S1E31: Borderline
Ex-Wives Undercover: Liars, Cheaters & Love Cons
Double A Productions
3.9 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Immediately after taking Ben back, Amber knew she had made a big mistake. After being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, Ben's behavior grew more and more erratic - tackling her on their bed and even threatening to kill Athena. Things came to a head when Ben staged an emergency to distract Amber so he wouldn't have to move to Oregon. In the meantime, Athena knew he was playing both Amber and Avery - giving him 24 hours to come clean or she would tell! Then, to everybody's surprise, another woman came forward that Ben was having an affair with...this time from Norway!
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| 0:00.0 | No one ever saw this coming, but here we are, bonded forever by the same ex-husband. |
| 0:09.0 | Once arched enemies and now partners in crime, we journeyed to the edge of sanity to uncover the dark truth about her ex-husband. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Athena, and I'm Amber, and we are the creators of X-Y's undercover. |
| 0:26.7 | This podcast is based on real-life events that are portrayed to the best of Athena and Amber's memory and also backed by court records and other factual evidence. |
| 0:36.1 | While all the stories in the podcast are true, |
| 0:38.7 | some names and identifying details |
| 0:40.6 | have been changed to protect the privacy of the people involved. |
| 0:46.5 | Season 1, episode 31, borderline. |
| 0:52.2 | Everything happened in a whirlwind, and before I knew it, I was tentatively back together with Ben trying to save our marriage, and more importantly, getting him psychological help. |
| 1:03.5 | I had no idea how I would tell my family and friends the news. |
| 1:07.9 | I knew that they would be so disappointed in me. |
| 1:12.9 | Hell, I was disappointed in myself. I knew better. I knew that they would be so disappointed in me. Hell, I was disappointed in myself. |
| 1:19.7 | I knew better. I have to admit, in my heart of hearts, I knew it wasn't going to work out. |
| 1:26.2 | The lease on our house was up in just a few short months, and I needed that time to get my ducks in a row. |
| 1:28.6 | Ben and Sydney followed me back to Portland, |
| 1:34.7 | and upon Ben's insistence, we single-handedly moved all of our belongings from storage back into our home in Hillsborough. All I could think of was how incredibly mortified and ashamed I was. |
| 1:41.3 | It felt so disrespectful to my friends after they had put aside everything during the |
| 1:45.9 | busy holiday season to help me in my time of need. And here I was, falling back into this |
| 1:52.0 | never-ending, toxic and mentally abusive relationship. The only saving grace was that I started |
| 1:58.4 | tracking everything in an online journal. I needed to physically see |
| 2:02.8 | how everything was going and be able to look back on it and reflect when I needed to. I didn't want to |
| 2:08.8 | let any more time go by than necessary and lose another five years if things weren't going to work. |
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