Brendan makes no secret of the fact that he — like Tayshia — has been married before. In fact, the two have a heart-to-heart about that on their first date.
"In my early 20s, I did get married," he tells Tayshia. "It was a high school sweetheart situation." Ultimately, he admits, there was no big fight or scandal that ended his marriage — "we really fell out of love." Attempts at couples' therapy still didn't repair their relationship, and they decided to divorce.
He also reflects honestly on the complicated feelings his failed marriage caused. "I didn't really know who I was without her, and she didn't really know who she was without me . . . It was definitely hard for me knowing that I failed to a certain extent."
