Some folks have the Iliad. Some folks favor the Odyssey. But when it comes to epic stories, it has been a long time since a yarn has captured millions of viewers quite like that of Reesa Teesa, a TikToker who narrated a 50-part story documenting the fake-out highs and rock-bottom lows of her marriage to someone she characterizes as “a pathological liar.”
Reesa Teesa’s “Who the Fuck Did I Marry” series appears to have put an end to all other forms of entertainment. People have stopped reading their For You Page, turned off Netflix, and nothing else has piqued their interest but Reesa’s story.
Each video in the series is around 10 minutes long, totaling 500 minutes of viewing time, or 8.33 hours. Yes, some individuals, like me, have spent the equivalent of a whole workday binge-watching every turn of Reesa’s Lifetime-worthy story.
Reesa opens up about her experience, which she jokingly refers to as “The United Nations of Red Flags,” and explains how she and her ex-husband met through two dating apps. The two spoke over the phone, and her ex-husband, known as Legion, said that he was a former arena football player who had lately started working as a regional manager for a popular condiment company in Georgia.
Legion also reportedly told Reesa that he attended college in California; his father was a police officer; his mother was a school teacher; and he had two brothers, two sisters, and two half brothers on his father’s side.
All of this, viewers would discover at the end of Reesa’s story, was a lie.
The couple’s relationship immediately became serious because Reesa claims she “thought [I] met the one.” They moved in together, and Legion suggested they seek for a house. He had a Chase pre-approval for up to $700,000 (later shown to be doctored), and he once said he could use money from an offshore account to pay $750,000 cash for a house (also a fabrication).
He promised Reesa a car, which conveniently fell through, and a trip to London, which also fell through.
However, the lies were not entirely about money. After a sense of unease prompted Reesa to investigate her partner’s honesty, she discovered previous marriages (despite the fact that he claimed to have only been married once on their marriage certificate), his true social security number (which was also seemingly misreported on the marriage certificate), and recurring jail stays.
According to Reesa, among of the more heinous lies include Legion convincing his “aunt” and others that he and Reesa had a newborn baby — and surreptitiously accepting gifts for the nonexistent child, despite the fact that Reesa miscarried in reality.
And none of this mentions the fact that he took Reesa to visit where his grandparents were buried, but the gravesite ended up belonging to a random family with the same surname.
By the end of her story, Reesa recognized how simple it is to chuckle at the absurdity of the situation, particularly as a coping mechanism. “In order to get through it, I have to laugh,” she told me.
And believe me, there have been plenty of funny replies on the internet…
