The Edge Breakfast - TRUTH BOOTH: Jodie's $135,000 Secret...

Episode Date: July 22, 2025

This is a podcast from Rover. The Truth Booth. If you've got a secret you've been sitting on that no one knows, but you've decided it's time to get it off your chest, join us in the Truth Booth. Yeah, a problem shared is a problem halved. Oh, they've always said that. Yeah, and it's true.

Get it off your chest and you feel better. Mmm. Jodie joins us. Morning, Jodes. Morning. Hi, guys. Hi, darling. Now, you've obviously heard a couple of the Truth Booths on the radio. You've called up with your own. What made you feel the need to call us and tell us about this? Honestly, it's just something that's been building up on me. I think about it like every day. And I just need to get it out. And it just needs to come out, but no one else can know.

Every day for how long? Oh, I'd say like three, two years ago. Okay. It all happens around then, so it's been that long. Okay, sit down on the truth chair, take off your truth shoes and tell us a bit of backstory. Okay, I just want to preface this, that I love my husband.

I want to spend the rest of my life with him, obviously, but I'm hiding something because of a gut feeling that, if he's found out, I actually feel that it could end us. Wow. How long have you been together? Uh, like seven years. Okay, so this happened while you were with him? Yep.

Okay, were you married when it happened? Yes. And have you got any kids? Yeah, I've got two little boys. Okay, come on. I mean, you know, we're all hoping it's not the thing that we think it is. Can I just straight up ask, have you had an affair? No. Okay, so it's not an affair. Okay, it's not the thing that we think it is. Can I just straight up ask, have you had an affair? No.

Okay, so it's not an affair. Okay, it's not the thing that we all thought it was. Here's another question and it could not be an affair, but is there anyone else involved in this secret? Ah, yes. Okay, and why have you not told, like when it happened, did you not tell him like when it happened, did you not tell him because you were embarrassed

or ashamed or is it just, or is it something good that you don't want him to know about, like why not tell him? I think I was just, yeah, ashamed. Like if he found out, it would put such like distrust and distrust on the relationship. like we're so open about everything and it's just I've dug myself a hole I fear. Okay so you're gonna tell us obviously your voice is guys no one knows and your name's not really Jodie yeah do you feel like after telling us

it's something that you might tell him or you're never gonna tell him? It's something that you might tell him or you're never gonna tell him. I don't think I could. Oh my god. Have you told anyone else or are we the first kind of people to know? I've told the other person involved but that's, yeah, it's more of a legality thing rather than just opening up to friends or family about it. I'm stumped man, they're gonna have a clue. I've got no idea. No, I sort of have an inkling about it as well, let's rip off the band-aid.

Okay. Are you ready Jodie? You've been sitting on the secret for three years, you've told nobody and you're about to verbally put it out into the universe for the first time in a long time. Okay. What's your truth, Bob? So So around three years ago I had a grandparent that passed away and from that I inherited around 135k and I'm hiding it from my husband in a secret account for just my self money. I guess we've got a mortgage, we've got bills, we've got our kids in school that we could probably really use the money for.

But I just have to keep this a secret. This is my money for a job in trade. Babe. This is my wife's worst nightmare. If she found out I'd been doing this, she would leave me. And that's probably what Jodie's fear is. Oh my god, I flip-flopping between go girl and... Oh, hold on, no, actually...

I under... I think... I understand Jodie. Same, I wanna be her. As a woman, I understand. We're always in a... We're always in a position of less power when things fall apart. I've got so many questions. I wanna know how much of that hundred thousand or whatever it was she's... We're always in a position of less power when things fall apart. I've got so many questions.

I want to know how much of that hundred thousand or whatever it was she spent already. Okay, we've got so many questions, Jodie. Oh my gosh. If she'd brought it up when it happened, it'd be no big deal, but the fact that Jodie's been keeping a secret for three years... You can't. Now it is like you've got to take it to the grave. Please, Jodie, please stay on the line.

We've got so many questions for you, babe. Alright. If you've got to take it to the grave. Oh god, Jodie please stay on the line. We've got so many questions for you babe. Alright, if you've got any for Jodie, flick him through 3343 on text and we will get to the bottom of how this happened with Jodie next on The Edge. If you've got a secret that you've been sitting on that no one knows about, but you've decided it's time now to get it off your chest,

you can join us in the truth booth like Jodie has, who just told us that she's been keeping a three-year secret from her husband because she's worried if he finds out now, it might cause so much drama that he would leave. Jodie inherited $135,000 when her grandpa passed away three years ago and she has not told her partner and the father of her children. Does that sum it up well Jodie? Yeah it does guys, yeah. How much of that money have you spent at Ballpark already? Well here's the kicker, I've not spent any because well yeah I'm keeping it for like

a, like a just a water, it's like, yeah, I'm keeping it for like a, like a just a what if, like, and my God, I know I wanna be with them for the rest of my life, but what if something happens? But babe, what's the what if? What is the scenario that you're imagining that you think, if this happens, I need access to that money?

I make a sale. Like, what's the what if, Jodie? I don't know, but like, what if Jodie? I don't know but like what if we end up not being together and something happens like God forbid or you know I love him I don't want anything to happen I don't want us to even not be together but what if like this money is life changing. I hate to break it to you but if you break up and forensic accountants are involved and they find that money he's entitled to half of it,

is he not? Like I don't know how. Yeah, it depends I think with this. No, well I guess if you're married then half of everything you own is your spouse's, whether it's an inheritance or money that you earned during a 40 hour week. But here's the thing, I think Jodie,

you can almost get out of trouble here with a half truth. You could say that your grandparent has given you $135,000, which they did, and you now have $135,000, which you still do because you haven't spent any. Maybe do you admit that you got it three years ago? I'll just pretend they did. The lawyer just called. Speaking of which, have you spoken to a lawyer about this Jodie? Yes, so the lawyer is actually the other person who is involved

that I was speaking about earlier another thing that I might do is I'm gonna come out all out with it my husband thinks that my dad who I don't have a relationship with, got all the inheritance. So he knows there was. No, you've got to do the whole truth or nothing. You've got two kids, three and five, so aren't you dying to go on a tropical holiday as a family and you've got money where you could do that, but you can't because it's secret money.

I know, and this is where the guilt comes in. But I fear I'm just way too far down deep in this hole now that I just don't see myself coming out of it. Do you also think that maybe part of you still wants the money to yourself? Selfishly, yes. Yeah. Jodie, do you trust his reaction

in how he'd want to spend the money? Do you feel like if you told him we've got this money, he's going to be like, great, new boat, spend this, spend that, and he's just going to be like, is he good with money? I think he likes the luxuries, and I think that's also where a bit of fear comes in as well because this money isn't just to spend on, you know, just anything. Yeah, but I get it. You're not spending it on anything. No, she's right, but I get it. You're not spinning it on anything.

No, she's right. I totally get it. She knows that it's going to change the dynamics of their relationship. Like it always does when people win money, win the lotto, they lose friendships. It can ruin people. Maybe that Jodie's part of the fear is that you think it'll actually ruin things. You and my wife Hannah are cut from the same jib. Hannah's saving for a rainy day. I've never seen this rainy day. I want this rainy day to come.

What if we got you on for easy money and we said it was 100K and you won and we got him on. You know, and you can do it that way. 100K easy money. Oh, that'd be great guys. Yeah, and then the money's out in the open but you still got 35 grand to keep for yourself. Come on.

Because people would know it too. If we did $135,000 easy money people would know. I'll do 130 then, I knew we'd guess then. Wow Jodie. Thanks so much for coming into the Truth Booth. Yes, I think a lot of people listening are going to have a lot of thoughts. Alright thanks Jodie. Legend.

Thanks guys.