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Married People Are Sharing How They Found Out Their Spouse Cheated, And I Literally Have No Words Left
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“I walked into my boss’s office, and my husband’s picture was on her computer.” "I went back to see an entire day's worth of messages, and then I confronted him." "When he got home, he had this long, ridiculous story but ultimately was never smart enough to put a passcode on his phone or delete the old sexting and pics she had sent." "Afterward, I took my kids to a hayride and pumpkin painting activity because it was just the three of us at home for the rest of the (long) weekend. Post script: I have been blissfully divorced for 10 years!" "He was obviously sexting someone. I grabbed the iPad and scrolled through the messages. It was his ex whom he had reconnected with via Facebook. I screenshot everything, sent it to my email on his account, then deleted the evidence and email. Later on, I confronted him. After a very heated argument in which the police were called, my son and I left for my sister’s house. My ex gaslighted me about everything, and his family came for my throat, saying they would help him get custody of my son. So, naturally and calmly, I posted every screenshot on Facebook and tagged him and his entire family in a public post." "To this day, he REFUSES to admit that he was cheating. He even suggested that the wrapper came from his GRANDFATHER! He lost my respect and his wife. BUT, we coparent really well. We just don’t talk about the past." "She told another close friend — both were also my bridesmaids at my wedding — and they both broke the news to me together, which I am forever grateful for because I know it’s not an easy conversation to have." "We got home; I called my father-in-law and told him I was leaving, filing for divorce, and the reasoning behind it all. Never saw the kids that I loved again or the asshole! Changed my name back." "I started paying attention to everything at that point and found a Craigslist ad he'd put up for meeting other men. The list of awful things he's done could go on. I will never understand why a person is so okay with ruining the life of someone they 'love' just because they don't have the balls to face who they really are." "When she stayed at our house, my ex stayed up all night with her. He then got mad at me for being upset about it. Once I found out, I bagged ALL his shit up and put it outside, cleaned out our joint account, told his entire family what he'd done, and moved on. Two and a half years later, I'm happier and healthier than ever before." "Our divorce was finalized about a year later. He actually did me a favor. My life is better now than I ever knew it could be." "Between then and when he ended up taking a plea deal to avoid prison, I found a pair of women’s panties that weren’t mine under my bed. I know of at least one time he had another woman over while I was at work." "We divorced a few years after I found out. Then the gates opened, and I learned the baby momma was only one of many." "'Just wondering,' he answered, and since love is blind, I left it at that. Turns out, the woman he was sleeping with tested positive for HPV! He wanted to make sure I didn't have it because I immediately would have suspected he was cheating. He was my first!" "He then confirmed he had cheated. Not only that but, once, I managed to speak to the woman. They were talking about renting a place together and getting a dog. His work took him away, and she was in the place he worked. So, he had told her he was divorced, and she had no idea he was still married. She thought he was away for work. This was the tip of the iceberg as I found out he was on multiple dating apps and had cheated multiple times. He then tried to blame it all on me and was vile. Luckily, I managed to divorce him. Now, I am happily married to the most incredible man, and we are expecting our first child. I thank the woman for calling that day... best birthday I could have asked for!" "I just told him to come and get his shit. TRUST YOUR GUT!" "I was devastated. It then came out that he had been cheating on me for the last three years, with multiple women, and taking all of them to his dad's house to cheat. BTW, the girl I found him with ended up leaving him — she and I became friends, and now we’re both happily married to new men." "He also worked away almost every week, so I strongly suspect there were other instances beyond the sex worker. But the happy ending? My new husband (who is so sweet, kind, and loyal) and I are expecting a baby girl in a few months, so it all turned out perfectly in the end! 🥰" "That day, I made it down the mountain on my own and never looked back. The thing I did manage to take back, however, was my power." "Mother f'er, you don't even play golf! Four months later, he came clean and came out. I was actually extremely relieved and happy for him. Eight years later, our kids are happy, and we're both now married to wonderful men!" "We’d done long-distance before. But as soon as I moved, he pulled away even further and only called when he needed to vent. When we'd see each other, he'd drink a ton. He spent my birthday dinner crying at this really awesome restaurant. When he'd get drunk, he'd say he was unhappy and wanted a divorce. Then the next morning, he'd say he didn’t mean it, things had just been hard with both of us in residency, and he wanted to work on the relationship. I offered for us to take a break and see other people if that’s what he wants, but he said we'd make this work. I called an Uber, called my mom, and flew home. I called him on NYE because that was an important day for us, but he told me he isn’t ready to talk. It’s been a year, and I’m still waiting on the divorce papers. Looking back, I see how toxic things were even before he cheated. I’m now terrified to be in a relationship ever again, but I’m happier." "I scrolled back and saw that the two had been secretly planning to leave their respective spouses so they could be with each other. They're a gross representation of a relationship stemming out of the heartbreak of both their spouses. Turns out, they had been calling and texting each other the whole time while I sat there fighting for our damn marriage. I confronted him about it while our guests were out at a wedding, but I still managed to put on a happy face around his friends and family all weekend long. This guy was really finding comfort in another woman while I played the part of the sweet, welcoming wife to HIS friends. Coward." "He was talking about how nice it was to hang out with her a few nights before when he had told me he was with his brother. It was a horrible, toxic relationship, and I was so relieved to have a good excuse to end it." "When I tell y’all the shit storm started... I had even almost considered believing him because I was working through issues at the time; I considered believing him. Lol." "Turns out, they had been dating for a year and a half." "I knew she had had an affair with him shortly after she got to Berlin, but I thought it was over because she told me it was over. After she got back to Europe, we talked. Over the course of the next six months, she earned my trust again. I was still in Vienna and thinking of moving to Berlin when I found out from another friend that she and Stefan were flying to NYC. This was a long time ago. I'm very happily married now. She and Stefan didn't last." "There was no denying it. Needless to say, we have been divorced now for more than 20 years. He is on his third marriage, and I'm happy as a clam that I'm not the one who has to wonder where he is at night anymore!" "I was the only one working, supporting him, our new baby, and my mom so he could go to his mom's to help. Moron still wouldn't admit he cheated, and he still won't 10 years later." "I felt stalker-y looking at her Google account, but I had major suspicions, and it proved me right! I moved out that weekend and never looked back." "I didn’t say a word until the kids left for school. The divorce sucked, but I'm happily remarried and have been for over a year now to a wonderful and faithful man!" "The next day, when he did come home, he acted as if nothing had happened. When I showed him the literal receipts, he denied it and lost it on me. My mom was staying with us, and I had to make up a big excuse for his disappearing, plus the subsequent arguments and bad temper he had toward me after. Two weeks later, he told me it was true and wasn't the only time." "'You guys have been married for 15 years,' she said. I said, 'In 15 years, he has NEVER bought me a gift for a thousand bucks. Has he ever spent a thousand bucks on you, Mom? I rest my case!'" "I'm so glad he’s gone. He also stole a bunch of my money. I finally got my car back because he rear-ended someone. Since my car was reported stolen in the system, the cops called me, but I still had to pay $175 to get it out of impound." "It was slightly awkward, but my boss's ex-husband was also a cheating piece of shit, so at least she was someone who I didn't need to feel embarrassed in front of. She knew what it was like." "Some went as far back as the beginning of our relationship. Text messages, Instagram messages... I began getting texts from other women he knew telling me about things he sent to them or asked for via Snapchat and how he talked badly about me to them. I tried to make it work, but he continued to talk to his 'best friend' even though I explained to him why I wasn’t comfortable with it. He just didn’t care. He told me I shouldn't make him choose between me and her. So I made the choice for him." "The wreck happened at 6 a.m. He was supposed to be headed to work. After I saw that and asked WTF was going on, he told me everything. Without the accident, there is no telling how long it would have gone on." "Fast-forward to the following year, I told him I wanted to focus on our marriage and wanted the open thing to end. He threatened me with a divorce. So I said fuck it and kept seeing his friend, who made me very happy when we were together. All three of us ended up moving states, and it turns out, my ex-husband had been sleeping with someone who was HIV positive without telling me. He also kept gaslighting me and completely tearing me down for anything I did. I ended up demanding a divorce, and he told his friends and family I cheated on him. He swiped $20,000 out of our joint bank account and left. Then, at the divorce hearing, he tried to get me back. Since then, I've been blissfully married to his now ex-best friend for two years, and we have two children. It's been hard for us to come to terms with the way he treated us, but we've helped each other through it. I still don't believe I cheated since he forced me into it." "He really didn’t even try to hide it or deny it after. He just said that I deserved better. Well, he was right about that part." "He was my high school sweetheart, and we had been married for 13 years. We had built a big, beautiful house together and lived there for two years before he said he wasn't happy and wanted to move to the apartment. They're now building a house together in the same place he and I had built our house. It's all good, though. After the divorce, I packed a bag and traveled the world, having never been out of the US until then. I've met a fellow traveler, and we've fallen in love and travel together now."
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