An Atlanta girl’s TikTok sequence shedding gentle on her poisonous relationship together with her ex-husband has gone viral after fascinating social media customers throughout all platforms.
The 50-part sequence shared by TikTok consumer, ReesaTeesa, titled “Who TF Did I Marry” is an intensive recount of her expertise with a person she met on-line and married through the pandemic.
“I’m going to inform the story of how I met, dated, married, and divorced an actual pathological liar,” she stated within the introductory video, sharing that she’s “going to be truthful, even when it makes me look unhealthy.”
The story begins with Teesa assembly the person she nicknamed “Legion” on March 4, 2020, by Fb Courting. She was unaware that they had additionally matched on Hinge till he advised her about it. After exchanging numbers, the pair had their first phone dialog, the place “Legion” shared details about his childhood, household, and associates and what he did for a dwelling.
Legion advised her that he was a rich former area soccer participant who had a job at Apple throughout his low season, sharing that he recenlty relocated to Atlanta from California to work because the VP of a condiment firm. Whereas attending to know each other, they shared intimate particulars about their lives, with Legion revealing that he had just lately divorced his first spouse on account of her infidelity. Legion and Reesa mentioned what they have been on the lookout for in a relationship and continued relationship; she was falling for him.
Shortly after they began relationship, COVID-19 shut down the world, which intensified their romance. Legion and Reesa started dwelling collectively, and whereas it was in opposition to her Christian values to cohabitate with a person earlier than marriage, she didn’t need to be alone. He was additionally caring for her by paying her payments. Their relationship continued to escalate, and shortly, they have been discussing shopping for a house collectively, with Legion reassuring Reesa that he may afford a $700,000 dwelling.
Whereas Legion all the time assured her that he had financial savings and cash to pay the downpayment on comparatively costly properties in money, a number of makes an attempt to undergo with the method fell by on a number of totally different properties, all the time for various causes. The identical suspicious circumstance additionally started to happen round a sequence of vehicles the couple meant to buy.
After 9 months, the couple grew to become pregnant inside months of assembly however sadly misplaced the being pregnant quickly after. Regardless of the a number of setbacks, the 2 bought married in January of 2022. Within the following months, Teesa came upon by some digging that Legion was not the VP of the condiment firm or a former area soccer participant, he had falsified authorized paperwork, lied about his social safety quantity, created faux financial institution statements, and had even been having one-sided conversations with individuals who weren’t really on the cellphone whereas in entrance of her. Throughout that point Teesa additionally found he labored for a temp firm as a forklift driver, had a legal report, and had lied about his previous marriages. Moreover, it’s revealed that Legion has a twin brother who seemingly has the life he has been attempting to painting.
The pair divorced by June of that yr. She says she has since labored on forgiving herself for getting caught up in such a scenario and for believing Legion’s many elaborate lies.
Whereas some customers had simply found the content material creator’s story, others have been too invested as she wrapped up the sequence and posted the ultimate video on Saturday. Teesa additionally held a two-hour dwell chat on the video-sharing platform, revealing extra stunning details about the ordeal.
The saga has since fully blown up on-line, with many evaluating it to a riveting tv present. Streaming platform Tubi even commented, writing: “Beginning now, no spoilers please” on half one of many 52-part playlist, receiving greater than 27k likes.
The sentiment dubbing Teesa’s saga as “higher than television” was repeated numerous instances throughout her movies, with many individuals speculating her story will finally be picked up for a film or tv sequence, just like “Zola,” the 2021 movie tailored from a 148 half Twitter thread posted by dancer Aziah Wells again in 2015.
“I simply canceled my Hulu subscription,” stated a touch upon one video within the listing, whereas one other stated, “Simply canceled my Netflix subscription and handed my children a field of Fruit Loops. They’re effective til Tuesday or so. Let’s go…”
With regard to why she felt the necessity to share her expertise, the viral storyteller stated through the dwell stream that she meant to assist increase consciousness for different girls and forgive herself for falling for the frilly scheme.
“I simply know that every part was a lie. I’ve not discovered something that proves one thing was true,” Teesa defined in a dwell chat. “I have to forgive myself; perhaps I shouldn’t say forgive myself for being dumb, however positively forgive myself, for you’d relatively be proper and married than be obedient and affected person.”
