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For the story about the woman who recovered from cancer and cheated there IS another update. They're getting divorced but have to be separated for a year. Their daughter took his side, she's trying to recover the marriage but he's sticking to his guns. The house was a pre-marital asset so she has no claim.

It really just hit me that this has been part of my Saturday routine for well over a year now

Something that wasn’t really mentioned in the story about Owen and his mom… she is 24. That means she was around 16 when she had him and got disowned by her parents. At that young age she had the commitment to get a job to support her son’s needs, she got him into a good school, and she clearly parents him well if Paige commented how respectful he is. She is an amazing mom, and I hope this situation didn’t make her question that!

I can't believe how many "hall pass" stories I've heard of where someone always wants to sleep with someone on their level. Hall passes are for celebrities, people that you would literally never in a million year have the opportunity to get with, not for Bob from Accounting 💀

Using cancer as an excuse to cheat on your spouse is maybe the most vile thing we've heard on this series.

Story 3 is insane, she was like "I know ethical non monogamy can be hard, so I'll do unethical non monogamy to make it easier on you"

Story two: white is NOT the bridal color because it’s “pure” - up until about 150 years ago brides just wore whichever of their dresses were the nicest and that was that. It was only because of Queen Victoria wearing white to her own wedding that white became “the” color for brides. And it wasn’t meant to symbolize purity, but the fact that white fabric is the most difficult to clean and therefore requires a large staff of servants to maintain. It’s never symbolized of virginity, but wealth. If any color historically represents virginity, it’s blue, and that’s why thousands of paintings of the Virgin Mary have her wearing blue.

shayne: update arasha and spencer: simultaneous gasp

shayne is SO right about the 3rd story. he has DEFINITELY been gaslighted for the entire marriage, she just got bolder now that they went through a harsher time and she thinks he wouldnt let himself 'loose' 20 years of his life. also yeah, she had cancer but he was also there, the fact that she frames it as only affecting her says a lot about how little she thinks of him.

The third story is so heartbreaking to me. Imagine going through the motions of caring for a spouse after that diagnosis, supporting them through treatment and getting them back to a sense of normalcy then they want a hall pass??? With someone already in mind? He's stronger than me because that would crush my soul man.

Stalker story just dropped an update as of July 2024. To summarize: He confronted his wife about the file and she explained that it had to do with her own insecurity and wanting to please him and eventually just became like an addictive game. They’re now in counseling but things are still not okay between them.

I think what makes that worse is that now Owen’s mom being a single mom is now going to be hesitant to accept help even when she really needs it.

"We always wanted another son, but now we have someone for our son to play with" They didn't want to adopt Owen, they wanted to buy their kid a toy

I’m still reeling that a couple had the audacity to ask someone “I like your son, can we keep him?”

The irony of Nate and Paige saying how Owen is such a good kid but thinking the OP somehow wasn't a good enough parent is crazy.

The ex stalker one makes me question whether she's a) stalking his ex because of her relationship with him, or b) she's dating him because of her obsession with his ex

In a posh english voice "Look William, we bought you a sad poor boy so you dont feel so alone anymore, go on, go play with your gift!"

I love that Spencer is spending more time in front of the camera. Always a pleasure to see Arasha.

Will also say with the Owen "adoption" story. There are SO MANY kids especially over the age of five that need adoption in foster care, and this family ABSOLUTLY has the means to afford the process and care that child needs. The reason they don't want to go through the foster system is because they don't want another child that they have to put effort into raising and being there for them, they just want a kid that doesn't have trauma and will be perfect for their son. They have the means they absolutely just don't want to put the effort into actually having another kid

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