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Hand hold needed - away with cheating DH

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Kelkell · 30/07/2026 13:03

Changed name as a regular poster and don’t want to out myself.

I’m away with DH and our two DC currently, we have had a few rows in recent months and haven’t been intimate for a while either.

I have spent the first few days of the holiday (we’re here for 10 days) running around after the kids, co-ordinating the on site clubs and basically not relaxing. DH has spent most of his days led pool side with his headphones in and a drink.

He has been on his phone a lot more than on recent holidays. So when he was in the shower last night, I looked at it because I was suspicious.

There are numerous messages between him and another woman. Time stamps when he would have been pool side. One really hurtful one said he has a ‘beer and the sun, I just wish you were here too so I could see your milk tankers in a bikini’. She’s equally flirting back, it made me feel sick reading.

I managed to bring this up without the kids present, he said what do I expect when I won’t go near him anymore. Just really cold. He’s doing his own thing today, and I don’t know how I’ll get through the rest of the holiday 😥

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MsPrufrockk · 31/07/2026 13:18

Kelkell · 31/07/2026 10:08

Going home isn’t an option, it’s not the kids’ fault and they are still managing to enjoy their holiday - I’d be selfish to do so.

I have done some tentative searches for a lawyer but some of the prices are eye watering. I’ll do a more detailed search today

Can you stretch to a different room for you and the kids? Sounds absolutely hellish for you.

NeatPinkFinch · 31/07/2026 13:32

Just work out what you need to buy a house for you and the kids OP. Do not agree to 50/50 contact make him fight in court for that. If you are the main carer then it should stay that way. Fight for as much as you possibly can from this man because you only get one chance. It can be done I’ve been there and got enough money to buy a house outright. The idiot decided to leave me with a baby and a toddler while I was a stay at home mum!

NeatPinkFinch · 31/07/2026 13:33

Oh and I didn’t have a solicitor!

NeatPinkFinch · 31/07/2026 13:35

He did however and that was pretty horrendous. They can be absolutely vile just to warn you!

PatchworkCow · 31/07/2026 18:29

Going home isn’t an option, it’s not the kids’ fault and they are still managing to enjoy their holiday - I’d be selfish to do so.

No you'd be sensible because it gives you a head start on getting divorced before he has a chance to start hiding assets etc. Doing your best for DC future isn't selfish. Not that everything is about DC anyway, it's ok to put yourself first in a situation like this. You're not harming DC by putting yourself first in this instance. Selfish is harming others and not giving a shit about it so long as you get what you want. Putting yourself first isn't always selfish, they're two different things.

CakesAndCandles1 · 31/07/2026 22:23

Fake it until you can secure your finances out even if that means a few months back at home of living a lie it’ll be worth it long run, don’t underestimate your love for you and your kids- plan if you can.

Crikeyalmighty · 31/07/2026 23:03

ValerieValeraaaa · 31/07/2026 13:17

How do thick, stupid men like this one manage to get a job paying over £100K?

I’m getting visions of a Lee Anderson type!!

Namechangewegovyjune26 · 31/07/2026 23:48

thisandthats · 31/07/2026 11:44

You have no idea what assets they have. The law is pretty prescriptive - in 99% of cases the cost of a lawyer will outstrip any additional value they bring as the law sets out the rules of who gets what. In most cases lawyers are just repeating the rules (which can be looked up online) and charging £££ for the privelige

He is talking about kicking her out of the house though. Could they not negotiate her staying in the family home until the kids are 18?

Namechangewegovyjune26 · 31/07/2026 23:50

ValerieValeraaaa · 31/07/2026 13:17

How do thick, stupid men like this one manage to get a job paying over £100K?

Right?!

“Milk tankards” 🤢

Papster · 01/08/2026 00:04

If he gets that pissed again chuck away his phone and tell him he must have lost it.
Will get shot of Miss Milk Marketing Board 2026 till you’re back and watching the frantic hunt will be amusing

OneFunGreyFish · 01/08/2026 00:19

What do you want to do OP? Everyone on here suggests divorce but is that what YOU want? It sounds like he hasn't physically cheated which doesn't make it okay but at least it isn't an emotional or love based affair. How long have you been together? Are the children young? I wouldn't do anything rash just yet. Wait until you get back, take at least two weeks to think about it and then start making some plans after talking to services like women's aid or women legal service. You must protect your own interests and sometimes that means being strategic and not emotional.

OneSparklyGoat · 01/08/2026 09:38

ValerieValeraaaa · 31/07/2026 13:17

How do thick, stupid men like this one manage to get a job paying over £100K?

Because at work they aren’t functioning on an emotional plane.

They aren’t stupid, they are emotionally immature.

Who says milk tankards about a woman’s breasts? A little boy, not a man.
Who tells their wife they hired someone “for company”? Someone lashing out in a childlike way. Not a man.

This is why you see so many women describe men almost like they are two different people. There’s a man and a boy in there. And the little boy come out when a man who never learned to deal with his emotions feels threatened and This is what you get.

Omgblueskys · 03/08/2026 08:22

Hay op hope your ok, great advice on here

When does your holiday end,
How are you feeling now

SurferRona · 03/08/2026 21:26

PatchworkCow · 30/07/2026 21:37

WTF?! Are you right in the head? OP is not his therapist! Besides, I'm sure he wouldn't be grateful and would just laugh in her face. He's just using crass slang because he's a fricking dickhead.

Ah. I see I should have added to be delivered with a head tilt and tinkly laugh! I was being (fairly) sarcastic, or it could be an amusing wind-up…. Not so much fully serious.

Gardenisablooming · 03/08/2026 22:13

I'd be booking a slightly earlier flight home. Giving his passport a good flushing down the loo on my way out the door.

And block his bank card...
Then switch off your phone.

blythet · 03/08/2026 23:09

Gardenisablooming · 03/08/2026 22:13

I'd be booking a slightly earlier flight home. Giving his passport a good flushing down the loo on my way out the door.

And block his bank card...
Then switch off your phone.

Hahahaha brilliant. What a shame it would be if both his bank cards and passport went missing!

principalskinna · 04/08/2026 02:04

Ofc it's a real person.

principalskinna · 04/08/2026 02:05

Kelkell · 30/07/2026 22:35

It all kicked off earlier and he confirmed it’s a paid service he has engaged, he has basically got someone who will send a certain number of messages a day as well as photo’s.

He will have the day with the kids tomorrow, he’s drinking at the hotel bar still with a bloke he met poolside.

I mean it's not this.

Omgblueskys · 09/08/2026 15:18

Hi op, how are you, have you returned from holiday,

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