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An Arizona pastor's wife has revealed that she helps her husband get ready for dates with other women to help keep her marriage afloat.
During a recent episode of the Dear Future Wifey podcast, Reginald Steele, founder of Kingdom Church in Phoenix, Arizona, and his wife, Kelley, got candid about the details of their unconventional marriage of 32 years, which has involved the pastor repeatedly cheating.
The couple, who were high school sweethearts and got married when Reginald was 21 and Kelley was 19, admitted that there was infidelity from the start of their relationship.
“I’d tell her, ‘You’re my starter, but I got other ones on the bench,’” Reginald said.
Kelley said she learned to be okay with having other women in the picture as long as she remained in the top spot.
“I always thought if you could just forgive him, our family could stay together,” she said. “I walked down the aisle knowing that I was marrying his worst.”
The pastor's wife said she eventually started helping her husband get ready for his dates with other women.
“I would literally help him get ready to go meet a side chick by ironing his clothes and getting him ready for the night,” she said.
Reginald noted his cheating ways likely came from his father, who had 10 children with six different women. Still, Reginald believes he was called to be with Kelley.
“Part of the problem with a lot of people, they’re looking more for preference over purpose,” he said. “I believe that this is my purpose because she really wasn’t my preference.”
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