I am a single mother of 3 young children. My brother said he had a friend that knew I had kids, but it didn’t bother him and wanted to take me out on a date. I went out with the guy 2 times. Then, about a week later, I was at work at an elementary school and I was flipping through pictures of local registered sex-offenders. On page three, there was my date in all his crowning glory.

—SeelyD

Aftermath: I never saw the guy again, and I confronted my brother about setting me up with a child molester. He said he knew about it but didn’t think it was that big of a deal!

A friend talked me into writing a letter to Dr. Phil. They accepted & asked my boyfriend and I to come. After the show the PhD on staff pulled us into the green room and said, “Amber, you know it is going to get worse before it gets better.” I responded, “Ya know what, I can’t do ‘worse'”

—Amber

Aftermath: I called American Airlines, changed my flight, and got drunk with a childhood friend in L.A. Best night of my life. My ex and I are friends, but he never forgave me for dragging him on the Dr. Phil show and then leaving him in the green room.

I knew it was over when I called his wife after a 6 yr relationship.

—Mrs. Smith

Aftermath: We’ve been talking again for the past two years. It was 5 yrs before I heard from him. Strictly friends.

I found out my boyfriend for a year and a half was dating a whore named Crystal.

—Not Steve

Aftermath: We avoid contact even though we’re still roommates.

I met him at work and we went on a couple of innocent dates. He told me that he had a little boy and that he had lost his wife to a an illness. After only a couple of weeks he was calling me non-stop, being really clingy and said that his mom had bought me a present (I had never met her). I ended it, but had a really hard time getting rid of him.

—Nancy

Aftermath: Ten or so years later I run into this prosecuting attorney that I knew and found out that his wife’s family had her body exhumed, and he was charged for murder. He got a life sentence.