

849
00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:29.800
<v Speaker 1>two days later. She didn't succeed, and last I checked,

850
00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:33.280
<v Speaker 1>has a serious drinking problem. It hurt, but I went

851
00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:36.519
<v Speaker 1>to Korea a month later, and my experiences there changed

852
00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:40.239
<v Speaker 1>my life immensely for the better. Story twenty eight when

853
00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:43.440
<v Speaker 1>I turned eighteen, I thought I had found the perfect woman.

854
00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:46.960
<v Speaker 1>We had so much fun and she was my everything.

855
00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:51.079
<v Speaker 1>About four years into the relationship, I proposed to her

856
00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:54.159
<v Speaker 1>and she said yes. It wasn't until a few months

857
00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:57.599
<v Speaker 1>before the wedding she was texting more than usual. Thought

858
00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:59.800
<v Speaker 1>nothing of it, really, since she said it was a

859
00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:02.719
<v Speaker 1>code work she works with at the daycare they worked at.

860
00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:06.400
<v Speaker 1>I never suspected anything of it because she never gave

861
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:08.960
<v Speaker 1>me a reason to question her since we never had

862
00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:12.679
<v Speaker 1>problems or the normal red flags. One day, I came

863
00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:14.960
<v Speaker 1>over to her house a little early since I got

864
00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:17.320
<v Speaker 1>off the weekend and wanted to surprise her with some

865
00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:20.679
<v Speaker 1>candy and roses just because I could. I walked into

866
00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:23.679
<v Speaker 1>her house because that's what I always did. She lived

867
00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:26.000
<v Speaker 1>with her parents, but they went on a vacation for

868
00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:28.880
<v Speaker 1>the weekend and let her have the house. I didn't

869
00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:31.320
<v Speaker 1>really hear much out of the ordinary, except for some

870
00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:34.679
<v Speaker 1>weird knocking sound every so often. I got something to

871
00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:37.599
<v Speaker 1>drink and sat down for a minute. I remember that

872
00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:40.159
<v Speaker 1>day vividly, even though it was a few years ago.

873
00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:43.840
<v Speaker 1>It was really hot outside, like you could hardly breathe.

874
00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:47.199
<v Speaker 1>I had a sprite, and I remember even how much

875
00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:50.199
<v Speaker 1>I spent on flowers and candy. It's odd how we

876
00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:53.760
<v Speaker 1>can remember the worst of days perfectly. So after I

877
00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:56.360
<v Speaker 1>sat there and heard the knocking for about five minutes

878
00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:59.400
<v Speaker 1>while enjoying my sprite, I started to wonder what she

879
00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:01.960
<v Speaker 1>was doing. I figured she was trying to put her

880
00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:04.800
<v Speaker 1>new TV stand and shelf together because we had previous

881
00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:07.199
<v Speaker 1>plans to do so, but didn't know why she would

882
00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:10.440
<v Speaker 1>start without me, So I grabbed the flowers and candy

883
00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:13.000
<v Speaker 1>and headed towards her room. As I got closer to

884
00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:15.280
<v Speaker 1>the room, I knew something was off because I could

885
00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:18.039
<v Speaker 1>hear a guy saying something and her moaning. I was

886
00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:20.880
<v Speaker 1>hoping so badly that I was wrong. I was praying

887
00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:23.719
<v Speaker 1>that the sounds I heard were somehow wrong, and just

888
00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:26.639
<v Speaker 1>in my mind, my mind wanted to believe that maybe

889
00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:29.559
<v Speaker 1>she was watching corn. But the knocking against the wall

890
00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:32.719
<v Speaker 1>made more sense now. I opened the door and it

891
00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:35.719
<v Speaker 1>was my worst fear come true. Some guy was on

892
00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:38.639
<v Speaker 1>top of her and they were going at it. The

893
00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:41.679
<v Speaker 1>knocking was her bed hitting the wall every so often.

894
00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:45.719
<v Speaker 1>I was entirely heartbroken. I put the flowers and candy

895
00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:48.679
<v Speaker 1>on her dresser and left without saying a word. They

896
00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:51.679
<v Speaker 1>both saw me and just sort of froze, like maybe

897
00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:54.480
<v Speaker 1>perhaps if they stopped I wouldn't notice, or maybe they

898
00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:57.360
<v Speaker 1>didn't know how to react. I know I didn't. I

899
00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:59.719
<v Speaker 1>knew the guy. He was one of her really good

900
00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:03.239
<v Speaker 1>friends from grade school. In most cases, I wouldn't be

901
00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:05.960
<v Speaker 1>mad at the guy because I think in most cases

902
00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:08.920
<v Speaker 1>the guy doesn't know the full situation. But this guy

903
00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.800
<v Speaker 1>knew better, he knew we were together, and I was mad. Heck,

904
00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:15.800
<v Speaker 1>the guy had a girlfriend of his own. I was furious,

905
00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:18.639
<v Speaker 1>but it was sadness that took me over. I was

906
00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:21.559
<v Speaker 1>so sad it felt like I wasted four years of

907
00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:24.920
<v Speaker 1>my life. I didn't understand why or how she could

908
00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:28.079
<v Speaker 1>do this. What did I do wrong? So many things

909
00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:31.400
<v Speaker 1>on my mind. I was broken. I drove home. I

910
00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:34.639
<v Speaker 1>remember the exact feeling and mindset I had on my

911
00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:37.760
<v Speaker 1>way home. I could have crashed and wouldn't have cared

912
00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:40.679
<v Speaker 1>that maybe it would have made her regret it. I

913
00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:43.960
<v Speaker 1>got home and about ten minutes later she showed up.

914
00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:46.559
<v Speaker 1>We both did a ton of talking to one another

915
00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:49.679
<v Speaker 1>and opening up. She said that all the texting was

916
00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:52.480
<v Speaker 1>with Justin, the grade school friend, and she said she

917
00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:54.719
<v Speaker 1>had this other side to her that wanted to be

918
00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.599
<v Speaker 1>bad and wanted to get out every so often. We

919
00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:00.679
<v Speaker 1>talked about what that meant. She wanted to try different

920
00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:03.880
<v Speaker 1>stuff in the bedroom, so it didn't result in us

921
00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:07.519
<v Speaker 1>breaking up. The truth was I did love her, and

922
00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:10.480
<v Speaker 1>when you spend that many years with someone, it's very

923
00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:12.559
<v Speaker 1>hard not to love them. And I didn't want to

924
00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:15.519
<v Speaker 1>start over, and I didn't want anyone else. We did

925
00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:18.880
<v Speaker 1>have fun together immensely, so she stopped talking to the

926
00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:21.920
<v Speaker 1>grade school friend. They were no longer friends, and I

927
00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:24.760
<v Speaker 1>decided to call off the wedding until I felt everything

928
00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:28.360
<v Speaker 1>was okay. So we tried new bedroom stuff and it

929
00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:31.639
<v Speaker 1>was fun and we had fun. Life went back to normal,

930
00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:34.840
<v Speaker 1>but that day changed me a little. After that day,

931
00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:39.480
<v Speaker 1>I always had trust issues. Trust just isn't easily gained

932
00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:42.880
<v Speaker 1>back after something like that. Over time, she earned my

933
00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:46.280
<v Speaker 1>trust back and we moved in together into an apartment.

934
00:47:46.760 --> 00:47:49.920
<v Speaker 1>I never truly forgot that day. The scene was embedded

935
00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:53.239
<v Speaker 1>in my mind, but I trusted her, so we moved

936
00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:56.320
<v Speaker 1>in and everything seemed okay. This was two years later.

937
00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:59.199
<v Speaker 1>By the time everything was back on track. We even

938
00:47:59.199 --> 00:48:01.960
<v Speaker 1>had counseling for her because of this other side she had.

939
00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:05.639
<v Speaker 1>Everything felt calm and we enjoyed living together until she

940
00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:09.280
<v Speaker 1>started getting texts again, even more than before. It was

941
00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:11.679
<v Speaker 1>a red flag this time because of the last time.

942
00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:14.239
<v Speaker 1>I let it go for a while. I did question

943
00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:16.920
<v Speaker 1>her and she said it was friends. I let it

944
00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:19.679
<v Speaker 1>go because I didn't want to be that guy. I

945
00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:23.320
<v Speaker 1>felt bad for suspecting her again, but also bad because

946
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:26.199
<v Speaker 1>I was so nervous. All the thoughts running through my

947
00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:29.920
<v Speaker 1>head were absolutely horrible. One day, she left her phone

948
00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:32.119
<v Speaker 1>at the apartment when she went to work, and I

949
00:48:32.199 --> 00:48:35.360
<v Speaker 1>went through it. Let me tell you, I felt disgustingly

950
00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:38.199
<v Speaker 1>horrible about it. As I turned on her phone, I

951
00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:41.760
<v Speaker 1>felt like the worst boyfriend and a disgusting, horrible person.

952
00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:45.159
<v Speaker 1>I did until I found all the texts she was

953
00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:48.480
<v Speaker 1>messaging all sorts of other guys online on stuff like

954
00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:52.159
<v Speaker 1>kick and Skype, and even some local guys from Facebook

955
00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:55.480
<v Speaker 1>and meeting them. And here is some sound advice. Guys,

956
00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:58.280
<v Speaker 1>if you find this sort of stuff on your girl's phone,

957
00:48:58.719 --> 00:49:01.039
<v Speaker 1>do not look at the picture, as that is what

958
00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:03.679
<v Speaker 1>will break you the most. I looked at the pictures.

959
00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:07.440
<v Speaker 1>She sent some very explicit pictures to all sorts of guys,

960
00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:10.320
<v Speaker 1>and she had pictures and videos of her with some guys.

961
00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:14.800
<v Speaker 1>It absolutely broke me. I was done, beyond it. I

962
00:49:14.840 --> 00:49:18.039
<v Speaker 1>grabbed all my stuff possible and moved to a friend's basement.

963
00:49:18.519 --> 00:49:21.159
<v Speaker 1>I filled my car and my friend's car with my stuff,

964
00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:25.280
<v Speaker 1>mostly clothes, my TV that I paid for, my video

965
00:49:25.320 --> 00:49:29.400
<v Speaker 1>game stuff, and my computer, everything else I didn't care about.

966
00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:32.320
<v Speaker 1>On the way out, I wrote a note explaining what

967
00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:35.119
<v Speaker 1>I found and explaining that I was done and I

968
00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:38.840
<v Speaker 1>didn't want any contact with her ever again. She texted

969
00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:42.360
<v Speaker 1>me countless times that night about how it wasn't her,

970
00:49:42.679 --> 00:49:45.559
<v Speaker 1>that it was her other side. She tried to spin

971
00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:48.480
<v Speaker 1>it around that way again, but this time I was

972
00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:51.719
<v Speaker 1>so done. I wasted almost eight years of my life

973
00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:55.000
<v Speaker 1>and I felt done. I lost my job, and I

974
00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:58.239
<v Speaker 1>lost all the will to really do anything but sleep.

975
00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:00.800
<v Speaker 1>It was a dark time in my life. If it

976
00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:03.199
<v Speaker 1>wasn't for my friend being there to force me to

977
00:50:03.239 --> 00:50:06.519
<v Speaker 1>eat sometimes and be there for me, I probably wouldn't

978
00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:09.119
<v Speaker 1>have gotten through it. I ended up blocking her from

979
00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:12.440
<v Speaker 1>Facebook and changing my number. It was so difficult to

980
00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:15.719
<v Speaker 1>separate my life from hers. We had routines and a

981
00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:18.119
<v Speaker 1>life together, and I really didn't know how to be

982
00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:20.880
<v Speaker 1>without her. I didn't know how to sleep without her

983
00:50:20.920 --> 00:50:23.440
<v Speaker 1>in my arms, or how to eat without her helping

984
00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:25.880
<v Speaker 1>me cook dinner, or even be in the car without

985
00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:28.800
<v Speaker 1>her singing along to songs and acting stupid with me.

986
00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:32.599
<v Speaker 1>Our lives went from being embedded to being separate in

987
00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:35.679
<v Speaker 1>a second's time. I lost myself for a long time.

988
00:50:36.039 --> 00:50:38.159
<v Speaker 1>My friend urged me to go out and meet a

989
00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:40.400
<v Speaker 1>few women, but I didn't know how to mingle or

990
00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:43.440
<v Speaker 1>meet women. Back then, it wasn't as digital as it

991
00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:46.880
<v Speaker 1>is now. Now there are Tinder and Grinder. Back then

992
00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:50.039
<v Speaker 1>it was my space. Ironically how I met my ex.

993
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:53.079
<v Speaker 1>I had a few dates, but with my trust issues,

994
00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:56.920
<v Speaker 1>I didn't click with anyone. My ex managed to destroy

995
00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:59.800
<v Speaker 1>something in me. I don't know what exactly. It is

996
00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:02.559
<v Speaker 1>sort of a trust thing and just a worry that

997
00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:05.440
<v Speaker 1>any relationship I would have would end like that. I

998
00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:08.239
<v Speaker 1>gave up for a while until this woman found me online.

999
00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:11.119
<v Speaker 1>I had a website where I was writing a book online.

1000
00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:14.280
<v Speaker 1>I wrote it in chapters and posted each one online

1001
00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:17.559
<v Speaker 1>like an episodic style. This woman was a huge fan,

1002
00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:20.039
<v Speaker 1>and we noticed we had a huge number of the

1003
00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:23.800
<v Speaker 1>same interests. She loved writing just as much as I do,

1004
00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:27.360
<v Speaker 1>and she has a passion for art. We share our

1005
00:51:27.400 --> 00:51:30.039
<v Speaker 1>new art with each other all the time and give

1006
00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:33.679
<v Speaker 1>each other honest critiques. We are always brutally honest with

1007
00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:36.840
<v Speaker 1>each other, and I love that It's been three years

1008
00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:41.039
<v Speaker 1>of constant skyping, playing games on PS three with each other,

1009
00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:44.159
<v Speaker 1>and we write with each other every single day. We

1010
00:51:44.239 --> 00:51:47.079
<v Speaker 1>have fallen in love. We literally talk from the moment

1011
00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:50.480
<v Speaker 1>our day starts to when we sleep, and it's amazing.

1012
00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:54.400
<v Speaker 1>Story twenty nine. Things between me and my partner had

1013
00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:57.039
<v Speaker 1>been rocky for a couple of months, and while I

1014
00:51:57.119 --> 00:52:00.519
<v Speaker 1>knew that we were slowly drifting apart, we had for

1015
00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:03.519
<v Speaker 1>each other was most definitely still there, or at least

1016
00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:06.039
<v Speaker 1>that's what I thought. Things had been going better for

1017
00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:08.760
<v Speaker 1>the last couple of weeks, and I had spent Friday

1018
00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:11.559
<v Speaker 1>night at home working on some schoolwork while she went

1019
00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:14.440
<v Speaker 1>out to party with some friends. So when I woke

1020
00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:16.360
<v Speaker 1>up early on Saturday, I thought it would be a

1021
00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:18.800
<v Speaker 1>great idea to walk over to her place with some

1022
00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:21.760
<v Speaker 1>food to make her breakfast, which was something that I

1023
00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:24.760
<v Speaker 1>often did. She didn't live far from my place, so

1024
00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:27.159
<v Speaker 1>it was a short walk, and she always left a

1025
00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:30.400
<v Speaker 1>spare key outside her place and permitted me to pop

1026
00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:33.400
<v Speaker 1>in at any time. However, when I got to her place,

1027
00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:36.320
<v Speaker 1>there was a vehicle I didn't recognize in her driveway

1028
00:52:36.639 --> 00:52:39.559
<v Speaker 1>and her key wasn't in its normal place. I felt

1029
00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:42.039
<v Speaker 1>intrusive about it, but I decided to look through the

1030
00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:45.199
<v Speaker 1>window into her suite she lived in a basement suite,

1031
00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:47.880
<v Speaker 1>to see if she was actually home or had crashed

1032
00:52:47.880 --> 00:52:50.760
<v Speaker 1>at a friend's place. After all, we had been together

1033
00:52:50.840 --> 00:52:53.360
<v Speaker 1>for three plus years, so it wasn't like I was

1034
00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:56.159
<v Speaker 1>some peeping tom. So, even though I felt a little

1035
00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:58.679
<v Speaker 1>weird about it, I looked through the kitchen window and

1036
00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:02.039
<v Speaker 1>immediately saw shoes and clothing spread all over and in

1037
00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:04.840
<v Speaker 1>a very cliche way, they led directly to her bedroom.

1038
00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:07.119
<v Speaker 1>Even though my heart sank to my stomach and I

1039
00:53:07.119 --> 00:53:09.360
<v Speaker 1>didn't want to see it, I went around the house

1040
00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:12.039
<v Speaker 1>and looked through her bedroom window to see what I feared.

1041
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<v Speaker 1>She was lying unclothed in bed next to another guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never felt so ashamed, betrayed and angry before in

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<v Speaker 1>my life, and in that very moment, she happened to

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<v Speaker 1>open her eyes and made direct eye contact with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt shattered, I felt guilty and ashamed. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to smash the window and off this stranger lying next

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<v Speaker 1>to the woman I thought I'd always be with, but

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't. I just walked away. The next year of

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<v Speaker 1>my life, I'm ashamed to admit, consisted of excessive drinking

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<v Speaker 1>and partying, cringeworthy conversations with my ex, and an internal

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00:53:43.639 --> 00:53:47.960
<v Speaker 1>turmoil that nearly destroyed me. But when that fog finally lifted, somehow,

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<v Speaker 1>it all made sense, and I was finally able to

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<v Speaker 1>let go of all the pain and anger and frustration

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<v Speaker 1>that I had held on to. I made my apologies,

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<v Speaker 1>I shook the hand of the man who was lying

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<v Speaker 1>next to her that morning, now her partner, and made

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<v Speaker 1>peace with all that had happened. My reaction at the

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<v Speaker 1>time was childish, self destructive, and likely overboard. She wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>my first serious girlfriend, but she was the one that

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<v Speaker 1>I loved more than anyone else, and I really thought

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<v Speaker 1>we'd be together forever. I'm not proud of how I reacted,

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<v Speaker 1>but it taught me a lot about who I am

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<v Speaker 1>and who I want to be. I stayed single for

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<v Speaker 1>a long time after that, and only dated for short periods,

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<v Speaker 1>but never got too attached to anyone. I apologized to

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<v Speaker 1>both her and her new partner for a variety of reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly to make peace with what had happened and to

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<v Speaker 1>try to heal some of the anger I was holding

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<v Speaker 1>on to, but also because during my phase of self destruction,

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<v Speaker 1>I had said some pretty cringey things to both her

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<v Speaker 1>and to him. We shared a group of friends, so

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<v Speaker 1>there was plenty of interaction, and I knew that I

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<v Speaker 1>could and should be a better man than that. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt really guilty about some of the things I said,

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<v Speaker 1>and because I really did care about this person, I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted her to be happy with whatever new path she chose.

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<v Speaker 1>One day, I finally met another woman whom I fell

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<v Speaker 1>deeply in love with and have been with for five

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<v Speaker 1>years now. I couldn't be happier. And the box I

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<v Speaker 1>have hiding in my closet is almost full enough with

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<v Speaker 1>the money I've been saving to buy her the ring

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<v Speaker 1>she's always wanted. I guess in the end, it does

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<v Speaker 1>make sense. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video,

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<v Speaker 1>be sure to give it a thumbs up, Subscribe and

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