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To think there’s no coming back from these messages between DH and his colleague?

438 replies

Queens26 · 28/04/2026 16:43

‘D’H and I haven’t been in a great place for a while but both have said we want to try to make things work. It has mainly been the stress of having a young child and a couple of other big arguments.

I know he is quite friendly with an older colleague (late 40’s, he’s 32) but have grown a bit suspicious for a couple of reasons which meant I have checked his phone. The first time, what I found gave me reason to look again, and I found really (to me) explicit messages.

I don’t believe the colleague is single, but she’s in a very casual relationship which she isn’t happy with and sounds like it has been over for a while.

I think this is the most upsetting exchange, I took photos on my phone so he couldn’t deny things. There are various emojis which I’ve not added in:

Colleague: I feel like we’d have so much fun, you wouldn’t need to complain about a lack of excitement with me:
H: I just feel bored, we never do anything different and it’s the same thing she wants every time
C: I am always up for trying different things
H: I am all ears haha
C: I am open minded, there’s nothing to be ashamed of if two adults on same page
H: Yeah I don’t want anything hardcore just something other than missionary once in a while would be nice
C: What do you class as hardcore?
H: No idea, S&M I guess haha
C: That’s tame
C: Most men want anal
H: Yeah I think I’d get punched if I suggested that at home haha
C: I wouldn’t punch you but my rule is you’d have to be willing to receive for me to agree haha
H: Sounds scary haha
C: I’d be gentle and start small
H: You wasn’t lying when you said your open minded haha
C: That’s what you get with someone experienced

I confronted him last night, he became upset and said he hated himself for sending these and didn’t mean anything by it and that it was a ‘fantasy’ and no more.

I can’t help but think a line has been crossed, I am sure they haven’t done anything physical but for me messages that extreme have to be deemed cheating?

OP posts:
RRAaaaargh · 28/04/2026 18:23

What a fool he has been, losing his wife over some stupid texts to someone he probably has no interest in and who may have no interest in him. A prize fool.

I don't think I could get over the betrayal involved in talking negatively about you and your sex life to this colleague. Whether he intended it to go further or he just enjoyed it as banter, it absolutely crosses the line.

Tuesdayschild50 · 28/04/2026 18:23

Yeah I couldn't come back from messages like that ... does he ever wonder if your in missionary position because you want it over with with him and you could actually be bored of him too ..

Lampzade · 28/04/2026 18:20

They both sound pathetic tbh

bignewprinz · 28/04/2026 18:17

From that short exchange, he sounds like a teenager. Is he quite thick for 32 years old? If he's anywhere near as tedious in real life as he is in those messages, ending the marriage could be the best thing you've ever done.

Poodlelove · 28/04/2026 18:17

Has he had anal with her and then had sex with you ? Did you ask him ?
I don't think I could forgive .

Shoxfordian · 28/04/2026 18:16

No, that'd be game over for me
He has no respect for you

Brokeandold · 28/04/2026 18:14

Yuck! That would be the end for me, you have a child together and he chats to another woman like that….
What a pair of skanks, both as bad as each other, no respect for you
Hope you have lots of support from your family and friends, chuck him in the bin.

AuntChippy · 28/04/2026 18:12

Fantasy or not, he’s completely broken your trust and humiliated. You there’d been no coming back from that for me.

Plus, the twat can’t spell or use correct grammar. That’s almost equally repugnant 😂

Rachelsthorns · 28/04/2026 18:12

So you come back from this one and forgive him…
what about the next one? And the next one?

because there WILL be more. He’s betrayed you and shown his utter lack of respect. Once that line’s crossed, you can be sure he’ll do it again and despise you for your weakness if you take him back.

You deserve so much more.

DeedsNotDiddums · 28/04/2026 18:10

appleberryhandcream · 28/04/2026 16:51

I’m not sure.
She took the talk to anal.
He didn’t reply about doing anal with her. He replied that you wouldn’t like it.

Yes, it’s not ideal, but he wasn’t salivating all over her and asking her to do anal.

She was very much the one leading it.

Depends on the other messages, I would say.

Are you serious!???

Gloriia · 28/04/2026 18:10

Yeah it's the betrayal isn't it, discussing you with this sexual predator it just diminishes your relationship so much.

Everyone can get carried away by flirting but anal sex chat and oral sex, really? She sounds very desperate.

Easy for us to say LTB, but if he hasn't acted further I'd hear him out at this stage. Unless there has been work trips and nights out where you think they have actually had the opportunity to be physical?

socks1107 · 28/04/2026 18:05

Discussing your sex life with a colleague is crossing a line in itself. Never mind the explicit messages. Have you got anyone in real life you ca turn too?

daisychain01 · 28/04/2026 18:03

I can’t help but think a line has been crossed

yes, smacked right between the eyes.

utter betrayal and time to get rid, OP.

it must feel awful, but I wouldn't let him get near me after that exchange. It's only one step,off a full blown affair.

do you have RL support?

Megifer · 28/04/2026 18:02

Infact op there is potentially one thing he could do that, iiwm, might pull this back, especially if he does come up with the idea that he felt she was coming on too strong and he was embarassed.

And that would be if he agrees to report her for sexual harassment. He has the evidence, it would be open/shut case at work.

GlosGirl82 · 28/04/2026 18:02

I could never trust him again

Gingercar · 28/04/2026 18:01

appleberryhandcream · 28/04/2026 16:51

I’m not sure.
She took the talk to anal.
He didn’t reply about doing anal with her. He replied that you wouldn’t like it.

Yes, it’s not ideal, but he wasn’t salivating all over her and asking her to do anal.

She was very much the one leading it.

Depends on the other messages, I would say.

But he wasn’t saying “I would never cheat on my wife!” either. He was saying he’s all ears…

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 28/04/2026 18:01

I actually agree with the @LAMPS1

Error404FucksNotFound · 28/04/2026 18:00

Thats awful. He's been complaining about you to her. What a lack of respect.

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 28/04/2026 18:00

She sounds predatory, and he sound immature.

shhblackbag · 28/04/2026 17:59

Triskellion75 · 28/04/2026 17:52

What a stupid little man. Hope his sordid little 'fantasy' chat was worth it.

This. He should have shut it down. So utterly stupid.

EDIT: And he doesn't sound like a man who respects you at all.

diddl · 28/04/2026 17:58

Oh he's nasty.

He doesn't respect you at all does he?

Megifer · 28/04/2026 17:56

Butterme · 28/04/2026 17:51

Why are you blaming her?

He is the one in a relationship with OP.
He is the one trying to have sex with other women.
He is the one telling her about his and OPs sex life.

She is irrelevant in this as if it wasn’t her, then it would be a different woman.
She didn’t force him into this.

You are completely dismissing his part in this.
He is the only one in the wrong when it comes to OP.

Its the rules isnt it it? Women are always to blame in some way for mens actions. We've already seen op at fault for checking his phone, and that she needs to address their sex life, and this woman is a predator who is embarassing the poor mite 🥺

Mintchocs · 28/04/2026 17:55

DalmationalAnthem · 28/04/2026 16:58

Apart from making himself unfuckable, even if you did have sex with the man again, you know he goes around telling random people what position etc. you do.

Acting like he was upset at his gross misconduct texts getting caught is just pathetic.

This is him 'trying to make things work'? 🤢

I feel like this sums up the situation sadly.

MabelRoyds · 28/04/2026 17:54

What a massively scummy woman. Your husband sounds like a chipolata alone in a sausage factory.

he’s been a pillock. Did you respect him before this?

TheHillIsMine · 28/04/2026 17:53

Miranda65 · 28/04/2026 16:49

You checked his phone - that in itself shows that he shouldn't trust you! So there is "fault" on both sides, tbh.

Utter rubbish.

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