True Romance: Cheater Caught When Dog Swallows Thong, Felon Wed Before Serving Time & Marriage On The Rocks

Another week has flown by and Thursday has arrived once again. That means one thing, it's time for a fresh edition of True Romance With SeanJo.

If we've learned anything from our weekly journeys of love together, it's that we'll go wherever needed to get to the bottom of a true romance. And I do mean wherever.

Last week we tackled supernatural soulmates after all. That tells you pretty much everything you need to know right there. There are no limits to where we'll go week in and week out.

If there are extramarital activities, threesomes, or open marriages, we're going to be right there soaking in whatever is left behind. We'll show up without judgment, trying our best to keep an open heart.

This week we're staying within our earthy confines, but the path we're taking is still full of all the passion and mysterious circumstances you've come to expect.

It's far from easy out there and sometimes people get lost along the way. But if true romance is used as the North Star, most will find their way.

If you have a true romance story that's anything but cookie cutter or want to weigh in on anything that's covered week in and week out, I want to hear from you sean.joseph@outkick.com.

Woman finds out her husband is cheating after their puppy takes a trip to the vet

We're getting started this week with a classic story of someone with too much romance in their heart. The tragedy of such a gift from the universe is that those they love are oftentimes the ones who end up getting hurt by them the most.

A woman ended up finding out that she was being cheated on by her husband after taking her very sick puppy to the vet. Not only is her husband having an affair, he's putting her dog's life in danger.

She might have one day been able to forgive him for his extramarital activities, but there's no chance she'll be able to forgive the puppy's trip to the vet and the surgery that followed.

A 26-year-old working at the vet is the one who shared the details of this one. She says it was the first day of her new job when they had a very sick puppy arrive.

The woman said, according to the Mirror, "A puppy arrived very sick, we did X-ray, found something obstructing, did surgery, and it comes out to be a thong. We put it to the side."

The owner of the puppy eventually showed up, and they told her what they had found. This is where the woman realizes she's married to one of the people who have too much romance in their heart.

She responded to the news of a thong being found by saying, "a thong?!  I don’t have a thong! I never had thongs!". That declaration was followed by a call to her husband where she started screaming at him.

She knew her husband was either wearing women's underwear behind her back or in a relationship where a woman left her thong lying around their house. It turned out that the thong belonged to her husband's secret mistress.

"What a horrible way to find out your husband cheated on you," the vet employee said.  "But that’s my first day of my job. I hope she divorces him and feels better soon."

This is sad news all around. I get the betrayal the wife feels knowing that her husband was spending time with a woman who has no problem leaving her underwear behind.

But what about the husband? Here he was thinking that his secret was safe with the puppy and the puppy goes and eats evidence that lands it on the operating table at the vet. Man's best friend my ass.

Judge weds felon and fiancee before he's hauled off to prison

Let's try to get this back on track here. We have to show the messy side of relationships sometimes, in order to highlight the instances where, no matter what, a couple is determined to make it. 

Talk about heartwarming. It doesn't get much better than this one. A man and his fiancee had their dreams come true thanks to a New York judge who wasn't about to stand in the way of true romance.

New York Judge Melina McGuinnigle, according to the NY Post, sentenced a felon to 10 years behind bars and then officiated his nuptials.  Anthony Santiago, 35, and his now wife Victoria tied the knot before he was taken to serve his time for robbery.

This must have been exactly how Victoria pictured her wedding day when she first got into a relationship with Santiago, who has three prior felony convictions for assault in Ohio.

It's not known if any of her family was in attendance for their big day, but you know mom and dad, wherever they are, couldn’t be more happy for their daughter.

Santiago ended up with the prison sentence after being convicted of burglary for a 2022 break-in. He initially went to the home with the intention of selling a car. But a "substantial amount of marijuana" in the home caught his eye.

He and two others paid the home a visit and were said to have pistol whipped a man and a woman while robbing the home. They also threatened four children who were present at the time, but left without harming them.

If that doesn't scream marriage material, nothing will. Victoria knew what she had here and had to lock him up before the system did.

Props to this judge. She could have let this guy go in to serve his time as a single man. That would have been a complete disaster for society.

A complete injustice to those of us who consider themselves to be romantic.

He has to serve his time for the crime he committed, but there's one thing that is stronger than everything else and that's the power of love.

Congratulations to both of them, but especially to Victoria. She found a keeper and wasn't about to let him get away.

Woman met her stripper husband while he was giving her friend a lap dance

From prison to a strip show, there's no stopping what the heart wants. Nobody knows that lesson better than a woman by the name of Emily. She fell for her stripper husband while he was giving her friend a lap dance.

That friend missed out, because that was four years ago and Emily and her husband Valentino are still going strong. She works in the medical field, and he's still stripping at Magic Mike shows.

Haters don't like the fact that he's still stripping and think that the couple are "disgusting" because Emily doesn't mind if her husband sleeps with other women.  She loves their unconventional relationship.

She slipped Valentino her number after watching her best friend get a lap dance from him and then begging to be next. That put them on the path they are still on to this day.

"He has free rein to do whatever he wants, as long as he tells me about it," Emily said of their relationship, according to The Sun.

She added that she only sees her husband one weekend a month, so it's only fair that her husband is able to sleep with others when they're apart.

That makes perfect sense. Some think that will eventually lead to problems in their marriage, but that's only because they don't understand what these two have.

He's a stripper who sleeps around and when they're together they do some swinging. That's a recipe for a successful marriage right there. The haters can file their complaints elsewhere.

Emily is a supportive wife and the two of them have a ton of support around them. That's all these two need in their lives.

"There are zero rules in our relationship regarding his performance," Emily said. "If he wanted to whip it out and do helicopter, I wouldn't mind."

That's all any man really wants to hear.  Wow, that's enough to get the eyes to well up a tiny bit. I don't know how you root against these two.

Husband begs for threesome gets more than he bargained for

I know what you're thinking after all the emotions of that last one, but believe it or not, we've got one more to get through. This one might be a tough one for some, you've been warned.

A woman took to Reddit, according to the Daily Star, looking for some help after a threesome caused some trouble in her marriage. The 34-year-old woman said her husband had been talking about a threesome with them and another guy for a longtime.

She explained, "I eventually agreed it could be exciting and it took some time, but we eventually found someone that we were both comfortable with."

When it came time for the three of them to hop into bed, it turned out that the third wheel "was an absolute pro." Long story short, she enjoyed the adventure more than her husband thought she should.

"Now my husband it p***ed off at me," the confused wife explained.  "He's not talking much at all, and said he's never doing it ever again. It's been a few days and he's still not really talking."

The pouting husband obviously didn't think this one through. The wife is now annoyed with her husband after she dared to have some fun of her own.

"This also annoys me too, because I feel like he organized it for his pleasure, and the fact I had a good time seems very low on his list of priorities," she said.

Other than the threesome that has suddenly caused an issue, she says the two have a good marriage and she's completely in love with her husband. She's good with never doing another threesome, but is lost on how to fix the situation.

Her husband is angry, and she's looking for answers.  She wrapped up her story by saying, "Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?  I did say to him that we could maybe try a mff threesome, and his reply was 'you would like that wouldn't you.'"

To me, this is a simple fix. You divorce him. Not because he's angry about how the threesome he begged for played out.  But because he never considered all the scenarios of how it could play out.

He wasn't fully prepared going in and that's on him. I don't like recommending divorce, this weekly adventure is about bringing people together. Which is why she should divorce her husband and give the "pro" a call.

That's all for another packed edition. Let me know what you think. Send me your stories and comments at sean.joseph@outkick.com, and we'll do it again next Thursday.

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Sean is a cubicle life escapee and proud member of OutKick's Culture Department. He enjoys long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, and puppies - only one of those things is true.