Warning: This post contains mentions of alcohol and drug addiction.
Here are the heartbreaking and thought-provoking results:
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“My husband was just a liar.
sweetcaroline2900
2. nostalgicsun40
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“We both were ignoring our own traumas and hoping they would just magically go away.
The kicker…he was a licensed marriage and family therapist.”
“He lives alone now.
stylishdog97
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“Not me, but my sister.
She found out before her wedding day that the groom was cheating.
The amount of free things they got for the wedding was wild.”
“My sister ended up sticking it out for six more months before calling it quits and divorcing him.
Good riddance!!!”
leighanneduffy
5.
He started staying out all night right away.
He asked me WTF do I know about Sharon?”
We made it nine months before he had to go!”
luckyangel30
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“In hindsight, I can see that we were both dealing with a lot of unresolved issues.
ssketchator1
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“We got married in our 10th year together in a beautiful, small ceremony with family and friends.
The honeymoon was great and very ‘physical.’
From the outside, it looked like a dream come true.
Shortly after the honeymoon, the physical part of our relationship all but disappeared.
We began ordering out often and drinking wine almost every night.
To be clear, nothing happened between my coworker and me while we worked together.
I have recently applied for divorce, which should be granted in the next few weeks.
My ex and I co-parent our animals and are fairly amicable with each other.
We are both happier than ever, so divorcing was truly our best option!”
Canada
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“We lived together for several years and had two kids and a house.
He wanted to get married, but my gut said don’t do it.
We were already fully entangled, so I went along with it.
I eventually just bought my own because he started telling people anyway.
The wedding was amazing, and I don’t regret it.
The kids had a blast; it was probably the most fun wedding I have ever attended.
Afterward, the issues we had got even worse.
“He quit even pretending to try.
It’s ridiculous.”
47, Canada
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“I was in the military and got orders for Korea in 1992.
She suggested we marry to stay together, and I went for it.
Later, I realized she was taking my allotment money and using it for her new boyfriend.
We divorced In 1993, and I moved on.
Remarried in 2012 and just divorced again in 2023.
I don’t know what happened to my first wife.
Really wish I did and was able to talk to her.”
57, Arizona
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“I was very young when I first got married, and he was very lazy.
I constantly asked him to contribute to household chores instead of playing his Nintendo 64.
We fought like siblings, pushing and shoving.
“Needless to say, he called me the c-word and picked up a stick.
We were very young.
46, Maryland
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“I knew at the reception we would be divorced soon.
I had asked that we not smash cake on each others faces.
He smashed it in my face and up my nose.
I’m so happy to be single.”
Anonymous, California
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She slept with him three days before our wedding and one day after…and many times after that.
I’ve started the divorce process.”
38, Indonesia
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“He was depressed for a long time but was/is a wonderful, kind, loving person.
For some reason, he just didn’t accept love or maybe didn’t believe he deserved it.
‘Who AM I if not THIS?’
punch in of thinking.
Insert narrative voiceover: ‘But it wasn’t fine.’
He quickly got worse.
If you won’t try for you, will you try for me or us?
Aren’t WE worth even TRYING for?!'
‘So, I left.
He’s a wonderful person, and he could be so happy if only he’d let himself be.
34, USA
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I thought I could correct the course and immediately signed us up for couples therapy.
Still waiting on that, BTW.
I forgive him, I really do.
I’m better off without him and exploring love in so many ways with new people and new experiences…
Anonymous, USA
And finally…
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“So many things.
It was my second marriage, her first, and we had a 15-year age gap.
There was at least one affair that I know of.
We had worked together for over a year, but she kept all these things hidden well.
Nothing had changed.”
We are now done.”
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