194. A Perfect Little Beach Town
The Secret Room | True Stories
Ben Hamm
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Ali tells us the story of her complicated and heartbreaking relationships with two men. Where it leads comes as a complete surprise, to all of them.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, my name is Ali and my secret is that I bounce back and forth between two different lives |
| 0:05.2 | I fabricated out of fear pain and distrust with every new layer came new complications and Ben |
| 0:11.6 | There's one I can hardly believe today the secret room presents perfect little beach town. I'm Ben him |
| 0:30.0 | I was like really scared at this point of who I was with because |
| 0:34.1 | That's like a core lie that he told me |
| 0:39.5 | Thanks to Dipsy for supporting the secret room Dipsy is an audio app full of short sexy stories |
| 0:44.8 | If you're looking to light a spark or he thinks up, there's a story waiting for you get an extended |
| 0:50.3 | 30-day free trial when you go to DipsyStories.com slash secret |
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| 1:00.1 | 15% off your annual membership at masterclass.com slash secret room |
| 1:10.9 | In today's secret room Ali tells us the story of her relationships with two men |
| 1:15.0 | It takes complicated and heartbreaking twists and turns and where it leads will come as a complete surprise to both of them |
| 1:25.2 | Hi, Ali. Welcome to the secret room. Hi really great to have you here. Thanks for joining me |
| 1:31.2 | Thanks for having me you're welcome |
| 1:34.5 | When your story starts a couple of years ago you were a single mom right living in the big city |
| 1:39.7 | Yeah, I was just me and my son on a new adventure |
| 1:43.8 | Why was it a new adventure? Because it was just me and him and we had moved |
| 1:47.9 | Be closer to my brother who |
| 1:49.8 | Convinced me to move up there on a two-week visit that turned into a six-year visit and then it just became our lives |
| 1:56.1 | So you're newly single starting out on a new life you moved to the big city with your son |
| 1:59.7 | Mm-hmm held with your son at the time he was |
| 2:03.4 | Three it was the best time of my life. I grew so much from that experience |
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