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Hey, hey, waffle gang. I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more

relationship stories and if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider him the like, that cheeky

subscribe button and maybe that notification bell too and let's crack on with today's first story.

This story comes from a throwaway account that's titled, My Friend's Ex-Wife,

gets his family business shut down and burns their lives to the ground.

Not what you may think, and it does come with an update.

Sorry for the somewhat misleading title, but I couldn't resist. This story isn't about me, but about

two people I am friends with. One would call Ray and one Justin. I'm posting this with

Justin's permission and he'll probably be reading the thread. Some background. Ray and Justin grew up

in an extremely restrictive insular religious community that borders

on being a cult. They both read a lot from a young age and even though reading outside of the

religion's material was discouraged and so both of them grew increasingly skeptical and dissatisfied

with their environment due to having this peak into the outside world.

In high school, this shared mindset brought them together and they started secretly dating.

For context, dating was absolutely strictly verboten in this religious community.

You went straight from single to married with zero in between. So when Justin and Ray's parents

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