The Cupboard EP9 One Word Ended a 17-Year Marriage

A 43-year-old woman asks Reddit if she's the asshole for running to the bathroom after trying something new with her husband of 17 years. He looks disgusted, takes his pillow to the couch and stops answering her calls. Five days later come the tears, the flowers, the pancakes... and one word that gives everything away. Sugar and Edna pull the thread: why he really reacted like that, what it means to rope someone into a plan they know nothing about, and whether anybody who gets married is brave or just mad.

Content note: strong language, explicit sexual and bathroom talk, infidelity, and dark jokes.

The Cupboard is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

0:00 Did you miss me?

0:58 The algorithm and the battle of the sexes

1:50 Am I the asshole for pooping after sex?

2:31 17 years in, they try something new

3:10 The sprint to the bathroom, and his face

4:18 He takes his pillow to the couch

5:04 Five days later: tears, flowers and pancakes

6:02 It's just not usually like that

6:44 The year-long affair

7:41 He calls her homophobic

8:46 Five months later: the final update

10:27 The private dick is back

11:05 Was she wrong to laugh?

12:36 How open was their marriage?

15:44 Guilt and projection

18:05 Very Bad Sponsor: No Homo Smart Glasses

19:16 Our first ad ever

20:00 He made her part of his plan

21:19 Cheater or just a child?

22:01 Can you ever see it coming?

24:08 Was it a cry for help?

24:25 The homophobe card

24:53 What the comments said

26:26 Brave or mad: why anyone gets married

27:51 The twink secretary

28:39 Burn it all down and start over

29:26 When you can't take a reaction back

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