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Found another message from the same woman i told him to stop the contact with

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Annnemarrrie · 03/11/2023 07:15

Hi everyone. Unfortunately I am back here again posting to all of you. I hope some of you still remember my topic from 8 October.

8 October I found messages between my husband and his female co-worker and found out he drove her to her home multiple times after work. (Did not get inside but drove her to her home)

Like some of you might remember I confronted him and told him I did not want to see that type of contact again. She actually blocked both him and me on Facebook and that was it. A couple days later I found 2 fake accounts following mine and his Instagram which I was sure of it was her so I blocked her on both of our accounts.

Yesterday night we we're eating dinner together and he got a text message, I saw her name so I asked him who it was. He said it's from work. I told him no, who is that? Can I see it? And then he said it's 'D...' from work. I looked at the text message and it said 'I am working from 6 to 11 tomorrow and from 2 to 8 the day after'. There were no other text messages which he obviously deleted. I told him why he needed to text her again about her working hours as almost a month ago we agreed that what he did was wrong and that there would be no contact outside of the office. I was a bit frustrated and left the table.

The message itself was harmless, but knowing he is asking her for her working hours and is deleting his messages makes me feel so upset once again.

I found out you can retrieve deleted text messages on Iphone so an hour later I walked up to him and asked him if I could have his phone. He gave it and when I tried to get the deleted messages back he grabbed his phone and got very defensive and angry. I told him if you have nothing to hide let me retrieve the messages. He was very angry saying that he was telling me the truth and that if I don't believe him I can just basically 'f off. (Not exactly his words but exactly his intend) I stayed very calm and told him this is your last chance, please let me see the deleted messages. He refused, got pissed, and that's it. Protecting his phone till the end.

Am I going too far asking for the deleted messages? If it was harmless then why would you not give it to me to prove your innocence. I can't keep up with this marriage like this.

(I am not native to English and some people thought my post was AI generated the last time haha, I assure you it's me, just not fluent in English)

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justalittlesnoel · 03/11/2023 07:22

He's hiding something.

He also didn't respect the boundaries on contact you've clearly stated and is now sneaking around. There's zero reason for her to be texting him her shift pattern.

He's shown no intention of stopping whatever is going on - trust your gut on this one and do whatever you need to.

Muchof · 03/11/2023 07:22

I think in view of the history, it was understandable that you would want to see his phone. And sadly, yes his refusal looks very suspicious. Trust your gut.

Dowhadiddydiddydum · 03/11/2023 07:21

I’d say the relationship is over. He’s cheated. If they’ve not actually had sec they’ve had an inappropriate relationship.

PurpleSky09 · 03/11/2023 07:19

He wouldn't show you the deleted messages because he has something to hide. I would end the relationship.

Ollifer · 03/11/2023 07:17

He's clearly cheating or has intention to. What you do about that is up to you I guess, but I slung an ex out for this type of thing as I can't stand the constant paranoia and distrust.