This week on Real Women, Dawn is in conversation with Tracy on what Dawn refers to as Tracy's Three Card Trick when it comes to Marriage. That’s three attempts at marriage for Tracy and we’re going to be diving into each and every one of them to discover the three L’s of marriage, life, love, and loss.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Tracy’s three marriages are all different stories but have all ended, one through jilting, discovering he liked men a lot more than he liked women, and then a rebound which was a huge mistake that turned out to have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Her emotions ranged from guilt to sadness, to anger in turn.
• In Tracy’s first attempt at the marriage at the age of 24, it was about 5 months before the wedding that Tracy decided she didn’t want to go through with it. Unfortunately, she didn’t tell him until one month before the wedding, the day after he’d paid for the reception.
• Tracy’s partner was in his 30s and he and his brother couldn’t even do their washing. This was a big red flag that Tracy was essentially just becoming a surrogate mother for her partner and his brother.
• Tracy’s first actual marriage started with a man she met and was just friends with while she was with her previous partner. She thought they were soulmates but it turns out he was questioning his sexuality and Tracy had caught him out on his lies. She felt betrayed not because it was with another man but because it was still cheating.
• Her next marriage was a rebound marriage with a guy who ended up cheating on her. This made Tracy feel like she wasn’t good enough and that another woman was better. There was however a good outcome as he and Tracy had a child together.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Right now my view is I don't believe you need to be married to be in a loving relationship’

‘His face when I told him was like a child who’s just had a toy taken away from him’

‘He was a lovely guy, but he was a doormat’

‘That betrayal meant I was grieving for a future we couldn’t have’

‘It made me feel really great as a human being that somebody could be going through all that secret turmoil and see me as potentially the person that's gonna help them solve it’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Dawn's Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.willock.98

Link for MAGB www.magb.com

Tracy on Facebook

Follow Tracy on Instagram

Tracy's LinkedIn

Witchproperty.com

 

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Dawn and Tracy are real women who are fed up of all the “noise” out there in the real world. Life isn’t simply rainbows and unicorns, it's broken relationships, hard work, hot sweats and never ending laundry baskets.  But life as a real woman is also about being honest, having good gossip and speaking our truths. Whether it’s peeling yourself into your spandex for a night out, or running a business meeting barefoot because the heel has fallen off your stilettos, there is always something to laugh about in life. 

Dawn is mid 50’s mid menopause straight talking business maverick.  Four kids, three grandchildren, two businesses, one husband and a self proclaimed “hottie”.

Tracy is a mid 50’s awesome mum, business and property mentor. Proud of her raw, honest nature, “bonkers” sense of humour and good old fashioned northern humility.

 

PODCAST DESCRIPTION

The business of being a real woman juggling life, love and work for many of us is pure sweat, grit & hustle. This podcast is for those of you who are tired of the “noise” and just want real down to earth gossip with no filters or fluff.  Dawn and Tracy bring heart felt humour, raw honesty, spandex, stilettos and intelligent conversion on being a real woman in today's world.