A partner's incarceration has triggered insecurity in a relationship that started as an affair. The speaker says mistrust from that beginning never fully goes away, and advises against tit-for-tat retaliation and self-sabotage, especially for the kids' sake.
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You acknowledged earlier that when you were locked up, this caused some insecurities, you know? But just because you were locked up doesn't mean that she has to keep unlocking her whole life for you just to prove to you that she's not doing anything. And I think that you need to now trust that even though you start off on a rocky ground, and this is the problem, I've said this before on this show, when you start off as a mistress, there's always gonna be mistrust. Always, always. And that's what's happening. It's lingering throughout because how y'all started is always in your head. It's always in my head. It's always in your head, of course, of course. You have to do better for those kids and you have to do better. One of the things I picked up on you is that you tit for tat. You gotta stop that. You can't be destroying your own stuff, okay? Yeah. I'm not saying destroy anything, but definitely don't be destroying your own stuff, all right? I know.