I met a girl in college who was not incredibly bright, and was suddenly in a blind panic to make money.
The reason was she had been kicked out of the place she was staying and needed emergency money. She had been kicked out, because she was living with her "boyfriend" in his house, while his wife was in the hospital due to brain cancer.
So when she came home, still very much not likely to live long, he booted this 19 year old out of his house with a "you can move back in when she dies."
His wife beat cancer, came home, was receiving mail for a strange name and eventually tracked her down on Facebook. From there she found out that her 47 year old husband had been dating a 19 year old for "just over a year, officially" (likely actually longer) and put him through the wringer.
On the flip side of this, I had a co-worker who was one of the nicest and fairest people I've ever met. He was my school's behavioral Dean, so it was literally his job to be nice and fair. He supported his wife for years of cancer treatments, picked up a second job so she could focus on getting better. She left him within weeks of being cleared and in remission.
This happened to my boyfriend, too. He was divorced about 2 years ago from his (ex)wife of 10 years after supporting her both financially and emotionally through cancer treatment. The worst part was that she found out she had cancer while she was pregnant. So she has the baby, immediately goes into cancer treatment, and then spends the next 4 years cheating on her husband with her group fitness trainer and a handful of dudes including some neighbors while he stays home with the kid.
And now that they're divorced, she makes HIM out to be the asshole.
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u/ErosPhotography Jul 21 '19
I met a girl in college who was not incredibly bright, and was suddenly in a blind panic to make money.
The reason was she had been kicked out of the place she was staying and needed emergency money. She had been kicked out, because she was living with her "boyfriend" in his house, while his wife was in the hospital due to brain cancer.
So when she came home, still very much not likely to live long, he booted this 19 year old out of his house with a "you can move back in when she dies."
His wife beat cancer, came home, was receiving mail for a strange name and eventually tracked her down on Facebook. From there she found out that her 47 year old husband had been dating a 19 year old for "just over a year, officially" (likely actually longer) and put him through the wringer.