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A Wildcard episode featuring diverse personal stories including a near-drowning sailing accident, a marriage-ending affair with a neighbor who became a friend, an epic 12th birthday party orchestrated by an unconventionally creative babysitter, and a harrowing tale of botfly larvae infestation in someone's eyelid while working in the Amazon.
Lydia's Near-Drowning Sailing Incident
Nine-year-old Lydia shares her terrifying experience during a kids' sailing camp on Cape Cod. On the last day before 'Pirate Day,' she attempted a risky maneuver while intentionally capsizing her boat for practice. A rope became tangled around her neck, dragging her underwater as the boat completed its flip. Despite her sister's panicked screaming and the slow-moving rescue boat, a counselor managed to cut the rope just as Lydia was losing consciousness, leaving her with severe rope burns but ultimately alive.
- Lydia was nine years old attending a week-long sailing camp run by 16-year-olds
- On the second half of the week, counselors left kids to sail on their own while following in a skiff
- The last day was 'Pirate Day' where kids would try to capsize each other's boats
- During practice capsizing, Lydia got caught in a loop of rope around her neck
- As the boat flipped 180 degrees, the rope tightened and began dragging her underwater
- Her sister screamed 'don't die' repeatedly while Lydia was turning blue
- A counselor cut the rope with a small pocket knife just before Lydia passed out
- Despite the trauma, Lydia asked to return to camp the next day for Pirate Day
" There's one rule. It's that there are no rules. "
" Don't die. Are you going to die? Don't die. "
Stacey's Husband's Affair with Her Friend Jenny
Stacey discovered her husband Logan's affair in the most shocking way - the affair was with Jenny, a neighbor who had become Stacey's close friend after the affair ended. While 19 weeks pregnant with her second IVF baby, Stacey received an email from Jenny's husband revealing the truth. The twisted timeline revealed that Jenny had deliberately befriended Stacey to determine if she was actually the 'terrible person' Logan had claimed, only to discover Stacey was genuinely likable, forcing Jenny to end the friendship.
- Logan met Jenny in October 2009 through a neighbor who needed restaurant gift cards for an event
- Jenny became Stacey's friend in May 2010, two months after the affair ended
- Jenny babysat Stacey's son every Sunday for baseball games while the affair was secret
- Stacey received the revelation email in November 2010 while 19 weeks pregnant with her second child
- Jenny admitted she befriended Stacey to confirm if she was 'a really terrible person' as Logan had claimed
- Stacey attempted to repair the marriage but discovered continued inappropriate texts to other women
- The marriage ended nine days before their daughter was born
- Years later, Jenny married Neil, another neighbor from the same subdivision
" I wanted confirmation that you were a really terrible person so that I wouldn't feel badly about what I did. But it turns out I'm not a terrible person. "
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