GROOM: Emad (Age 40)

BRIDE: Brittani (Age 38)

LOCATION: Glendale, CA

RELATIONSHIP DURATION: They have been in a relationship for 12 years.

ENGAGEMENT: Engaged for approximately five years.

Originally from Illinois, the couple met in Tampa, Florida, through a mutual friend and slowly transitioned from friendship to romance. He used to play professional football for the Bears. Their relationship blossomed, leading to an engagement in Colorado over five years ago. However, their journey toward marriage has been repeatedly stalled—first by the pandemic, then by personal tragedy, and now by deep-seated issues they’re unsure they can overcome.

While they’ve built a life together the foundation of their relationship has been shaken by infidelity, emotional distance, and the pressures of daily life. Emad has a reputation for being arrogant and chauvinistic, loving to party, women and having fun. Emad admits to secret trips with other women including a trip to Mexico as well as a Vegas getaway with a different woman. Brittani has recently sought emotional connection elsewhere with a different man. While pursuing modelling Brittani started to have an emotional relationship with the male photographer that she had met. She contends that the duo never was physical, and she simply needed emotional validation and connection outside her relationship. Emad is hurt by this emotional affair and has a lot of questions he wants answered about it before he can forgive and move on. Both acknowledge that trust has eroded, and they struggle to find common ground as partners and parents.

Beyond infidelity, their relationship is plagued by emotional distance and separate lives. Emad goes out late with friends, while Brittani stays home, feeling like an afterthought. They haven’t spent a weekend alone together in a decade, and Brittani is experiencing a personal transformation, finding confidence in modeling—a hobby Emad hates. The tension between them is at a breaking point: if they don’t rebuild trust and rediscover their connection, they risk either living emotionally separate lives or breaking up entirely.

Brittani describes herself as being in a “transitional phase,” questioning if she even sees marriage in her future. The deaths of her mother and grandmother—two figures she always envisioned at her wedding—have profoundly impacted her perspective. Meanwhile, Emad wonders if she’s simply “buying time” in their relationship while she gains independence. Despite their conflicts, neither is ready to walk away completely, leaving them stuck at a crossroads: fight for their future or accept that their time together has run its course.

For Emad, this is an opportunity to finally get the answers he’s been avoiding—does Brittani still see a future with him, or is she already halfway out the door? For Brittani, it’s a chance to understand Emad’s true intentions and determine if she can ever fully forgive and move forward. Both know that whatever comes out of this experience, there will be no more hiding, no more guessing, and no more time wasted. This is their last shot at saving their relationship—or ending it with certainty.

Example Questions From Emad For Brittani

  • Are you just staying with me until you are financially stable enough to leave?

  • Did you have real feelings for the other man you were talking to?

  • Do you wish that I would lose weight?

  • Was this the first time you’ve talked to another guy behind my back?

  • Do you even want to fix this relationship? Or have you already mentally checked out?

  • Do you see a future with me, or do you imagine yourself with someone else?

  • Would you rather live somewhere else instead of staying in California with me?

  • Do you think I slept with the woman I went to Vegas with?

  • Does your family’s hatred for me affect how you feel about our relationship?

Example Questions From Brittani For Emad

  • Did you send or give cash to the other women you were talking to last year?

  • Did you spend time with the other women last Valentine's day?

  • Do you want to have more sex?

  • Did you invite the woman you were secretly seeing to go on your Vegas trip, or did she just show up?

  • Did that same woman cancel on you for the Cancun trip, or did you cancel on her?

  • Do you actually want to get married, or is it just something you say?

  • Are you still in love with me?

  • Have you ever imagined a future with someone else instead of me?

  • Would you ever take another trip without telling me again?

  • Would you be okay if I traveled for a weekend alone, without you?

  • Do you think you’ll ever try to spend more quality time with me, not just at bars or restaurants?

  • Would you ever go to the gym more?

  • Would you ever try doing something I love, like attending an art event or a fashion show, just for me?