‘I found out wife is cheating on me – and regret my impulsive 10-word reply’

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A man was left heartbroken when his wife of 13 years confessed to cheating on him with a work colleague – but his 10-word response ‘disgusted’ him more than her actions

Finding out you’ve been cheated on can leave you lost for words.

Discovering your partner is cheating on you is a horrible feeling, and many of us will react in different ways. Whether your first instinct is to be angry, to start crying, or even to forgive, there’s no right or wrong way to process your emotions in the moment. One man, however, has said he’s “disgusted” by the way he reacted when his wife of 13 years told him she’d been having an affair with a colleague from work.

The anonymous man explained his wife regularly travels for work, and had been acting suspiciously for a few months because she would always ignore his calls while she was away. She would also act “cold and distant” when she returned, and eventually, she confessed to sleeping with the colleague she travels with.

In a post on Reddit, the man – who has three children with his wife – claimed he felt “empty” when his spouse told him the news. He didn’t feel “anger” and he didn’t resort to any “retaliation”. But what he did do left him feeling horrified at himself. He simply told her: “If this is what you want, then more power to you.”

He added: “Then I smiled and went to watch a football match. What kind of cuckold response was that?! I am all over my head right now trying to explain why I acted like this. Since I met her, I always felt she was settling with me. Have I just let her manipulate me into submission?”

Things went from bad to worse a few days later when his wife “offered sex”, and although he knew he should have said no, he “let it happen”. Now, the man isn’t sure how he feels about their relationship.

“Today after taking the kids to bed, she wants to have the conversation of ‘Where do we go from here?’ and I still don’t know how to feel or what to say,” he added, “I don’t even know why I am sharing this as I know strangers on the internet cannot tell me how to feel but I needed somewhere to get this off my chest.”

Commenters on the post were supportive of the man, with many telling him he was likely still in “shock”. One person wrote: “Your reaction is honest, it’s not wrong at all. It sounds like you are in shock still which is understandable.”

Another added: “Be the better person, man, you are deserving of so much more. My best advice is to be smart about this. Take the option that is more advantageous to you and your children in the end, forget her. Live your life.”

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