JAIL BIRD
I met my husband when he was already in jail – trolls say I’m delusional but he provides for me & even bought me a car
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A WOMAN who met her husband whilst he was serving time has hit back at trolls who call her delusional, stating that he is able to provide from her financially from behind bars.
Y'tis, met husband Will, who is in jail for robbery, two years ago, via a prison penpal website.
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After Y'Tis wrote to Will, the couple began to chat back and forth every day and soon fell in love, before the prisoner popped the question a year into their relationship.
"It wasn't your typical proposal that every woman has imagined growing up, but it was nice and sentimental", she told .
Y'Tis revealed that her husband has showered her with gifts whilst he's been in prison and even bought her her dream car, a Jeep Wilys.
"I don't know how he was able to afford the car, I know my husband does have a porter job at the facility", she said.
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She added that she knows her husband isn't getting the money from "somewhere he shouldn't" as she "wouldn't allow it".
Y'Tis's friends were at first skeptical of the relationship, especially as they only found out about it because of a TikTok she posted, that went viral.
Her best friend Janelle said: "At first I thought 'this girl is crazy'.
"She does adventurous stuff and is very spontaneous, but this was kind of extreme."
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Janelle said that she was at first concerned that Y'Tis was being scammed, but once she saw her "genuine happiness", realised that the relationship was real.
Y'Tis said that she receives lots of judgment for sharing details of her relationship online, from people who say she is "delusional" and claim she is only with him for "followers and likes".
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However, she doesn't let comments from trolls get to her.
She said: "I'm not going to let anyone discourage me".
"For anybody that judges my relationship, you just need to take the time to get to know me and get to know him.
UK Prison Brides
- Tracey Bottomley married double murderer Ernest Otto Smith in the US after meeting through a prison pen pal initiative. Tracey, from West Yorks, knew he had been given a life sentence with no possibility of parole
- Rebecca Short, from Oxfordshire, told her family she was on holiday in the US in 2022. Little did they know she was marrying double murderer Manuel Ovate Jr, who was on death row
- Paula Williamson, an actress who appeared on Hollyoaks and Emmerdale, married the infamous Charles Bronson in 2017 after they became penpals
- Karen Charves married Kenny Richey while he was on death row in 2014. He had been convicted for starting a fire in 1986 that killed his ex-girlfriend’s daughter, aged two. Karen and Kenny’s union did not last and she claimed he was abusive.
- Naomi Wise, from Essex, married Victor Oquendo, nicknamed Animal, while he was serving a 24-year prison term in a US jail. They split up in 2022 but have now rekindled their romance
"We're just two people who happened to fall in love while he's incarcerated."
Y'Tis said that she is excited for her husband to get out of prison so that they can have adventures together on the outside.
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