Belle Burden’s “Strangers”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this how much divorce mentally affect women? I don't think men are as devastated when their marriage ends.

She didn't have to write a book. She just needed a you her stallion with a good D and forget about the loser

Or maybe because she is wealthy she thought it can't happen to her?

Every woman should never utter "I don't think he would ever do this to me" when their husband cheats on them. Men cheat and they will never stop. It doesn't matter if you are waitress, a CEO, a billionaire, a Prime minister, a spy. If a man is going to cheat on you, he will do so.

Burden didn’t need to write a book. She chose to write a book. She said her mother had also faced infidelity in her relationships and in her social class women were supposed to just smile, rug sweep and carry on. She wanted to defy that expectation.

Defying expectations alone isn’t a great idea. In the Modern Love podcast, she said that a friend asked why she was printing all this. I wouldn’t say this after my friend showed me her by-line, but if she told me about the idea before she published, I would have certainly asked her what she hoped to get out the experience.

I feel sorry for people who are so constrained that they live their lives worrying that others might disapprove of actions that “a friend” might deem “unexpected.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

Was he older ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

DP. I don’t think she should hide but she was not a victim.

But looking at her age? GMAFB. She was a lawyer. She knew better. So much so, she hid the revisions in the prenup from her family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this how much divorce mentally affect women? I don't think men are as devastated when their marriage ends.

She didn't have to write a book. She just needed a you her stallion with a good D and forget about the loser

Or maybe because she is wealthy she thought it can't happen to her?

Every woman should never utter "I don't think he would ever do this to me" when their husband cheats on them. Men cheat and they will never stop. It doesn't matter if you are waitress, a CEO, a billionaire, a Prime minister, a spy. If a man is going to cheat on you, he will do so.

Burden didn’t need to write a book. She chose to write a book. She said her mother had also faced infidelity in her relationships and in her social class women were supposed to just smile, rug sweep and carry on. She wanted to defy that expectation.

Defying expectations alone isn’t a great idea. In the Modern Love podcast, she said that a friend asked why she was printing all this. I wouldn’t say this after my friend showed me her by-line, but if she told me about the idea before she published, I would have certainly asked her what she hoped to get out the experience.

I feel sorry for people who are so constrained that they live their lives worrying that others might disapprove of actions that “a friend” might deem “unexpected.”

I feel sorry for people who think that everyone (even friends) will receive their actions, even puzzling ones, with unmitigated approval.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

She came from wealth, had strong family and wealth advisors at her disposal and had an elite legal education herself. A more sophisticated party I can hardly imagine.

[Anonymous]

The New York Post is certainly going to town with this. Davis reportedly sent his STBX a text saying he was going to continue the affair and collect on the prenup because he was annoyed that her stepmother had written him asking him to be honorable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

Was he older ?

She was 30, he was in his mid 30s. Neither was super young.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The New York Post is certainly going to town with this. Davis reportedly sent his STBX a text saying he was going to continue the affair and collect on the prenup because he was annoyed that her stepmother had written him asking him to be honorable.

The Post is just repeating the book. Nothing new and usual leechy Post behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

Was he older ?

She was 30, he was in his mid 30s. Neither was super young.

Oh so not uninformed d..kmarized 20s. I think she should live up to her decisions including financial ones. He’s a crook obviously and this will affect his reputation in business world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

How about the ensuing 20 years of willful financial blindness? Does she get a pass on that too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

Was he older ?

She was 30, he was in his mid 30s. Neither was super young.

Oh so not uninformed d..kmarized 20s. I think she should live up to her decisions including financial ones. He’s a crook obviously and this will affect his reputation in business world.

Oh sweet summer child. Show me one finance bro who’s not a crook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the predatory prenup get reenforced?

Her mother insisted on a prenup. Belle received and disregarded her lawyer’s advice. Then Belle, a lawyer, signed it.

There was nothing predatory about it.

She should be personally and professionally mortified by this alone.

But, it’s 2026 and here in the upside down, we don’t hide shame, we monetize it and we are all victims.

Why? She was a 20-something who made a bad decision.

Was he older ?

She was 30, he was in his mid 30s. Neither was super young.

Oh so not uninformed d..kmarized 20s. I think she should live up to her decisions including financial ones. He’s a crook obviously and this will affect his reputation in business world.

Oh sweet summer child. Show me one finance bro who’s not a crook.

I agree he won’t be harmed by this. Not ever, but even less so in the post Trump era. Wealthy white men are allowed any whims they feel.

[Anonymous]

Good for her for writing this. I know a family who had the same thing happen during the pandemic, high earning husband walked out and didn’t want any custody, got an apartment too small for overnights. And another friend is going through it now. Her STBX was siphoning her family money to help support a single mom affair partner. In both cases the husbands rose from dysfunctional childhoods due to being bright, charismatic and attractive, with prestigious educations that boosted them to their wives social spheres. It turns out both husbands were committing financial and romantic infidelity for years and basically living lies. I hope the book helps my friends feel less alone in realizing they were married to strangers.