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Angry at ex and his wife?

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greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:14

So I have no idea if I'm in the wrong here.

I dated a guy for 5 years. I always knew he was married and I knew his wife. He told me that he'd confessed to her that he had feelings for me six months before we even got together, but when we started seeing each other she found out within a week and put a stop to it (this was about five years ago).

So... he started meeting me 'as friends' and I thought it had been okayed at home. We talked every day, hanging out. Sometimes she'd find out the extent of our contact and get upset, but he kept framing it as 'just friends' and she'd forgive him. We were obviously way more than just friends -- from my perspective it was a full-time relationship and I was honestly just waiting all the time for those two to have the difficult conversations he kept promising they were just about to have.

After a year or so he started telling me they'd broken up, were just living together but not sharing a bed. I tried ending it and moving away a couple of times but although he never asked me to stay, he kept hinting that they were going to have big conversations and sort out the future. I contacted her a couple of times (because I believed him), and she acknowledged our 'friendship' but wouldn't talk about the relationship. Like she completely blanked it out.

About six months ago I finally ended the relationship. We spoke to each other after a few months and he said he'd fixed his marriage, they had a wonderful sex life now, were the happiest they'd ever been etc. At the same time he rekindled our affair and I was a mess so I let it happen for a few more months. He was coming over all the time, spent the night twice while she was away, told me he loved me and wanted to marry me etc. I got really depressed and ended up in hospital; he stayed the night with me, slept with me, then went on holiday with her and his kid the next day.

A few weeks ago I kind of flipped and told her everything that had happened. They had a big fight and he cut off contact with me. But I guess he lied his way through it because she blanked out everything and stayed with him.

I was visiting friends in their town and passed them in the street. They looked so happy. Like she had utterly blanked out everything that had happened. As if she didn't even know that her husband had a five year affair until a few weeks ago.

The worst part is that she was the other woman once before too. He'd had a previous marriage when he met her and walked out on a newborn baby.

I know such a long affair was awful and I really regret it. At the same time I'm so angry with them both. I can't believe that they can just skip around and act like they have the happiest marriage in the world so soon after finding out about the affair.

BTW he already has a new girlfriend, she's more than half his age and is younger than his own daughter. I guess his wife just blanked that out too. I am so pissed off that she believes his lies and didn't hear a word I said, probably still believes that me and her husband were 'just friends' for five years. I have 100,000 texts, photos, videos, messages and thousands of hours of call logs proving the opposite.

I'm so angry at them both and at myself. Am I being unreasonable?

OP posts:
YummyMummy1959 · 17/06/2023 20:32

such a man slag

BlinkeredBay · 17/06/2023 20:33

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:29

Because she pretended he didn't cheat on her for five years??? Jeez, I don't care if they stay together, get therapy or whatever. But just pretending like it didn't happen is nuts.

If you don’t care, then why the fuck are you posting?

RedHelenB · 17/06/2023 20:33

SnapPop · 17/06/2023 20:20

I don't get why you're so angry with her. She's the victim here.

Exactly. Hands off married men and you won't get burnt. Long and short of it us you're jealous of her, because he's chosen to stay with her.

tweener · 17/06/2023 20:34

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:26

I was angry at how he was treating her too and thought she deserved to know. I figured she'd have some self-respect and leave, but I don't think she even believes he cheated on her.

I don't think you're on any moral high ground to talk about other women having self respect.

KrisAkabusi · 17/06/2023 20:34

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happygertie · 17/06/2023 20:35

Play stupid games, get stupid prizes!

PucketyPuckPuck · 17/06/2023 20:35

I was angry at how he was treating her too and thought she deserved to know. I figured she'd have some self-respect and leave

😂😂😂

Pot kettle black spring to mind on the self respect front.

Sounds like you've got just what you deserve op. Hopefully he will too some time.

Lacucuracha · 17/06/2023 20:36

I think OP sounds in a bad way, some of these comments are going too far.

OP, might be time to hide the thread if upsetting.

BlinkeredBay · 17/06/2023 20:36

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:26

I was angry at how he was treating her too and thought she deserved to know. I figured she'd have some self-respect and leave, but I don't think she even believes he cheated on her.

Oh yeah the “I thought she ought to know”

slow had clap

you hoped she’d chuck him out and he would end up
on your bed….. didn’t happen!

hattyhathat · 17/06/2023 20:37

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:29

Because she pretended he didn't cheat on her for five years??? Jeez, I don't care if they stay together, get therapy or whatever. But just pretending like it didn't happen is nuts.

Up to them and you have no idea what's going on between them

BlinkeredBay · 17/06/2023 20:38

Lacucuracha · 17/06/2023 20:36

I think OP sounds in a bad way, some of these comments are going too far.

OP, might be time to hide the thread if upsetting.

Sorry but you cannot come on here, slagging off a wife that you’ve wronged and expect sympathy!

standardduck · 17/06/2023 20:38

You sound overly invested in their relationship.

I am not sure why you are angry with her, to be fair he sounds awful and you sound like you have a very low self esteem.

If I were you, I would be glad that it's over and focus on working on yourself. You wasted 5 years on being someone's side piece. Don't waste anymore time.

Thesearmsofmine · 17/06/2023 20:38

You clearly are very interested in this man still. Move on.

Emmamoo89 · 17/06/2023 20:39

Lacucuracha · 17/06/2023 20:36

I think OP sounds in a bad way, some of these comments are going too far.

OP, might be time to hide the thread if upsetting.

What does she expect? She knew he was married. She doesn't deserve any sympathy

MrsSchrute · 17/06/2023 20:40

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:29

Because she pretended he didn't cheat on her for five years??? Jeez, I don't care if they stay together, get therapy or whatever. But just pretending like it didn't happen is nuts.

Didn't you pretend he wasn't married for five years???

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 17/06/2023 20:41

You're all as bad as each other, with the exception of his wife.

FloweryName · 17/06/2023 20:41

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:29

Because she pretended he didn't cheat on her for five years??? Jeez, I don't care if they stay together, get therapy or whatever. But just pretending like it didn't happen is nuts.

You have absolutely no idea what was or is going on in her head or why she’s chosen to stay with him. Nor is it any of your business what she’s thinking.

Be honest with yourself. If he’s given you the opportunity to take him back you would have done but he didn’t so you can’t. That’s what’s really pissing you off.

CrazyArmadilloLady · 17/06/2023 20:41

For God’s sake, grow up OP.

You’re all faux shocked that she believed his lies, while swallowing his lies yourself, hook, line and sinker.

Honestly - you look like far more of a fool than she does.

Lacucuracha · 17/06/2023 20:44

BlinkeredBay · 17/06/2023 20:38

Sorry but you cannot come on here, slagging off a wife that you’ve wronged and expect sympathy!

Sounds like wife was ok with husband shagging around. OP says she gave her blessing. Very fucked up but unfair to place all the blame on OP.

BlinkeredBay · 17/06/2023 20:46

Lacucuracha · 17/06/2023 20:44

Sounds like wife was ok with husband shagging around. OP says she gave her blessing. Very fucked up but unfair to place all the blame on OP.

Not all the blame on OP, 50.% the mans fault!

0% the wife’s, hope that’s clarified it for you?

chezpopbang · 17/06/2023 20:47

What are you angry about? That a bad man treated you badly? That he lied? That she forgave him? You have no idea what their relationship is really like and how she feels. Tbh I think the audacity of you is unbelievable. I think you are really angry about the fact that you clearly didn't mean as much to him as you thought. I'd say what do you expect he strung you along for five years but from your own words it doesn't sound like you put up much of an effort to stop the affair. You get what you get when you do bad things.

Womencanlift · 17/06/2023 20:47

Absolutely no sympathy for you. You played with fire and got burned.

Stop the faux concern for their marriage. Doesn’t matter whether they are in the divorce courts or in their second honeymoon, it has absolutely nothing to do with you

Get your own life and your own relationship with someone who isn’t already with someone and leave these people alone

StrawberryWater · 17/06/2023 20:49

He’s an utter scumbag.

But you’re not the hero OP, you’re the villain (well one of them). You had a 5 year affair with a man you knew was married. Your morals really aren’t much higher than the kerb next to the gutter.

Leave them alone. If she chooses to forgive him she’s a mug but it’s her business. All this nonsense from you about evidence and proof and wanting her to know is a load of nonsense. Grow up.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 17/06/2023 20:49

greypixie · 17/06/2023 20:26

I was angry at how he was treating her too and thought she deserved to know. I figured she'd have some self-respect and leave, but I don't think she even believes he cheated on her.

Well is it really that big a surprise? You never got any self respect and even let it end you up in hospital. You completely wasted 5 years of your life with nothing to show for it and you think SHE should have had some self-respect?

Lacucuracha · 17/06/2023 20:49

BlinkeredBay · 17/06/2023 20:46

Not all the blame on OP, 50.% the mans fault!

0% the wife’s, hope that’s clarified it for you?

You need to stop projecting, your posts are full of anger, calm down.

OP is long gone, no one is impressed with your anger.

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