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hey everyone welcome back to Wistaloom
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i'm Ryan your host and today I'm diving
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into a deeply personal story one that's
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raw emotional and honestly a bit painful
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lessons we learned the hard way this
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one's a roller coaster so grab a coffee
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get comfy and let's get into it you know
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it's wild how the smallest actions can
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have the biggest consequences
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i've always been someone who loves
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deeply who tries to be kind polite and
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give everything to the person I'm with
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i'm the guy who wants to make my
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partner's dreams come true who believes
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in loyalty and building a life together
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but here's the thing I've learned
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sometimes giving your all isn't enough
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sometimes the people you love the most
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can take that for granted and it can
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lead to contempt disrespect and
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heartbreak it took me two marriages to
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figure that out and today I'm sharing
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the story of my second marriage a story
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of trust betrayal and the moment I
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decided I'd never let myself be
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disrespected again let's rewind a bit
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after my first marriage ended in a way
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that left me shattered I met Sandy both
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of us were coming out of rough
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relationships sandy had spent 3 years
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with her boyfriend Billy who dumped her
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for someone younger and in his words
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more attractive it crushed her she was
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heartbroken her self-esteem was in
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tatters and she never fully got over
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Billy that always nagged at me but I
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understood past loves can leave scars as
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for me I'm Ryan 6 years older than Sandy
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and I was coming off a 5-year marriage
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to Charlotte a woman who had me
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completely wrapped around her finger she
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was stunning seductive and I was head
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over heels in love i thought we'd be
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together forever but while I was pouring
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my heart into our marriage she was
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having affairs behind my back it took me
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a year to find out and when I did it
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felt like my world collapsed i walked
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away vowing I'd never let anyone betray
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me like that again trust I realized
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would always be a challenge for me
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moving forward so Sandy and I met both
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carrying our baggage i helped her
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rebuild her confidence she worked hard
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on herself hitting the gym playing
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tennis shopping for new clothes spending
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hours at the salon with my support she
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transformed into this confident radiant
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woman and in return she helped me heal
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she knew about my past about how
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Charlotte's infidelity broke me and she
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went out of her way to make me feel
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secure she'd tell me every day how much
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she loved me how I was her one and only
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how lucky she felt to have me we were
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intimate passionate four times a week
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we'd cuddle on the couch share kisses
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talk about our dreams we even started
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planning for kids it felt like we were
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soulmates like we'd cracked the code to
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a perfect relationship or so I thought
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fast forward to a week after our sixth
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anniversary that's when everything
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changed picture this i'm at work
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stressed out as a bond broker and when
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I'm bored or need a pickme up I
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sometimes check our home video
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surveillance system not to spy but to
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watch our adorable dachshund brandy
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running around it's my little escape but
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that morning something caught my eye
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there was Sandy my wife dressed to the
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nines in a way I hadn't seen in years
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she was wearing this stunning short red
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dress sky-high heels her hair perfectly
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styled makeup flawless she looked
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incredible but it was a random weekday
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morning why was she dressed like that my
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stomach started to churn i called her
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"hey babe," I said trying to sound
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casual "just thinking about you how's
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your day going tennis today?" She
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sounded sweet as always "hey honey I
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miss you no tennis today cara hurt her
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ankle so I'm taking the day off." I
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pressed a little so what's the plan want
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to grab lunch i can swing by and pick
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you up she hesitated that's sweet babe
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but I'm feeling bloated i'll probably
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just hit the gym have a protein shake
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see you tonight love you here's the
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thing she didn't say I love you back
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when I ended the call i always say it
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and she always returns it but not this
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time and that dress those heels
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something wasn't adding up i tried to
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shake it off but my gut was screaming i
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trusted Sandy i really did but my past
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with Charlotte had left me cautious so I
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did something I wasn't proud of i
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checked the GPS tracker I'd installed in
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her car years ago for security reasons i
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hadn't used it in forever but that day I
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needed answers the tracker showed her
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heading downtown i left my office got in
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my car and followed her my office was
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close so it didn't take long to catch up
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i saw her car pull into a parking garage
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near an upscale restaurant called
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Fellini's i parked on the street my
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heart racing and waited 5 minutes later
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there she was my wife in that red dress
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strutting out of the garage in those
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heels my stomach dropped as I saw her
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wave to a man standing outside the
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restaurant i moved closer staying out of
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sight and watched as he greeted her with
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a kiss they exchanged a few words he
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took her hand and they walked into
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Fellini's together arms around each
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other i crossed the street my heart in
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my throat and peered through the
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sandy was leaning on his shoulder
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smiling as they stood in front of the
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hostess then it happened he turned to
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her and they shared a passionate kiss i
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pulled out my phone hands shaking and
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started taking pictures she kissed him
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back just as passionately and that's
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when I saw who it was billy her ex the
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guy who broke her heart the guy I'd made
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clear I never wanted her to see again my
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blood was boiling she'd lied to me
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dressed up for him taken off her wedding
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rings and now she was kissing him in
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the disrespect was unbearable i couldn't
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think straight the pain from my first
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marriage came rushing back and I knew I
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couldn't let this slide i drove back to
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my office trying to process it all for
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the next 5 hours I sat at my desk
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replaying everything wondering how I'd
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been so blind i thought about
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confronting her about what she'd say
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would she come clean or would she lie
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again i decided I'd find out that night
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when I got home Sandy was in the kitchen
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setting the table for a beautiful dinner
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she was dressed nicely acting
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affectionate giving me a warm kiss like
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nothing was wrong "i missed you," she
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said smiling it felt like a punch to the
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gut was this her trying to cover her
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guilt i poured myself a glass of whiskey
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trying to keep my cool "i'm fine," I
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told her when she asked if something was
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wrong "just a busy day." But I could
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barely look at her we sat down to eat
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and I couldn't take it anymore
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so tell me about your day I said keeping
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my tone neutral she smiled casual as
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ever oh it was uneventful went to the
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gym for a couple of hours had a protein
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bar then came home to make dinner for
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you i stared at her tears stinging my
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eyes she looked away probably sensing
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something was off in a quiet voice I
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asked "So Sandy how do we handle this
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should we call lawyers or try
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counseling?" Her face went pale what are
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you talking about she asked divorce I
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said the end of our marriage how do we
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do this and still stay friends she
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looked panicked why are you saying this
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what's going on i didn't want to drag it
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out i pulled out my phone and showed her
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the picture of her and Billy kissing
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outside Fellini's her jaw dropped and
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tears filled her eyes i can explain she
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stammered it was just a hello kiss
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nothing happened i wasn't buying it
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how's Billy doing these days i asked my
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voice cold let me tell you how I got
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this picture i was crossing the street
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coming out of a store when I saw you
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walking hand in hand with him i followed
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you saw you with his arm around you
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kissing him passionately and that dress
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you haven't dressed like that for me in
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years were you going to a modeling shoot
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a new job explain why you dressed up for
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him i showed her another picture zooming
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in on her bare ring finger no wedding
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rings today huh that's strange i can't
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remember you ever taking them off must
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have been a special day she covered her
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i waited hoping she'd be honest when she
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didn't say anything I pressed on you
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lied to me this morning you took off
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your rings dressed up for your ex spent
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the day with him and lied again just now
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about going to the gym you broke your
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promise to never see Billy again you
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kissed him flirted with him treated me
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like a fool and you're still lying i
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don't know if you slept with him but it
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doesn't matter your actions show me you
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can't keep promises and you're willing
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to lie to cover it up that's reason
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enough for divorce sandy was shaking
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tears streaming down her face for the
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first time she seemed to realize the
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weight of what she'd done "ryan please,"
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she said "nothing happened we just had
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lunch i know it looks bad but you have
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to believe me." She admitted she dressed
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up to show Billy what he'd missed to get
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a bit of payback for how he'd hurt her
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years ago "it wasn't romantic," she
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insisted "it was just two friends
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catching up i'm so sorry can we work
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I wanted to believe her but I needed the
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truth "let me see your phone," I said
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her face fell "no you don't need to see
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that," she replied looking at the floor
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that was it i knew there were messages
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she didn't want me to see and that told
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me everything "if you don't show me
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we're done." I said "I've already talked
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to a lawyer give me the phone or I'm
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calling him to start the divorce
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papers." She begged for another chance
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admitting she'd been flirting with Billy
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online enjoying the attention letting it
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boost her ego it was childish she said i
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got caught up but I never cheated please
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Ryan I love you but I couldn't trust her
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anymore her refusal to show me the
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messages her lies her emotional
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connection with Billy it was too much
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i'd been through this before and I
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wasn't going to live through it again in
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the end we signed the divorce papers 3
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months later it was final we sold the
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house split our assets and parted as
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friends no bitterness no reconciliation
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just the ashes of what used to be a
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happy marriage i heard through Sandy's
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sister that she got back together with
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Billy got pregnant and then he left her
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again when he found out she lost the
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baby after a bad fall and her life
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spiraled her self-esteem was gone and
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she was a shadow of herself haunted by
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guilt over what she'd done to our
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marriage this experience taught me
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something profound trust loyalty and
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respect are the foundation of any
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relationship violate one and you risk
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losing them all i've moved on dating but
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keeping marriage off the table i've been
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burned twice and I'm done letting
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disrespect slide but I want to hear from
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you what would you have done in my shoes
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have you ever been betrayed like this
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