Divorce Court

Bianca Moorman and Brandon Ward are married to each other and are currently separated with a 3-year-old and 6-month-old child. Bianca wants a divorce because Brandon is too focused on his rap career and not his own family.

Pregnant with a highschool basketball star's child, this new bride says her husband treats her like a roommate with benefits.

Terrence Wilson and Sherrell Johnson started dating when he was 26 and she was 16. After 7 years, Terrence is concerned that Sherrell is becoming too independent and will one day leave him.

Sarah and Seth were high school sweethearts who eloped while they were still in school and have now been married for three years and have two children.

Tenita and Willie Taylor have known each other for 10 years and have been married since 2011. Just four months into their marriage, Tenita claims she received a call from Willie's parents saying he needed to get to the hospital because he had twins on the way.

Charity and Jawaun Cooper met as teenagers and have been together for 11 years. Married since 2009, they now have 3 young children but are at a point in their relationship where they are not sure if they should stay together.

Precious Davis and Jeremiah Davis met in Texas where Jeremiah, a pastor, was preaching at a Revival. The two got married shortly after Precious went to the hospital and was prophesied over and healed by Jeremiah, but lies and distrust soon began to plague their marriage.

Robin and Derrick Walton have been together for 10 years. Robin is fed up with Derrick always lying about his infidelity and treating her children poorly.

Less than a year ago on Valentine's Day, Jalil Mir-Valliallahzadeh & Sandra Garza decided to get married to each other on a whim. They first met through mutual friends and established a friends-with-benefits relationship before going through with their shot-gun wedding.

Alexandria Brown and Brandon Mahone have been together for 10 years ever since attending their high school prom together. Although Brandon and Alexandria were engaged in 2008 while he was in the army reserve, both have had reservations about marriage because of cheating accusations coming from both sides

Rachel Winzer and Tipney Worthy met each other at a church five years ago, but shortly after getting engaged in November 2013, Rachel called the wedding off after coming home to find her fiancé partying it up with strippers on their dining room table

Maya Owen and Jonathon Jenkins have been living together for three years after meeting at Jonathon's transmission shop. Things were going well until Jonathan lost his job and now they are solely dependent on Maya's disability check to survive.

Stephanie and Derrick Massey have been married for the last 9 years, but their marriage has fallen upon rocky times, as Stephanie has grown tired of Derrick's lazy, pack-rat, slob routine and no longer wants to pick up for him like a slave.

Asia Taylor, 20 years old, and Thomas Sanders, 62 years old, have been dating for a year before getting engaged in March 2014. Asia has 2 children from a previous relationship and is currently pregnant with Thomas' third child.

Kenneth says as soon as Betsy said "I do", she flipped the script on him and her horns came out! She started hanging out at the local casino, gambling and drinking excessively.

Rebecca and Chris have been married for seven years, but have broken up several times over the years. Rebecca claims Chris puts his mother and sister first over her and her daughter and can never say "no" to them.

Aaron Simek & Andrea Kafure have been together for just under two years and have plans to get married, but have a few issues they want to hash out first before doing so.

Michael and Desiree Etienne met at church almost 4 years ago and have been married since January 2012. Since tying the knot, Michael says he has seen another side of Desiree.

Derrick and Sharae have been married for 9 years, but things changed after Sharae had several operaions done on her body (breast implants, a tummy tuck, and a butt lift).

Lisa Reeves and Harold Reeves have been married for the last 3 years, but constantly fight over everything - from who has the most blankets in the bed, to who ate what food in the house, to who pays what bills.

Trisha Humphreys and John Humphreys met in February 2009 and got married in 2011 before finding out that they couldn't have children due to complications with Trisha's uterus.

Jacquede Smith and Vaughan Smith have been married for three years. Jacquede says at first the relationship was great, but after 2 miscarriages, things started to fall apart.

Lawrence and Karyn first met in Detroit and got engaged 3 years later. They moved to LA shortly after but now have some issues to iron out before tying the knot.

Sashay and Torrence, who have been engaged for 6 months, moved from Detroit to California in order for Torrence to pursue his modeling dreams.

Brittney Ramos and Eliezer Ramos have been happily married for 4 years after things began to spiral due to some drug and alcohol abuse.

Marquise and Paula Fields have been married for a year and a half after first meeting each other on social media and immediately moving in together after becoming pregnant.

Lesa Evans and Antoine Evans have only been married for 1 years but have been off and on for the last eight years. Lesa says she always thought she and Antoine were in a serious relationship, but he only considered her to be a "booty call."

After dating in high school for 2 years, Steven and Dannielle were married on 2/22/2012 and had their first son just 5 days later.

Tameca Shelton and Robert Shelton have been together for 8 years and married for 4 of those years. Tameca says their marriage has been based on lies from the beginning, as she discovered that Robert had gotten another woman pregnant during the same time that she was pregnant just two months after their marriage.

Amberlee & Randy Hoagland first met in California, selling magazines door to door, and have now been married for 3 years. Problems began to arise after Amberlee began playing a game called "Second Life" where she acts as a stripper who hustles money from other men by having sex with them.

Tasha first met Greg at a club where he was DJ-ing at three years ago, constantly showing up every night and bringing him money for no reason. They eventually started dating and after just a month, Tasha got his name tattooed on her neck.

Vanessa Velasques & Phillip Chavez Jr. have been together for 9 years now and have two children together, but are undecided as to whether to get married or to finally separate.

Tomisha Johnson and Demetrices Riley have been living together for the past 3 years, but have apparently agreed to end their relationship.

Nora Silva & Jesus Moreno have been married since 2005. The two of them met at a nightclub when Jesus was only 18, but Nora (39 then) claims she didn't know it at the time.

Shantae Gollnick and Tyrece Walker met on Tagged.com, an online dating site, and were married within just a few weeks. Shantae says she should've known better than to rush into marriage with Tyrece since she'd been married 3 times before, but she fell in love with him immediately.

Quandreka and Jared Bennet have been married for 4 years and have a 4 year old daughter together, but are now currently separated. Quandreka says Jared is abusive, immature, irresponsible, and has major anger problems.

Courtney Saunders & Hermaine Saunders have been married for the last five years, but are now on the fence about staying married or getting a divorce.

Johnny Watts and Theresa Jennings met at a local bar back in 2007 and have lived together for the past 6 years. Johnny was a local wrestler at the time

Perry and Starday, both Portland natives, have been on-again-off-again for six years. Perry, an aspiring rapper, recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia to make it big,

Netasha Franklin and Andrew Franklin have been married since April 13, 2013. They dated for 3 years before they married.

Brittany Martin & Rommel Pinner first met in 2010 and were living together within a month's time. After being turned down for marriage by Brittany in 2012, Rommel proposed to Britney again a year later and got the "yes" he wanted, due mainly to the fact that Brittany was pregnant with child.

Nicole and Derek want to save their marriage, but Nicole says Derek doesn't communicate or put any effort into their marriage. Even worse, he has women calling his phone asking for "Big Daddy" all the time. Nicole says she's tired of being the "other woman" and wants to be his number one.

Tonya and Nathaniel Johnson first met in the army and were engaged to be married. However, Nathaniel broke things off and moved to Germany when he found out the son Tonya was carrying wasn't his. The two lost touch for a while before Tonya she reached out to Nathaniel via Facebook and rekindled their romance.

Aurea and Jachri Taylor have been married for 6 years. When Jachri was in the army, he promised Aurea that the army was going to train him in IT so that he'd have a great job when he got out and be able to take care of her and their budding family.

Sharonda and Robert are High School Sweethearts. They've been together for 15 years, married for 9. They are both still in love with each other, but after she caught him cheating three years ago, and catching him talking to other girls since then, she no longer trusts him.

Tasha and Derrick have been together 4 years and married 9 months. For the past 5 months they have been sleeping in separate bedrooms and have not been intimate.

Sean and Jenny met on a dating site a couple of years ago and have been living together for a year.

Tenisha says she and James rushed into marriage and since then, their marriage has spiraled out of control.

Misty and Joe have been together for 7 years and married since 2011. The two met in high school, then reconnected a few years later. Joe says they separated for 6 months after he gave his wife an ultimatum.

Melissa and Mahan Jalali met in January 2011 after Melissa responded to an ad Mahan had placed on Craigslist saying he was looking for a relationship. After two months, Melissa was pregnant and the two got married because Mahan felt it was "the right thing to do".

Marcella and Anthony Woods have been together for 9 years and married for the past year, with five children between them. Both want to save their marriage, but Marcella says Anthony has a drug and alcohol problem, has an issue coming home at night, and refuses to go to counseling to fix their marriage.

Margaret Wilson and Damon Cook have been together for 4 years. Margaret says things between them were good until they decided to move in together 2 - years ago.

Natasha Fleming and Robert Allen met at Natasha's half-sister's wedding a year ago and instantly fell for each other, despite Natasha being 11 years older than Robert. The mother of 5 children ranging from age 7 to 24,

Rachel and James Debose have been married for 8 years and have 2 young sons together. Rachel says James would rather have date nights with his brother then with her; and between that and him being away from his family because of the military, she is fed up.

Juliza and Jo have been married for 4 years and together for 6. Juliza says Joe is cheating on her, constantly high, doesn't appreciate anything she does for him, and doesn't think about her and the kids' welfare.

Tiffany and John met through a mutual friend 7 years ago and within a week they were a romantic item. They are not married but they might as well be when you take into account the myriad of ways in which they are tied to one another.

Chrishauna and Carlton met through Social Media (Hook-Up). They met on Facebook where they connected and courted over the internet for a year and a half.

When Terry first met Robert at the age of 16, she fell head over heels. She would go to the store where he worked every day just to see him.

Laylannai and Donzell have been together for 15 months and got engaged in early April 2014. They have no children together, but each of them has a child from a previous relationship. Laylannai says her fiancé is a wimp.

Josh and Jessica were married on May 20 of this year. Although they have barely been married 3 weeks, they are already wondering if they got married for the wrong reasons.

Tanisha and Isaiah have been dating for 4 years. Tanisha says Isaiah doesn't put any effort into the relationship, and when he does, it seems forced. She says he doesn't communicate effectively and when there's an issue he rushes to end the conversation to avoid talking about their issues

This young couple have been together for 4 years and married since August 2011. Never having lived together troubles began soon after saying "I do". Jasmine and Lawrence are at the end of their emotional rope with one another and are headed toward a divorce.

Lakita and Frank first met in grade school but didn't connect until several years later. Lakita has been married twice before and blames her previous marriages on being young and naive. After her last divorce she reconnected with Frank.

Dimitri and Anquitte met as children because their moms were good friends. Once they became teenagers, they started to see each other in a different light and began dating in August 2008.

Charlese and Malcolm have been together for the past 5 years. They both claim they love each other, but their relationship has been anything but stable.

David and Megan met through Megan's then boyfriend and after ending her relationship, Megan reconnected with David through a social media site. After dating for a month, they eloped in Las Vegas.

Julia and "Greedy" have been a couple for 2 years. Julia says "Greedy" won't invite her out in public and tries to keep her a secret. She says he rushes to help out one of his ex-girlfriends whenever she needs help with HER kids

Hina and Nassar have been married for a little over 3 years and had 3 daughters in quick succession. Their 7 year age difference, together with the stress of a growing family, has taken a toll on their relationship.

Lori met Jim through one of Lori's friends. They began dating after Jim got the courage to ask Lori out to dinner. They eventually moved in together.

Tanya and Robert have been together for 20 years. They have one child together. However, they have been separated since 2013.

Nanita and Devin have been dating for almost two years. They met in a transitional housing and fell in love.

Erik and Natalie Hadden have been together for the past 3 years. They both say they love each other, but their relationship has been anything but stable mostly due to circumstances beyond their control.

David and Sparkle have been together for 5 years, but David says it feels like 20 years. David says no matter what he does, Sparkle doesn't trust him and constantly thinks he's cheating.

Archie and Amanda have been together for 11 years and married for 8 of those years. After meeting on the internet, Archie as a Private Investigator agreed to help out Amanda with a few issues.

Rick and Tileda Dunn met on New Year's Eve, in 2006, at IHOP and both got hit by the love bug hard. So much so, she moved from Texas to Louisiana to be with Rick and they dated for 8 years and have been married for 3 years.

Cher and Jeff have been together for 3 years and are at the point where neither knows whether to stay or to go. If it can be seen, heard, or felt this couple will fight over it.

Khiry and Erin have been together for the past 4 years, ever since they both attended Northern Illinois University. They live separately while they work and are still finishing up their degrees at college.

Lionel and Shante have been married for 6 years, and have been together for 18 years. They have an 8 year old son together. They met while Shante was walking her then baby daughter (from a previous relationship) about 18 years ago.

Raeven and Isaac have been together for 5 year and have an 11 month old daughter together. Raeven says she can't trust Isaac since he's addicted to porn.

Douglas and Brittney have been together 5 years. No strangers to hard times they met at a homeless shelter in July of 2009 fell in love and moved out of the shelter and into a home together in September of that same year.

Daphne and Stanley have two boys, ages 2 and 9 months. Though Stanley loves his wife dearly, Daphne is ready to call it quits. Daphne says her husband is a pathological liar who is inconsiderate, selfish and has an excuse for everything which makes her hard to trust him.

Joeanna says she had 4 children from previous relationships when she met Charles, and they had a son together too. Joeanna says things were fine in the beginning, but as the years past they grew further apart.

Is the loss of the business a good reason to break up the marriage?

Patricia and Da'Ron have been together for two years after meeting through friends. They're recently engaged and have an 8 month old son.

Karl'e and Jerome have been together for 4 years and living together for the last 3 years. They both feel their relationship is at a major crossroad where they don't know if they should remain together or go their separate ways.

Together for five years, Rasheda sayd Byron has grown stodgy and boring. He is only 40 but going on 59.

Camille says she has known Darryl most of her life, but began a romantic relationship with him in 2009. Camille says they hit it off romantically and everything was going well.

Tanisha and "TC" met 5 years ago through a mutual friend. Both Tanisha and "TC" say they don't trust each other and they can't communicate unless they are arguing.

Meghan's son's father was killed when he was 4 1/2 months old. Her son is 7 now. Meghan and Keith have been together since 2011.

Teri and Larry have been married for 23 years. They have a total of 7 children which includes Teri's niece whom they raised since her mother is deceased.

Elijah and LaTaja have been together for 6 1/2 Years and married for 4 1/2 years. They met in high school and have 3 children together.

Kahlia and David have been married for 3 years. They have a 1 year old son together, and Kahlia is 5 months pregnant with their second child. Kahlia says David ignores his family and would rather do things for his friends, than his family.

Ronald and Crystal have been together almost two years. They have one child together and one on the way. Ronald says he's done with Crystal. From the moment they met, their relationship was destined for disaster.

Tameka and Adam have been together for 4 years and married for 2 years. However, Tameka was previously engaged and met Adam at her ex-fiancés niece's baby shower. Adam was the exotic dancer at the event.

Joy and "Magnum" have been dating and living together for 3 years. Joy says "Magnum", being a comedian, thinks he's Kevin Hart and orders her around treating her like the little assistant.

Shawn and Mikeeah have been together for 16 years and married for 15. They have 3 biological children ranging in age from 15 to 3 years-old, as well as a 20 year-old daughter Shawn adopted when they married.

Erica and Dwight have known each other for 7 years and they have been dating for the past 3 years. They have no children together. Erica loves Dwight. She feels like he is a very nice guy, a little too nice sometimes for her taste.

Tamikia and Daniel have been together for over 20 years, but didn't get married until May 22, 2010. They have 2 children together and each of them has one child from previous relationships.

Lanese says Vernon is very wild in bed and makes her feel uncomfortable. He wants to introduce sex toys and freaky things she's never done before. Vernon says they've been together for 5 years and engaged for 3 years.

Terrence and Charity have been living together for 5 years. Terrence says he can't trust Charity with his social media page. He says she writes down the names of all his female friends for proof just in case he's seen with them.

Montravia and Vincent met in 2006 after leaving a club one night. They started dating and when Vincent's lease was up he moved in. Montravia says she fell in love with Vincent's physical appearance and back then thought that was important to her.

Shaquea and Tyris are a young couple who married young, had children and then woke up and wondered if they had made a mistake. Shaquea says her husband refuses to grow up and spends more time playing video games than looking for a job.

Shanaisa and Greg have been married for six months. They dated for two years before they wed and they love each other very much. However, they have some problems that they need to fix to be able to make their marriage work.

Kelly and Milo are one of those rare couples that just cannot stay away from one another. They have taken a walk down the aisle more times than we can count. Unfortunately, the honeymoon did not last long and they are already experiencing issues with their union.

Kim and Randy have been married for 21 years but separated for 3 years. Kim says during their entire marriage both she and Randy abused drugs. Kim says they had a whirlwind romance, moved in together and got married after being together for a few months.

Tangi says she already has called off her scheduled marriage once. She doesn't want to have to call it off a second time. Tangi says her fianceé, Bobby, has proven he unable to be faithful to her.

Dana and Adams have been together for the 8 years after attending a church beach party. Three years later, they moved in together, and have lived together for 5 years.

Loren and Marshall have been together for 4 years. They live together and call each other fiancés, but there is no ring and no date for the marriage.

Natasha and Rinell have been together for 11 years and have 2 kids together. Natasha says in the beginning they were inseparable and deeply in love.

Adam and Heather met in 2005 through friends. Adam liked Heather immediately. However, he didn't think Heather was interested in him because she was dating a woman.

Lia and Nathan have been together for 5 years. The two met at a Halloween party where Lia was dressed Lil Kim and Nathan was dressed as Hello Kitty. Lia says things were good for the first few years they dated until Nathan moved 6 hours away to attend school.

Olympia and Eric met through mutual friends. Olympia made the first move and asked him for his number and invited him out. After seeing the mature side of Eric, he says Olympia jumped his bones and they had a baby who is now 2 years old.

Kimberly is trying to decide if she and Derek should end their relationship or move forward with marriage. Kim says Derek is accustomed to having a lot of money in the past, but now he relies on her for everything.

Joshua and Christian have been together for 3 years and have been off and on throughout their relationship. They do not have any children together but Christian is currently 14 weeks pregnant with their first child.

Tynesha and Charles have been together for 14 years and have 5 children together. They've known each other since high school.

Shanesha and Rodney met in a restaurant for 9 years ago. Shanesha says Rodney has a lot of female friends which bothers her. Rodney says he's just social and Shanesha is very insecure.

Kerry-Anne claims Daniel is a mama's boy and always seeking his mother's guidance. She also claims his mother is constantly at their residence and overly involved in their relationship.

Jasmine and Charles met three years ago and began their relationship as "friends with benefits". Off and on for the first couple of years, they conceived their daughter one night during a casual hook up.

Leslie says in the beginning Demond was very romantic and promising but that changed ever since they moved to Atlanta.

Tiffany and Marcus are high school sweethearts. They dated for a few months, broke up, and both moved on with their lives. Tiffany married twice, and Marcus never got married.

Kimberley and Ulato met at Red Lobster where Ulato was a waiter. He says Kimberley was there with a few of her friends being loud and obnoxious, but she had a nice body and a cute face so he asked her for her number.

Te'Shawn and Maurice met on the freeway and their relationship immediately went into high gear. Te'Shawn says things started to change after the wedding and she was hoping Maurice would step up and become more responsible.

Mariah and William are engaged and have been together for 2 years. They have a 4 month old son together. Mariah says Williams has a drinking problem and he puts it before his family.

Shannon and Lakisha have been together for 8 years and married since May 2010. Both say their relationship changed considerably once they said "I do" and both are now ready to say "I don't" and move on.

Jeramie met Christine walking down the street 5 years ago. They have been engaged for 2 years and have 2 daughters. Jeramie says he feels sex is going to be an issue with him down the line.

Brittany and Raymond have known each other for 10 years, but their relationship only became serious 4 years ago when they moved in together.

Kayla and Antoine met through an online website and began dating two weeks later. They have been together for 3 years, married for 10 months, and have a child together.

Terrell and Trasha met at a club. Terrell is a local comedian in the St. Louis area and was use to woman approaching him, but says he was instantly attracted to Trasha. A year later Trasha was pregnant. Terrell's family members thought she was just another groupie so they insisted on a DNA test.

Evan and Ariel have been together for 1 1/2 years after meeting at one of Evan's rap events. Currently they have been living together for 6 months.

Tivvany and DiAndre have been living together for 2 years. DiAndre says he wants to marry Tivvany, but Tivvany says she wants to end the relationship.

Sharon and Wade have been together for 3.5 years. Sharon says Wade has a drinking problem and won't get off his butt to get a job. She says Wade hasn't worked in over 6 months and she is struggling working two jobs to pay all the bills.

Nickii met Sylvester three years ago at the hotel where he worked as a security guard. They started dating shortly after that. They have been living together for 3 years.

Shereka and Breece met 9 years ago in Camden, N.J. Although their first encounter was brief and only lasted a few weeks, Shereka became pregnant.

Danielle and Garry knew each other from junior high school but reconnected in 2011. Danielle was on her way home from a flea market and Garry was on his way home after spending time in jail.

Cheyenne and Andrew were high school sweethearts and have been together for 5 years. They have a 1 - year old son and they are currently 4 - months pregnant with their second child.

Stevisha and Ira have been together for 7 years, but married since July 11th, 2005. They have 4 children together. Stevisha feels the spark is gone in their marriage and she is ready to move on

Brittny and Vincent have been together for 5 - years, living together for 4 years, and married for 2 years. They have twin daughters, who were born 16 weeks prematurely, and they require round the clock attention and care.

Quanya and Rondrekus met as teenagers and began having babies while they were still in high school. Quanya says she is tired of the drama Rondrekus brings into their lives and claims he always chooses his music "career" over their family.

Shakir met Barbara in 2010 at a club in DC where he was working as a DJ. He says at first glance he knew he had to have her.

Trivia and Christopher Boone met at work 3 years ago, married and are now awaiting the birth of their first child, a son. Trivia says their relationship has changed significantly since they got married.

Lee and Courtney met 6 years ago at a party. Lee says he was hooked at first glance. That night Courtney told him she was 18, and Lee was 23. Lee says they moved very fast and after 5 months Courtney moved in

Jervonne and Russell Thacker met 4 years ago through a phone chat line. Jervonne says things between the two of them were good for a while, but she soon became bored with her husband.

Brittani and Brent have been together for a little over a year and already the honeymoon phase is over. Brittani says her boyfriend Brent is immature, secretive and quick tempered.

Amy and Lorenzo have been together and married for 3 years. She says they've had money issues from the time they've gotten together which has caused a huge strain in their marriage.

Timothy and Jamila have been together since 2009. They met while they were staying in the same apartment complex. Timothy says he wants to marry Jamila, but the two of them have been cheating on each other their entire relationship.

Solida says she was raised in a strict Christian household and wasn't allowed to date. Solida dated Derrick since he was the only attractive friend her brother brought around.

Merlin and Ricardo met four years ago in South Beach, FL, and have been involved with each other ever since. They moved in together very quickly but their intense relationship has given way to petty jealousies and unjustified suspicions.

Sherry says she and Jamie came from very different backgrounds. She is a bi-racial child who was raised by her white family.

Angela and Gustavo have been married for 4 years but together in a rocky relationship for 10 years. Angela says Gustavo has dragged her heart through the ringer numerous times due to his excessive drinking.

Paul and Roxy have been together for four years. They met online, and moved in together within months of meeting.

Marlayna and Ronald have been together for a total of 18 years, and married for 4 years. They have an 11 year old son together. Marlayna says she married a male chauvinist who expects her to do all the house work.

Asia and Lee met 12 years ago on a chat line. When she went to meet up with Lee, Asia's father insisted she take her sister Talia with her for safety reasons.

Donell and Acquanetta met in junior high school in Texas and have been married for 3 years. Constant bickering has taken a toll on their relationship and Donell says his wife's insecurities and bossy nature are driving him away.

Montravia and Anntonio met at an auto supply store in 2010. She was leaving the store when she saw him and said under her breathe, "Dang he looks good with his sexy chocolate self!"

Mariza and Gregory have been together for a total of 5 years. They were high school sweethearts, have been married for 2 - years and have no children together.

Terrell says Angelette caught his eye but he was afraid to approach her because he was only 18 at the time and Angelette was 33! Shortly after that they started dating and have been together for 9 years. Angelette admits she is spoiled and as an only child is used to nice things.

Chay and Thomas have known each other since elementary school (20 years) and have been dating on and off since high school (10 years). They moved in together over 3 years ago, with her child from a past relationship.

Taja and Adrian met 4 years ago in Charleston, WV. Taja says she followed Adrian across the country because he wanted to live in California. She says they've had issues from the start. Taja says when they first got together Adrian was still dealing with his ex-girlfriend.

Antreé and Davies married 10 years ago; they've been separated for the past 3 years and now seek a divorce. Antreé claims her relationship with Davies started with lies. She says he lied about having a degree, a driver's license, and being unattached.