 Applewhite soon began to live with Nettles . Although they cohabited , their relationship was not a sexual one , fulfilling his longtime wish to have a deep and loving , yet platonic , relationship . She was married with two children , but after she became close with Applewhite , her husband divorced her , and she lost custody of her children . Applewhite permanently broke off contact with his family as well . He saw Nettles as his soulmate , and some of his acquaintances later recalled that she had a strong influence on him . Raine writes that Nettles " was responsible for reinforcing his emerging delusional beliefs " , but psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton speculates that Nettles ' influence helped him avoid further psychological deterioration . 
 Applewhite soon began to live with Nettles . Although they cohabited , their relationship <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>a sexual one , fulfilling his longtime wish to have a deep and loving , yet platonic , relationship . She was married with two children , but after she became close with Applewhite , her husband divorced her , and she lost custody of her children . Applewhite permanently broke off contact with his family as well . He saw Nettles as his soulmate , and some of his acquaintances later recalled that she had a strong influence on him . Raine <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>writes</mark></a> that Nettles " was responsible for reinforcing his emerging delusional beliefs " , but psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>speculates</mark></a> that Nettles <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'</mark></a>influence helped him avoid further psychological deterioration . 
Applewhite soon began to live with Nettles . Although they cohabited , their relationship ain't a sexual one , fulfilling his longtime wish to have a deep and loving , yet platonic , relationship . She was married with 2 children , but after she became close with Applewhite , her husband divorced her , and she lost custody of her children . Applewhite permanently broke offf contact w/ his fam as well . He saw Nettles as his soulmate , and sum of his acquaintances later recalled that she had a strong influence on him . Raine write that Nettles " was responsible fir reinforcing his emerging delusional beliefs " , but psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton speculate that Nettles  influence helped him avoid further psychological deterioration .