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When I was fully dilated and in the middle of labor, my husband confessed, "The truth is, I already have a son.

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When I was fully dilated and in the middle of labor, my husband confessed, "The truth is, I already have a son.

Just after getting divorced after 12 years of marriage, I agreed to care for a company president who could not move his legs for $35,000 dollars a month.

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Just after getting divorced after 12 years of marriage, I agreed to care for a company president who could not move his legs for $35,000 dollars a month.

After three years of working away from home, my husband came back with a strange new habit: every night, he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind, something he had never done before.

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After three years of working away from home, my husband came back with a strange new habit: every night, he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind, something he had never done before.

My husband had been sleeping with his secretary in the back seat of his car.

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My husband had been sleeping with his secretary in the back seat of his car.

On my honeymoon cruise, I got seasick and returned to my room for medicine.

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On my honeymoon cruise, I got seasick and returned to my room for medicine.

This morning, when I told my husband I wouldn't hand over the money for my mother-in-law's tour of Europe, he completely lost his temper.

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This morning, when I told my husband I wouldn't hand over the money for my mother-in-law's tour of Europe, he completely lost his temper.

At 2:30 AM, my 71-year-old mother called me from the police station, bruised and terrified.

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At 2:30 AM, my 71-year-old mother called me from the police station, bruised and terrified.

My parents missed the funeral of my husband and two children because it was my sister's birthday.

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My parents missed the funeral of my husband and two children because it was my sister's birthday.

My husband invited another woman to our 35th anniversary dinner and said that I "needed to learn a lesson." He thought he'd humiliate me in front of the whole restaurant…

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My husband invited another woman to our 35th anniversary dinner and said that I "needed to learn a lesson." He thought he'd humiliate me in front of the whole restaurant…

I raised my son alone after my husband abandoned us the moment he found out I was pregnant with a boy.

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I raised my son alone after my husband abandoned us the moment he found out I was pregnant with a boy.

My best friend married my sister, who has Down syndrome — while she was fighting for her life, he gripped my hands and said, "Now it's time for you to understand why I really married her."

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My best friend married my sister, who has Down syndrome — while she was fighting for her life, he gripped my hands and said, "Now it's time for you to understand why I really married her."

I gave up 22 years of my life raising my triplet nieces — what they did at their college graduation made me drop to my knees.

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I gave up 22 years of my life raising my triplet nieces — what they did at their college graduation made me drop to my knees.