What is Ryan's betrayal story?
It also reminded him of his own rock bottom 10 years earlier, when his boyfriend at the time stuck by him and got him the help he needed to get sober.
When I had hit rock bottom, my boyfriend at the time had stayed with me. And I was like, this feels like Jacques' emotional rock bottom. And this is my chance to pay it forward and be there for my partner. And so I decided to stay.
Jacques was talking about his mistakes openly with Ryan, which felt like the right step. And Ryan knew that relationships were nuanced.
I had always worked through or tried my best to work through the tougher moments in relationships because realistically, they're not perfect. He was willing to go to therapy by himself and with me. He was showing up and like fully surrendering, which for me is what I did 10 years ago for myself.
So they set up new boundaries, boundaries that Jock agreed to.
He was agreeing to anything. I said, you will not have access to Instagram. Instagram is now under my email and my phone number and I'm changing the password and whatnot.
Ryan was comfortable giving Jacques a second chance.
But when he told his parents... They were not happy.
They had done their own research on Jacques.
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