[Doriana] New year, new puzzle

[doriana_]

One night, Maura (H/A/F) gets up to pee. Two weeks later, her husband Curtis (H/A/M) moves out. What happened?

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[Braindrop]

To clarify, Curtis moved out…without Maura? Because of relationship problems? Health reasons? Military deployment?

If Maura had gotten up to get a drink of water, would the situation likely remain the same? Did Maura relevantly do something else while she was up? Discover something? Was Curtis relevantly asleep? Relevantly awake?

[GalFisk]

Do they stay married after he moves out? Relevant? Does he move out because he wants it? She wants it? Someone else wants it? Move out: take up residence somewhere else? Was the decision that he should move out made after she got up to pee? Does she also move out? Would it turn out the same if she got up to poo? Does anyone relevantly: die? Get injured? Get crippled? Does he move out in two weeks because that's the time it takes for him to prepare for moving?

[doriana_]

Braindrop
To clarify, Curtis moved out…without Maura? Yes Because of relationship problems? This Health reasons? Military deployment?

If Maura had gotten up to get a drink of water, would the situation likely remain the same? Yes Did Maura relevantly do something else while she was up? Yes Discover something? Yes Was Curtis relevantly asleep? Relevantly awake? No/unknown to both

GalFisk
Do they stay married after he moves out? No Relevant? Yes Does he move out because he wants it? She wants it? This Someone else wants it? Move out: take up residence somewhere else? Yes Was the decision that he should move out made after she got up to pee? Yes Does she also move out? No Would it turn out the same if she got up to poo? Yes Does anyone relevantly: die? Get injured? Get crippled? No to all Does he move out in two weeks because that's the time it takes for him to prepare for moving? Yes

[BitterLemonCurry]

Has Curtis been cheating on her?

In the night when she goes up to pee: Is Maura at home? Is Curtis at home? Is Maura with Curtis? Does Maura see something relevant? Hear something relevant? Does her husband say something relevant? Do something relevant?

Oh, crossposting...Maybe some of the questions are redundant or senseless now?

[GalFisk]

Did he hide something from her? Does she feel: betrayed? Angry? Disappointed? Tricked? Cheated? Relevant for how long they were married? Are other humans involved? Animals? Technology relevant?

[doriana_]

BitterLemonCurry
Has Curtis been cheating on her? Yes

In the night when she goes up to pee: Is Maura at home? Yes Is Curtis at home? No Is Maura with Curtis? No Does Maura see something relevant? Hear something relevant? Yes to both Does her husband say something relevant? No Do something relevant? Yes

GalFisk
Did he hide something from her? Yes Does she feel: betrayed? Angry? Disappointed? Tricked? Cheated? All of these, probably Relevant for how long they were married? Yes, for context Are other humans involved? Yes, two more people: A H/T/M and a H/A/F (feel free to name them) Animals? Technology relevant? No to rest

[GalFisk]

Is Curtis cheating on her with the HAF (let's call her Julia)? Is the HTM (let's call him Philip) the child of: Maura? Curtis? Julia? Is Philip in Maura's home when she gets up to pee? Does Philip know about the cheating? If so, before Maura does? Does Philip knowingly expose Custis? When Maura gets up, does she relevantly see: Curtis? Julia? Philip? Relevantly hear Curtis? Julia? Philip? Does she preceive anything relevant with any of her other senses?

[doriana_]

Is Curtis cheating on her with the HAF (let's call her Julia)? Yes Is the HTM (let's call him Philip) the child of: Maura? Yes Curtis? Yes Julia? No Is Philip in Maura's home when she gets up to pee? Yes Does Philip know about the cheating? No If so, before Maura does? Does Philip knowingly expose Custis? n/a to these When Maura gets up, does she relevantly see: Curtis? Julia? Philip? This Relevantly hear Curtis? Julia? Philip? This Does she preceive anything relevant with any of her other senses? No

[GalFisk]

Relevant what Philip is doing when she hears and sees him? Is it something he wouldn't do if his father was home? Did she expect Curtis to be home? Relevant what time it is? Has Curtis relevantly not done something he'd normally do? Something she expected him to do? Does seeing and hearing Philip expose a lie of Curtis's?

[doriana_]

Relevant what Philip is doing when she hears and sees him? Yes Is it something he wouldn't do if his father was home? No Did she expect Curtis to be home? Yes Relevant what time it is? Somewhat - it's 4 AM Has Curtis relevantly not done something he'd normally do? No Something she expected him to do? No Does seeing and hearing Philip expose a lie of Curtis's? Indirectly, yes

[GalFisk]

Is Philip supposed to be doing something else? Such as sleeping? Was Curtis at home when she went to sleep? Relevant? Is Philip eating? Playing video games? Using a relevant object? Such as a TV?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Is Philip sleeping in Curtis's bed?

[Sundowner64]

Did Maura expect Curtis to be at home that night? Did she expect Philip to be at home that night?
Was Philip about to leave the house? Was Curtis about to return?
Was Curtis with Julia that night?
Did Maura and Julia ever met before? Did Philip and Julia?
Did Maura expect Curtis to be at Julia's home but not yet know about the cheating? (i.e. did Curtis have a decent reason to visit Julia? is she a friend of the family? a relative of Maura?)
Did Curtis pretend to be at work during that night? Is Curtis's profession relevant?

[doriana_]

GalFisk
Is Philip supposed to be doing something else? Yes Such as sleeping? This Was Curtis at home when she went to sleep? Yes Relevant? Somewhat Is Philip eating? Playing video games? Using a relevant object? Such as a TV? None of these

BitterLemonCurry
Is Philip sleeping in Curtis's bed? No

Sundowner64
Did Maura expect Curtis to be at home that night? Did she expect Philip to be at home that night? Yes to both
Was Philip about to leave the house? No, on the contrary Was Curtis about to return? No
Was Curtis with Julia that night? Yes
Did Maura and Julia ever met before? Did Philip and Julia? Irrel to both
Did Maura expect Curtis to be at Julia's home but not yet know about the cheating? No (i.e. did Curtis have a decent reason to visit Julia? is she a friend of the family? a relative of Maura?)
Did Curtis pretend to be at work during that night? Yes, but beware of FA Is Curtis's profession relevant? Only insofar as it wouldn't be unusual for him to work nights

[GalFisk]

Was Philip about to enter the house? Has he been away from the house? Had Curtis pretended to be at home at a time when he wasn't? Promised to be at home at a time when he wasn't? Did she understand that Curtis was cheating the moment she saw and heard Philip? Did Philip say something relevant? Something about hsi father? About Maura? Was Curtis supposed to do something with/to Philip? Such as picking him up somewhere? Make sure he was in at a certain time? Alert Maura if Philip didn't do as he was supposed to?

[doriana_]

Was Philip about to enter the house? He had just entered the house when Maura saw him Has he been away from the house? Yes Had Curtis pretended to be at home at a time when he wasn't? No, but Maura had assumed he was home Promised to be at home at a time when he wasn't? No Did she understand that Curtis was cheating the moment she saw and heard Philip? No Did Philip say something relevant? No Something about hsi father? About Maura? n/a to these Was Curtis supposed to do something with/to Philip? Such as picking him up somewhere? Make sure he was in at a certain time? Alert Maura if Philip didn't do as he was supposed to? No to all

[GalFisk]

Is Philip being disobedient by being up this late? Sneaky? If Philip had been sleeping instead, would Maura not have noticed Curtis' absence? Relevant where Philip had been? What he had been doing? Relevant what time it is? What Philip is supposed to do the next day? Is Philip also in trouble? Relevant? Did Julia do anything relevant to the puzzle, except sleeping with Curtis at the relevant time? Relevant when Curtis did come home? Did Curtis and Philip have a relevant deal behind Maura's back? Such as pretending the other was at home when they were not?

[Sundowner64]

Did Maura expect Curtis to be at home but not necessarily sleeping? so, maybe working from home?
Did the fact that Philip returned (or something that happened afterwards) expose that Curtis is not at home?
Would Curtis have let Philip in had he been at home?
Relevant where Philip has been?
Did Philip return that late because he had to walk? while he otherwise might have been used his father's car had it been there?
Did Philip ask where his father is?

[doriana_]

GalFisk
Is Philip being disobedient by being up this late? Sneaky? Yes to both If Philip had been sleeping instead, would Maura not have noticed Curtis' absence? Correct Relevant where Philip had been? What he had been doing? Yes to both, broadly Relevant what time it is? Somewhat, it's 4 AM What Philip is supposed to do the next day? No Is Philip also in trouble? Yes Relevant? Yes Did Julia do anything relevant to the puzzle, except sleeping with Curtis at the relevant time? No Relevant when Curtis did come home? No Did Curtis and Philip have a relevant deal behind Maura's back? Such as pretending the other was at home when they were not? No to these, but good idea

Sundowner64
Did Maura expect Curtis to be at home but not necessarily sleeping? so, maybe working from home? No, she expected him to be in bed, sleeping
Did the fact that Philip returned (or something that happened afterwards) expose that Curtis is not at home? Yes, something that happened afterwards
Would Curtis have let Philip in had he been at home? No
Relevant where Philip has been? Yes, broadly
Did Philip return that late because he had to walk? while he otherwise might have been used his father's car had it been there? No to these
Did Philip ask where his father is? No

[GalFisk]

Relevant how Philip entered the house? If so: front door? Back door? Window? Does Maura find out about the cheating before Curtis gets home? Relevant when he gets home? Has Philip been with friends? A romantic partner? Has he done anything wrong besides being out late? Does he do anything to expose the cheating except coming home when he did? If so, deliberately? Accidentally?

[Sundowner64]

Did Maura first think Curtis is at work when she got up? Did she notice at all that he is not at home? Do they normally sleep in the same room?
Does Curtis's job require frequently to go out to work unexpectedly during night? or was it not unexpected for her to find him not at home? did he say the evening before that he would have to work this night?
Did Philip sneak in through a window? which poses the question why the window was open? did Curtis sneak out through the same window?
Did the fact that Philip was out late (or where he was) imply that Curtis could not possibly be at work?
Is there some other thing usually happening when Curtis goes out to work at night? (like: someone calls him? someone picks him up?) which did not happen this time?
Did Philip do something relevant after he returned? did he eat? drink? shower? go sleeping immediately?
Did Maura talk to Philip? Did Philip lie about where he had been?

[doriana_]

GalFisk
Relevant how Philip entered the house? No If so: front door? Assume this Back door? Window? Does Maura find out about the cheating before Curtis gets home? She doesn't have confirmation, but she suspects it Relevant when he gets home? No Has Philip been with friends? A romantic partner? He was out partying with friends and his crush Has he done anything wrong besides being out late? Yes, partying Does he do anything to expose the cheating except coming home when he did? No If so, deliberately? Accidentally?

Sundowner64
Did Maura first think Curtis is at work when she got up? No Did she notice at all that he is not at home? Yes, but not immediately Do they normally sleep in the same room? Yes
Does Curtis's job require frequently to go out to work unexpectedly during night? It could, but beware of FA or was it not unexpected for her to find him not at home? Correct did he say the evening before that he would have to work this night? No
Did Philip sneak in through a window? No which poses the question why the window was open? did Curtis sneak out through the same window? n/a to these
Did the fact that Philip was out late (or where he was) imply that Curtis could not possibly be at work? No
Is there some other thing usually happening when Curtis goes out to work at night? (like: someone calls him? someone picks him up?) which did not happen this time? No
Did Philip do something relevant after he returned? No did he eat? drink? shower? go sleeping immediately? Assume this
Did Maura talk to Philip? Yes Did Philip lie about where he had been? Yes, but Maura finds out pretty quickly that he's lying

[Sundowner64]

Is there anything more why it was wrong for Philip to be out partying, apart from being not allowed by his parents? Covid restrictions relevant? did he drink or smoke before the legal age?
Did Philip claim his father had allowed him to be at the party?
Did Philip expect his father to be at home? or relevantly not expect to be at home?
Did Curtis give Philip a hint how to sneak into the house during night? or vice versa?
Burglary alarm relevant?
Had Maura not gotten up she would not have noticed Philip returning? Curtis leaving? Curtis returning?
If Curtis is working during night, is he doing it at home? does he go to a specific place? always the same place? does he go to a customer/client? is driving a relevant part of Curtis's job? is he a cab driver?

[doriana_]

Is there anything more why it was wrong for Philip to be out partying, apart from being not allowed by his parents? Yes, see below Covid restrictions relevant? No, this happened in the Before Times did he drink or smoke before the legal age? Yes
Did Philip claim his father had allowed him to be at the party? No
Did Philip expect his father to be at home? Yes but irrel or relevantly not expect to be at home?
Did Curtis give Philip a hint how to sneak into the house during night? or vice versa? No to both
Burglary alarm relevant? No
Had Maura not gotten up she would not have noticed Philip returning? Curtis leaving? Curtis returning? Yes to all
If Curtis is working during night, is he doing it at home? No does he go to a specific place? always the same place? Yes to these, but beware of FA does he go to a customer/client? is driving a relevant part of Curtis's job? is he a cab driver? No to these

[GalFisk]

Does Custis actually work nights at all? Or is it just a ruse? Did Philip think he'd get away with sneaking out and partying? When he snuck out, was Curtis gone? At home? Did Philip think Curtis was working? Relevant when Curtis would start working when he worked nights? When he'd get home again?

[doriana_]

Does Custis actually work nights at all? He used to, but currently doesn't Or is it just a ruse? Yes Did Philip think he'd get away with sneaking out and partying? Yes When he snuck out, was Curtis gone? At home? Irrel Did Philip think Curtis was working? Relevant when Curtis would start working when he worked nights? When he'd get home again? No to all

[GalFisk]

Would Philip have snuck out if Curtis had been at home? If Curtis had actually been working? Did Philip know that Curtis was cheating? That he was not actually working?

Relevant what Maura does when she finds Philip sneaking in late and drunk? Does she try to reach Curtis? Go find him? Punish Philip? Plan a punishment for later?

[Sundowner64]

Did Philip know that Curtis was no longer working at night? Did he expect him to be at home, sleeping, when he left the house? Would he not have attempted to sneak out had he known that his father is out? Is there a chance that Curtis would have noticed Philip leaving the house/being out/returning if he had been at work during that night? Is Curtis's workplace outdoors (or used to be while he was still working at night)? Is he police?
Did Maura call Curtis when Philip returned? Did she expect him to be at work?
Did Curtis mistake the call for something work-related in the beginning? Did he think he's called to work and responded something like "I'll be out in 5 minutes"?

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GalFisk
Would Philip have snuck out if Curtis had been at home? If Curtis had actually been working? Yes to both Did Philip know that Curtis was cheating? That he was not actually working? No to both

Relevant what Maura does when she finds Philip sneaking in late and drunk? Yes Does she try to reach Curtis? Yes Go find him? In the house, yes. At his workplace, no Punish Philip? No Plan a punishment for later? Yes

Sundowner64
Did Philip know that Curtis was no longer working at night? No Did he expect him to be at home, sleeping, when he left the house? Irrel Would he not have attempted to sneak out had he known that his father is out? No, he would still have tried to sneak out Is there a chance that Curtis would have noticed Philip leaving the house/being out/returning if he had been at work during that night? No Is Curtis's workplace outdoors (or used to be while he was still working at night)? Is he police? Assume no to both
Did Maura call Curtis when Philip returned? No, but OTRT Did she expect him to be at work? Yes
Did Curtis mistake the call for something work-related in the beginning? FA as Maura did not call Curtis Did he think he's called to work and responded something like "I'll be out in 5 minutes"? Same FA

[GalFisk]

Did Maura call anyone? Did she call his workplace? In order to leave a message for him? But they said he wasn't there?

[doriana_]

Did Maura call anyone? Yes Did she call his workplace? Yes In order to leave a message for him? Yes, or to get him on the phone But they said he wasn't there? Correct


********SPOILER********
Maura's teenage son Philip comes back home after a night of partying at the exact same moment that Maura gets up to pee, so he gets caught. Maura wants to wake up her husband Curtis so that he can chew out / punish Philip, but to her surprise, Curtis is not in bed. Maura thinks he must have been called into work and calls his workplace. His co-worker tells her that Curtis hasn't worked a single night shift all year. When Curtis eventually comes home hours later, Maura confronts him and he admits to having cheated on her with Julia. Curtis then moves out and the couple gets divorced.