I've become quite fond of Aaron over the last week or two.
Yes, he's obviously not the smartest guy in the world, and sure, he got sucked into engaging in cuckoldry -- and it was Nick fucking Rekieta who was banging his wife, but I actually find him quite credible when he talks about his experiences with Nick and Kayla. He just comes across as utterly guileless to me. If he was going to lie, he'd attempt to make himself look a bit cooler or a bit less stupid. I'm sure there's a whole load of stuff that he's hilding back, but when he does respond to questions and give his account, he seems to be to be doing so in a truthful manner.
He also seems to be the only one in that little polycule who recognized how fucked up the whole thing wass. Listening to him talking about how Kayla wanted them all to move in together and raise the kids collectively -- anything to avoid taking care of them herself, it seems -- when he talks about how he had an ex-wife and that shit wasn't going to fly with her, the problems of explaining it all to friend and parents and what have you -- all of that rings completely true to me. Those are the immediate issues you'd be confronted with if you were in that situation. It's unfathomable to me that Nick and Kayla thought that they'd be able to carry on in such a fashion, presumably while continuing to lie to his audience, their family, etc. etc.
It was obvious to anyone who has been around heavy end cocaine and alcohol use that the wheels were coming off the wagon. It would inevitably be sooner rather than later, that they found themselves in a life ruining situation. I think it was luck rather than good judgement that let Aaron get out while the going was good, but I'm not mad about that. We could all use a bit of luck in our lives when it's all turning to shit.