So this is a story my mom told me. She was a school teacher — she's retired now. And she had this coworker around the same age, I actually remember her, she taught CTE at our school. Anyway, this coworker's husband left her for another woman. I have no idea what possessed her to do what she did next, but she decided she was getting him back. She went to some old woman — like a folk healer type — and asked her to put a love spell on him. The woman warned her straight up: she could do it, but nothing good would come of it. There would be a price. And not just for the person casting it — for the one being spelled too. Maybe the coworker didn't believe her. Maybe she just couldn't picture her life without him. Who knows. But they went through with it. And guess what? He came back. Literally within a couple months. I still remember my mom being like, "Can you believe it?? It actually worked!" But then she started telling me how they both got sick. The coworker — okay, she wasn't doing great, but it was manageable. Her husband though? He got seriously ill. Like, visibly deteriorating right before everyone's eyes. Three years later he was gone. She's still dealing with health issues to this day, but she's alive — and it's been like 20 years now. Look, I'm a woman. I get it. Being cheated on and abandoned is devastating. But what terrifies me even more is that these spells are apparently real. And what's even MORE terrifying is that the worst of it doesn't even hit the person who did it — it hits the person who got spelled. How is that fair?? You get cursed without your knowledge or consent, and YOU'RE the one who pays for it with your health. That's just so messed up.