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My Best Friend’s Boyfriend Catfished Me… Then Blamed HER! 😳💔 | Confess World
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Jul 22, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories My Best Friend’s Boyfriend Catfished Me… Then Blamed HER! 😳💔 | Confess World What would you do if your best friend’s boyfriend tried to catfish you—pretending to be her, sending flirty messages, and then tried to pin it all on HER? This is Mike’s story. A rollercoaster of betrayal, emotional manipulation, and hard truths about love, trust, and friendship. From childhood bonds and toxic relationships to unexpected reunions and a powerful fresh start—this video dives deep into a real-life drama that feels like a movie. 🔔 Subscribe for more real stories and emotional journeys that remind us how messy and beautiful life can be. 🎧 Stick around to the end to hear the twist that changed everything—including a surprise pregnancy and one epic redemption arc. 💬 Have you ever had to choose between love and friendship? Tell your story in the comments.
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All right, picture this. A guy named
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Mike, 36, living a pretty normal life in
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the UK, gets hit with a curveball that
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turns his world upside down. His best
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friend's boyfriend tried to catfish him,
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pretending to be her, and it spiraled
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into a mess that had make your head
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spin. This ain't just a story about a
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shady text. It's about friendship,
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betrayal, and figuring out how to move
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forward when trust gets shattered. Let's
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dive in. Mike and Sarah grew up
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together, practically glued at the hip
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since they were 5 years old.
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Their dads, both German guys who'd moved
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to the UK and married British women, hit
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it off. So Mike and Sarah were raised
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like siblings.
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Mike's got three sisters, so treating
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Sarah like a fourth was just natural.
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People always gave them the side eye
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like, "You sure there's nothing romantic
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going on?" But to Mike, that was
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ridiculous. Sarah was family. Always had
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been. Always would be. Life wasn't
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always kind to Sarah, though. When she
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was barely out of her teens, she married
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her boss, a guy named Tom. Huge mistake.
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Tom was a controlling jerk who cut her
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off from friends, family, everyone,
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including Mike. For 3 years, they didn't
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talk, and it broke Mike's heart. He felt
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helpless. But there wasn't much he could
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do. When Sarah finally divorced Tom, it
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was like getting his sister back.
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Around that time, Mike was at university
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where he met his wife, Lisa. They
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clicked right away, and 17 years later,
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they're still rock solid. Lisa and Sarah
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got super close, too, which made Mike
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happy. His two favorite people in the
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world were like sisters themselves. At
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uni, Mike also met a guy named Dan. Same
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age, same course. They were buddies in a
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big friend group, but lost touch after
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graduation.
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Fast forward 10 years, and Mike and Dan
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end up working at the same company.
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Total coincidence.
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Mike, being a good guy, introduced Dan
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to Sarah. Sparks flew, and before long,
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Dan and Sarah were dating, then shacking
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up together.
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Everything seemed cool. Dan never acted
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weird about Mike and Sarah's tight
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friendship, or so Mike thought. He
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figured, "All right, this guy's solid.
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Sarah's happy. I'm happy." Then things
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got strange.
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A few weeks back, Mike started getting
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texts from Sarah's number. Not normal
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texts either. These were late night
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flirty, sometimes straight up
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inappropriate messages. Mike's first
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thought was, "This ain't Sarah." For
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one, she used Mike instead of Mikuel,
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the German version of his name that
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Sarah and their dads always used since
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they were kids.
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It was their thing. So when Sarah
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started calling him Mike and sending
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flirty stuff, his gut screamed something
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was off. When the text got downright
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spicy, Mike shut it down fast. He fired
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back. Dan, is that you? No reply. Total
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silence. Mike wasn't going to let this
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slide. He showed the text to Lisa, who
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was pissed. She grabbed his phone and
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marched over to Sarah's place to get
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answers. Mike stayed home, but Lisa
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filled him in later. She showed Sarah
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the whole text thread, and Sarah's jaw
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hit the floor. She was horrified. When
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Dan walked in, they confronted him. At
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first, he played dumb, denying
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everything. Then, he had the nerve to
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accuse Sarah of sending the texts to
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cover up some madeup cheating scandal.
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Yeah, you heard that right. He tried to
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pin it on her. Sarah wasn't buying it.
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She packed a bag and left with Lisa to
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crash at Mike's place. The next morning,
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Dan called Sarah crying, begging her to
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come home. His excuse, he was jealous of
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her friendship with Mike. Apparently,
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Sarah had a habit of deleting all her
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texts, not just with Mike, but with
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everybody. It's just how she rolls. But
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Dan said it drove him nuts, not knowing
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what they were talking about. So, he
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snooped through her phone and sent those
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texts to test if Mike would cross a
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line. Mike wasn't buying it.
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This wasn't some oopsie driven by
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jealousy.
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Dan went through her phone, pretended to
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be her, and tried to trick Mike into
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something shady. He risked Mike's
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marriage, Sarah's trust, and their
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lifelong friendship. It was a total
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disaster. Mike laid it out for Sarah.
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Dan's move was planned out, not some
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spur-of-the- moment thing. He didn't
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tell her to dump him, but he pointed out
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how shady the whole deal was. Sarah went
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back home and Mike didn't hear much for
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a few days. Then Lisa got the scoop from
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Sarah. She'd basically forgiven Dan.
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How Dan flipped the script. He told
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Sarah that Mike was the problem, acting
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like a controlling guy trying to run her
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life just like her ex Tom. He said she
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should make her own choices and ignore
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Mike because he didn't have her best
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interests at heart.
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Classic manipulation.
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Sarah was stuck. She loved Dan, but Mike
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was her brother in all but blood. In the
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end, she decided to pretend the whole
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thing never happened. Part of that,
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cutting Mike out to keep Dan happy. That
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hit Mike hard. Dan got exactly what he
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wanted. Mike out of the picture. Mike
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was mad, but didn't know what to do.
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He couldn't force Sarah to see Dan's
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true colors. But watching her get
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manipulated again was killing him.
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He thought about getting his sisters
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involved. Sarah's like family to them
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too, but figured that'd be too pushy.
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So, he let it be, hoping Sarah would
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come around. Right before Christmas,
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things took a wild turn. Mike backed
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off, taking advice to stay out of it. No
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meddling, no family drama. Just let
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Sarah figure it out. A little after New
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Year's, Sarah's mom called Mike.
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Apparently, Sarah showed up at her
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cousin's place in Germany out of
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nowhere. What went down? Over the
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holidays, Sarah and Dan went to their
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tiny hometown village. Think one pub,
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one post office, nothing else. They ran
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into Sarah's ex-husband, Tom, at the
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pub. Now, get this. Dan, knowing how
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awful Tom was to Sarah, asked him for
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advice on how to handle Mike and his
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friendship with Sarah. Tom, maybe
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feeling guilty about his own past, shut
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it down and tipped off Sarah's mom about
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what Dan asked. Sarah's mom sat her down
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and laid it out. Dan was acting just
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like Tom, trying to control her by
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cutting out her friends. She told Sarah
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to confront Dan and stop ignoring what
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he did. Nobody knows exactly what they
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said, but Dan left to go back to their
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shared place, and Sarah stayed with her
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mom. The next day, Sarah bolted to
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Germany without telling anyone. Her
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cousin said she was okay, but
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overwhelmed and embarrassed for letting
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another guy pull the same crap Tom did.
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She couldn't stay in their hometown
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where she might run into Tom or Dan, so
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she ran somewhere safe. Mike sent her a
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message saying she's always got a home
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with him and Lisa, but he gave her
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space. She didn't reply, probably too
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embarrassed, especially since Dan used
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to be Mike's friend. Fast forward to
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just before a new UK lockdown hit in
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early 2025. Sarah came back. She moved
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in with Mike and Lisa. A bit hesitant at
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first.
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One night over some beers and a marathon
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session of Divinity Original Sin 2, a
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fantasy video game they both love. They
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finally hashed it out. Sarah admitted
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she'd buried her head in the sand when
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she found out Dan catfished Mike. It was
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too much. Choosing between the guy she
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loved and her best friend felt
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impossible.
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She felt ashamed for falling for another
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controlling guy. She couldn't face Mike
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after ignoring his warnings. She opened
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up about deeper stuff, too. She
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regretted not going to university,
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marrying Tom instead. She felt like a
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sidekick in other people's lives. She
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saw Mike and Lisa as this perfect
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couple, and it made her feel small.
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Leaving Dan meant starting over with
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nothing, and that terrified her. Mike
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had a realization, too. His support,
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paying Sarah's bills, fixing stuff at
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her place, might have made her feel like
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she wasn't standing on her own.
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Not because he was controlling, but
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because she felt trapped relying on
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anyone, even someone she trusted. They
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came up with a plan. Sarah's going back
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to school, something she always wanted,
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but skipped because of Tom. Mike's
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helping one last time by letting her
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live rentree in a flat he owns near a
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university.
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It's the same flat he bought with an
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inheritance from his dad, which got him
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through his own uni days. But here's the
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deal. Sarah's covering all her own
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bills, and once she's working, she's
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out. It's his last act as her pseudo
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brother, as she called it. After that,
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they're just best friends. No strings
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attached. Oh, and here's a big twist.
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Lisa's 5 months pregnant. Yeah, that's
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been a wild ride, too. Happening right
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in the middle of all this.
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As for Dan, he's moved on, already
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living with a longtime friend. Sarah
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laughed when she heard like, "This guy
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was so paranoid about me and Mike, but
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he's shacked up with a friend 3 months
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after we split." She's pretty sure he
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didn't cheat, but the irony wasn't lost
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on her. Sounds like Dan was projecting
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his own feelings onto them. Bullet
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dodged. So, that's the story. It's been
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a hell of a ride, but Sarah's on her way
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to being her own person, and Mike's just
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glad she's free from Dan's nonsense.
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Sometimes you got to let people figure
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things out, even when it hurts to watch.
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Sarah's got a fresh start. Mike's got
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his best friend back. And life's moving
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forward one messy, complicated step at a
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