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May 29, 2025
My Wife Wanted an Open Marriage... Then Everything Fell Apart | True Story | Wistaloom Welcome to Wistaloom. This is the story I never imagined sharing—not with friends, not with family, and certainly not with strangers. But sometimes, truth finds power in vulnerability. For 10 years, Emily and I were together. Then came Ryan. The parties. The proposal of an open marriage. And everything I believed in—love, loyalty, trust—slowly unraveled. In this raw and emotional video, I recount how our marriage changed, how betrayal crept in under the guise of freedom, and how I ultimately found clarity, peace, and healing. If you've ever been through heartbreak, betrayal, or questioned your own worth in a relationship, this story may resonate deeply with you. 💬 Leave a comment if this touched you, and subscribe for more stories of truth, healing, and resilience. Because sometimes, the deepest wounds lead to the clearest truths. ➤ Subscribe to Wistaloom ➤ Share this video with someone who needs to hear this. Tags:
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welcome to
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Wistaloom Today I want to share a story
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I never thought I'd tell Not to friends
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not to family and certainly not online
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But somehow sharing it with strangers
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might be the only way to find clarity
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maybe healing My name is David and this
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is the story of how love trust and
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everything I believed in slowly
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unraveled before my eyes For 10 years
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Emily and I were together Eight of those
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years we were married We met in college
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both young hopeful and a little naive
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She was my first love I was hers We
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shared everything Laughter dreams
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struggles victories I believed with all
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my heart that what we had was rare maybe
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even sacred But what I didn't know back
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then was that sacred things can still
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shatter It started when Emily got a job
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at a new firm At first she struggled
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She's always been quiet reserved the
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kind of person who watches before she
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speaks
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But with time and with my encouragement
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she made friends at work Most of them
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were single or divorced women
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free-spirited and unapologetic about
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their choices I was genuinely happy she
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found a circle where she felt included
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But then came the after hours drinks the
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parties the impromptu girls weekends She
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said it was harmless that it helped her
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feel young again But something in her
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had shifted She became distant Not cold
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but not quite warm anymore either Our
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evenings grew quiet Our bedroom colder
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She was always tired or not in the mood
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I wanted to bring it up to ask what was
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wrong but I didn't want to seem insecure
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or controlling Then she started
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mentioning someone new at her office His
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name was Ryan the new manager Tall
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charismatic Everyone loved him she said
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At first it seemed innocent I'd hear his
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name slip into conversations now and
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then always with a laugh or a story But
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then his name started appearing
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everywhere Jokes photos stories that had
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nothing to do with work One night Emily
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sat me down Her tone was calm rehearsed
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even She said she wanted to propose
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something radical something that could
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spice things up an open marriage I
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laughed at first thinking it was a joke
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It wasn't She looked me dead in the eyes
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and said she felt like she had missed
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out on life on experiences other women
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had She didn't want to leave me She just
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wanted more This way she said we can
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explore without hurting each other It
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felt like someone had punched me in the
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stomach I asked if it was about Ryan She
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denied it Said it was just curiosity a
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modern solution for modern couples
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Against my instincts and I still don't
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know why I agreed
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Maybe I was scared of losing her Maybe I
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thought naively it would bring us closer
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somehow We set rules No overnight stays
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No one brought home No emotional
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attachments But rules don't stop hearts
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from breaking Emily dived into that
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lifestyle quickly Dates flings nights
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she didn't come home And then inevitably
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Ryan Their connection was obvious even
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when she pretended it wasn't Meanwhile I
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tried to play along Went on a few dates
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but nothing serious nothing that touched
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my heart until I met Hana She had just
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moved to the country from South Korea
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Sweet smart unapologetically kind We
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talked for hours She listened really
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listened and made me feel like a man
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again Seen desired safe It wasn't just
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physical it was real Emily noticed the
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change in me At first she teased me
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about it Then slowly the joking stopped
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She started coming home earlier cooking
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dinner cleaning She even brought me
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lunch at work and the bedroom Suddenly
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she was initiating again Something she'd
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never done before But I couldn't go back
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Something had changed in me Or maybe
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something had finally broken When I
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asked her what brought on the change she
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said she wanted to show me that she
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still loved me that she wanted to be my
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wife again
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I laughed not out of mockery just
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disbelief The irony was almost too much
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to bear I told her about Ryan about her
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nights out about the one night stands I
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didn't hold back She went to bed in
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tears that night Didn't say a word A the
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next morning she said she wanted to end
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the open marriage that it had been a
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mistake that she had been wrong
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Completely totally wrong I asked her why
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she had done it in the first place why
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she had risked everything She said her
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friends had encouraged her that they
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made it sound liberating that Ryan had
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encouraged it too He said open marriages
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were healthy that they brought people
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closer that jealousy was outdated but
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what began as emotional freedom soon
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turned into something far more
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destructive She described it like being
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drunk behind the wheel of a speeding car
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At first it felt exhilarating then
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terrifying then devastating
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She said she finally understood the
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value of what we had That it had been
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special all along and she had thrown it
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away She begged me for another chance
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And to show me she was serious she did
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something unexpected She quit her job
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cut ties with her friends blocked Ryan
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on every platform She said she wanted to
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spend the rest of her life making amends
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But I hadn't ended things with Hana
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Because with Hana I felt something I
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hadn't felt in years Peace
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We scheduled marriage counseling The
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therapist was kind and professional
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Emily didn't waste any time She admitted
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to everything Said her friends were
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toxic Said Ryan manipulated her She even
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admitted that before the open marriage
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began she and Ryan had already crossed
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lines Not physically at first but
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emotionally then intimately It shattered
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me She said she hadn't wanted to tell me
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the full truth because she feared I'd
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never forgive her And maybe she was
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right
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At the second session I asked her
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plainly "Had anything happened before
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our agreement?" She looked away staring
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at the floor Then finally she said yes
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That they had explored each other that
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it wasn't intercourse but it was
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intimate and that Ryan told her it
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wasn't cheating if it wasn't traditional
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Even the therapist looked stunned Emily
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dropped to her knees begged for
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forgiveness said she didn't even
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recognize herself anymore I asked her
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why she stopped seeing Ryan What changed
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She said that one night as she was
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leaving a meeting late she overheard
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Ryan talking to another colleague He
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joked about how easily he manipulated
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her how even the quiet ones could be
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turned And when asked if he had feelings
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for her he laughed and said she was just
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a distraction She said her stomach
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turned She ran to the parking lot and
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threw up She realized in that moment
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that he had never cared about her She
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was just a project to him something to
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pass the time The guilt crushed her and
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suddenly everything came crashing down
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She asked me if I still loved her I
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didn't know how to answer because deep
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down part of me still did But the pain
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was louder than the love She offered to
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move with me start over somewhere new
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Said we could rebuild but I told her I
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needed space I moved into my brother's
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apartment Then came another blow A call
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from Emily's ex-friend the one who'd
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encouraged the open marriage She was
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crying Said she'd slept with Ryan too
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Said she was pregnant And now Ryan was
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ghosting her Apparently Ryan had told
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her the same things he told Emily
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Promised her the same excitement the
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same liberation And now he was denying
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responsibility Her boyfriend found the
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messages left her and she in a fit of
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guilt exposed Ryan to HR and his fianceé
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She called me because she wanted to
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apologize said she felt responsible for
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pushing Emily toward destruction Said
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she hadn't known the ripple effect her
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advice would cause She looked broken
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hollowed out and even though she wasn't
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the one I married I could see the pain
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the loss the regret but none of it
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changed the damage When I returned home
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briefly to collect some belongings Emily
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was there surrounded by wedding photos
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holding her phone with trembling hands
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She showed me a threatening message Ryan
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sent her from a new number after being
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blocked after being exposed She said she
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helped her ex-friend report him She
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wanted to weaken him to break free to
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give us a shot at healing I thanked her
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but I told her it wouldn't change things
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I canceled our counseling sessions I was
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done She sobbed begged said she'd do
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anything be anything to make things
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right But I saw it clearly for the first
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time She didn't understand Not really
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Not the depth of the betrayal not the
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years of trust she had scorched Later
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she tried to be intimate again I
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declined She screamed asking what Hana
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had that she didn't I didn't answer
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because it wasn't about sex or
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excitement or novelty It was about
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safety about truth about love that
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doesn't require permission slips to be
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loyal I filed for divorce My brother
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helped me connect with a lawyer Emily
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didn't fight it She cried She begged But
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she knew One day maybe she'll heal maybe
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she'll grow maybe she'll become someone
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new but it won't be as my wife And I'll
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carry these scars not with bitterness
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but with wisdom Because love when it's
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real doesn't need experiments it just
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needs care Thank you for watching
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Wistloom If this story resonated with
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you share your thoughts in the comments
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below And remember healing isn't linear
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but truth painful as it is will always
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set you free Until next time
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