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Oct 2024
1h 24m

Episode 263 : Ruth Returns

ROBERTA BLEVINS
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Ruth, one of our guests from Season 1, comes back to update us on her life and share her cringey MLM journal entries. As Ruth reads her inner most thoughts as a Hun deep in Pure Romance, we comment and reflect on what she was saying and what she really meant in those last years leading up to finally leaving. From deeply empathic thoughts and actions to sayin ... Show More
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