There is no hope for a reunion between Michael Youngquist and Natalie Mordovtseva.
Monday night’s episode 90 day: single life proved that Mike has moved on from his estranged wife, regardless of her plan to win him back. Mike was visiting Natalie and her mom in Los Angeles – right after her split from Josh Weinstein – when she decided to pop the big question to Mike (who she’s still legally married to).
“What do you think if I come back and we have a child together?” she asked.
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Natalie and Mike on 90 Days: The Single Life.
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The question came after Natalie sought fertility advice to prioritize starting a family.
Mike quickly responded to Natalie with a straight “no,” adding that he was “ready to move on.”
“You are my husband, where are you going?” Natalie asked. Mike confirmed that he wasn’t dating anyone else, but was “hoping I could meet someone.”
“We have been separated for years,” he added. “The only thing I ever wanted was to have a family.”
The conversation turned tense when Mike brought up Josh – saying Natalie had already moved on. She defended what she “wouldn’t even call a relationship,” but the wound cut Mike deep. “So now I’m your backup plan or what?”
Mike made his feelings clear: “There is no me and you. You chose it, Natalie.”
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Mike and Natalie are still legally married, even though they have been separated for years. TLC
Longtime viewers will remember that Natalie moved to Seattle from the Ukraine to marry Mike, only to leave him in the lurch when she wanted to pursue an acting and modeling career. Natalie ran away from their marriage years ago, although the couple has not yet officially divorced.
Mike showed Los Angeles as Natalie’s dream. “This is what you wanted and you got it,” he told her. “The grass isn’t always greener on the other side, and you can’t come back to me. I’m not your backup plan.”
In the interview, he repeated: “She left and she’s still not happy. Natalie doesn’t know what she wants at the end of the day. She just wants to hit the mark with everything. This is where she wanted to be… dreams don’t always come true the way they want them to.”
Natalie posed another option, suggesting to Mike, “Let’s just be friends and we’ll see later.”
Mike didn’t mince words, telling her, “I’m taking steps to make the divorce final.”
This made Natalie dizzy. “You can not. Mom loves you,” she said of her mother, whose escape from Ukraine Mike financed. “I worry about you.”
Natalie left Mike to cry in peace (well, with the cameras) over their lost future. “I will not divorce him,” she said. “He is my family. Don’t break up the family. Family is for life.”
This isn’t the first time Natalie has tried to win Mike back. Last season of Single life, she flew “home” to Seattle in an attempt to revive her marriage. “Michael, I love you,” she said then. “I could move.”
He replied, “At the end of the day, you made your bed. You went out and wanted to follow your dreams, and you did. It just cost us.”
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90 day: single life airs Mondays at 8:00 PM ET on TLC.
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