Rita

Believe it or not, I studied 19th century French poetry.

Of course, it's a million miles from where I started out in college.

Uh-uh. Believe it or not, I studied 19th century French poetry.

You speak French. Oui.

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Your god.

Because you survived a car wreck? You folks ready to order?

Oh, really?

I think that's one of the many things I learned after finding other victims is how out in the open it was and how every time you talked to someone, everybody knew everything that was going on, but nobody did anything. Teachers knew in the 70s that you don't invite students to serve alcohol at your wedding. And then all kinds of other things happened there. It was just an unbelievable situation.

Really? He he's still avoiding responsibility. Yeah.

Okay, so now Julie, tell us what he did say.

I would love to know.

I would love him to systematically list all of those victims. And I would like the school board to take whatever steps are reasonable to now have restitution for those victims. whether whatever kind of support. I don't know what shape they're in.

I know this had such a profound impact on both Jeannie and I. So I suspect that there's people in trouble and we have no idea how many, but I think there's a lot.

I feel great. I mean, when it came out, I was like, it was kind of like a slow feeling of feeling good and a little bit trepidatious and all of that. But feeling good.

Wow. The full, full story has to keep coming out. So what are you going to do now, Julie, with this?

She said she wanted to talk to us and she was so happy to know she wasn't the only one.

Jackie reported him after you, Jeannie. And then this woman we're going to meet tonight, like, it's unbelievable. But then when I got that email this morning, it was so... Just finding her and she was so clear and articulate.

All he cared about was himself, like his whole reaction. Yeah, his whole reaction was, well, what about my life? What about my family? Like no empathy, no sympathy.

I think that's one of the many things I learned after finding other victims is how brazen everything was and how out in the open.

The talk of love and marriage was entirely a way to manipulate and groom me and make me feel some sort of obligation towards him.

If it was a little boy, he'd already be in the back of the police car. Yep.

I can't believe... They've done it again. You know, like, really? Do we all have to stand in front of the Crown's office with signs? Raped by Doug Walker. Raped by Doug Walker. Doug Walker wanted to F me. Like, at what point does the Crown decide that this is not okay? So I was just so sorry for Allie. I just saw the sorrow in your face.

I think it's pretty funny when you compare our two answers there. Because you're the grown up. You're talking the policy. You're talking the law. You're talking about it. And I'm going, fuck. This is the beauty of this group, right? We have every one of us is a very different person. Anne-Marie, you're just so together. I love you.

No question. I'm the sax player. I'm ripping all over the place.

How are you today?

That's good.

Oh, I loved it.

This is a particularly tough one, eh?

Okay, I'm going to stop recording.

That poor guy. Oh, that poor man.

Wow. We can all adopt him.

Hello. There she is. Hey, Julie. Hi. Hey, Rita. The two early birds on the West Coast. Hi, ladies.

I'm glad I've found out that there's other women in the same place as me because that sense of sisterhood, of blipsterhood, really helps make it feel bearable.

She knows now. She saw me.

You called me.

Then... Another one will answer.

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Und Karriere machen?

Hi, Rita. Hi, Dave. I'm sorry. I'm nervous.

Thank you. Well, I'm 63. My husband is 60. We've been married 36 years. And most of our marriage has been full of debt. Right now we have about $44,000 in credit card debt. We have an $800 truck payment, $200,000 between the two of us in student loans. And I just feel we have no retirement whatsoever except our home.

Oh, we're late bloomers.

I know. My husband felt the need to go and get two master's degrees. He's a teacher and I'm a teacher. And so we got a late start probably in our mid-50s. And I taught, you know, I'm teaching wonderful.

No, I know. No. Wow.

So between the both of us, I added it up, take-home only is $5,635 a month. Okay. Wait a minute, you make $30,000 a piece and he has two master's degrees? Well, yes. In teaching, it helped him make more money, but...

Oh, well, for the credit card debt, I don't even know how much it's taking out of that. It's doing it automatically?

Right. Oh, goodness. About $34,000, which is about what it's worth. Oh, yeah. Sell that today.

That's the problem.

I've kind of hidden it from him, so that's my fault. That's my fault.

It would. And if I may let you guys know.

Very true.

And I feel like I've allowed him to, because when his dad died, he gave him $100,000, but...

This is why he won't sell his truck, because when his father died, he... He inherited a cabin in Colorado that's free and clear. It's worth about $500,000. And so he doesn't want to sell the cabin because it's emotional. You know, his dad's memory is tied to it. What's that got to do with the truck? Yeah, you're right. You're right.

Oh, he feels that once we sell the cabin, someday... that he'll be able to pay the truck off.

We have $30,000 in our checking account. But I don't want to pay anything off with that because that's my security nest over the summer when he doesn't get paid. Okay.