I had a girlfriend for six years and I found her mother annoying as fuck. Recently I had the chance to catch up with my ex's cousin (we are on good terms) after a soccer match. Here he disclosed to me that my ex's mother (lets call her Jillian) had divorced her new husband Glenn of 5 months. As ridiculous as it sounds, her story shows an insane amount of RP truths.

Jillian was a textbook pretty girl in her highschool days and had lots of guys attention, including Glenn's (yes they went to same school). During this time Glenn was introverted, not so attractive and typical beta. It was well known that he liked her, but obviously he wasn't given the time of day. So what happened? Jillian ended up marrying the "cool" alpha type, lets call him Dan.

Dan marries her, has 3 kids.... but then decides that his partying days are not over... so a divorce occurs early in their kids lives. Jillian still mentions throughout her days how much she loves Dan and misses him. They even have "Birthday Sex" from time to time.

Nearing the end of my time with my ex, Glenn shows up in the picture. Apparently the wonderful world of facebook reunites the classmates and they end up having a coffee date.

Here's where I should mention that Jillian has a relatively low salary and no real assets (house/car)... Nothing is paid for.. all rented. Glenn on the other hand is fat, fairly unattractive, but owns 2 houses by a lake and drives a lexus.

The two keep going out, despite Jillian still keeping in contact with Dan. She even tells me and my girlfriend at the time about how unattractive she finds Glenn and how he's not right for her. Several months later he proposes on Valentines Day (how romantic eh?), she accepts. At this point shes pushing her late 50's and chooses to remarry.

The wedding was pretty nice, it was at his house and costed roughly $20,000. Shortly after the wedding me and my girlfriend broke up (pretty messy but that's a story on its own).

So what happens? I speak to her cousin, doing the usual whats new kind of thing and he doesn't particularly like Jillian, So he discloses to me that she divorced him just a few months after marrying. I ask why? He says that she told him that she ended up digging through his finances and discovered that despite his high position in a Hospital he had enormous debts... Apparently this was unacceptable and prompted a divorce.

I knew it wasn't going to last, but it shocked me how short it was. I hope the divorce process is swift and Glenn doesn't get too shafted (sure hes beta, but hes actually a nice guy). Word on the street is she still sees Dan from time to time, but with no commitment. At least she didn't get the payoff she expected.