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DH obsessed with ex and now I am attracted to her, AIBU?

70 replies

NamelessSecondWife · 28/09/2023 17:50

So DH and I started as a holiday romance, well, he was a glam widower on holiday and I was working. Hot sunny Euro locale, instant attraction. My friends warned me with words like 'He's a Tory voter' 'He has a country place FFS' 'What about the age gap,' but honestly, girls can be jealous.

Anyway we got married and returned from honeymoon to his swanky house 'Mumblesey' by the sea in the south west. Servants and the whole shebang. I was a little intimidated but determined to make a go of things.

Only to find out he is obsessed with his ex, 'Becks'. Everything is the way she left it, her writing paper, her raincoats with her handkerchiefs in the pocket, her bloody bedroom set up for her and some crazy twat of a housekeeper who brought Becks up and also seems obsessed. DH goes all cold and grim and sinister when Becks is mentioned.

And then I found out. I was led to believe Becks was DEAD and from DH's reactions I was beginning to think he'd murdered her! Then one evening walking by the shore I went into this old boathouse... and there she was. Smoky eyes, lithe figure, one hand in her pocket and the other one holding a cigarette.

I was instantly attracted. She began to rant about how DH was so conventional and strait-laced and homophobic and a priggish boring wanker who only cared about his posh house and reputation, and she'd had to leave and move into the boathouse. She was obviously bisexual and, well, she stirred me to my depths. I haven't acted on this yet but the more time I spend in the boathouse the more I am attracted to her and not to DH.

Thoughts?

YABU: You can't shag your husband's ex, however smoky her eyes are. Shame on you.

YANBU: Shag away, my darling, let yourself be thrilled to your very depths, and BTW, LTB.

OP posts:
MrsMorseEndeavour · 28/09/2023 18:12

I prefer the film version

itsmyp4rty · 28/09/2023 18:12

Well if she stirred you to your depths, what else can you do?

NamelessSecondWife · 28/09/2023 18:12

@ArseMenagerie Perhaps not. She has silken thighs though, that must count for something.

@Dolphinnoises She's an atrocious cunt.

@DuchessOfPort I'll keep my eyes peeled. Thanx for the tip re matches. I do hate filling out forms. It all sounds a bit Jane Eyre doesn't it?

@TemporarilyshyAF But she isn't late! She is alive and vital and hot AF, hence why I want to shag her.

@Totaly Ooh. Ooh. Yes I like that idea very much.

OP posts:
thiswasabadone · 28/09/2023 18:13

Im routing for becks, she sounds great. Can't you make your character have a bit more about her ?

WereYouListeningToTheDudesStory · 28/09/2023 18:14

I think Becks should be seeing an oncologist pronto.

cadburyegg · 28/09/2023 18:16

I remember a different ending 😂😂

Cola2023 · 28/09/2023 18:17

Creative writing piece.

newnamethanks · 28/09/2023 18:17

Don't go in the boat shed. And dont trust the housekeeper. She's not your friend.

tara66 · 28/09/2023 18:18

Rebecca?

Gingerbee · 28/09/2023 18:19

I loved the Hitchcock version
Made me giggle

RunningUpThatBuilding · 28/09/2023 18:20

Fatal flaw in this script - it is beyond my understanding how anyone could be attracted to someone smoking. ICK!

EmpressaurusOfCats · 28/09/2023 18:21

RunningUpThatBuilding · 28/09/2023 18:20

Fatal flaw in this script - it is beyond my understanding how anyone could be attracted to someone smoking. ICK!

That’s the bit I don’t get either. Smelly.

PheonixAndTheCarpet · 28/09/2023 18:24

Watch out for the housekeeper!!!

LyndaSnellsSniff · 28/09/2023 18:25

Can we agree that Lily James was wrong for the part?

Lovingitallnow · 28/09/2023 18:25

Have you any Halloween plans? I'd steer clear of his ancestral portraits for inspo

vasco · 28/09/2023 18:27

Don't give up your day job.

handyandie · 28/09/2023 18:28

Are you taking a creative writing course?

FortunataTagnips · 28/09/2023 18:29

Can I interest you in some buildings insurance?

willWillSmithsmith · 28/09/2023 18:30

Dolphinnoises · 28/09/2023 17:52

And how do you get on with the housekeeper?

Are you thinking Mrs Danvers by any chance? 😁

OP are you doing a home creative writing course? You should try something more original than Rebecca.

boobot1 · 28/09/2023 18:32

CaptainJackSparrow85 · 28/09/2023 17:52

Last night I dreamt I went to Mumblesey again…

Yeah thats what I thought too😂

Vitriolinsanity · 28/09/2023 18:32

Time to throw a lookalike party OP!

DarklySparkly · 28/09/2023 18:33

Just watch out for house fires.

Vitriolinsanity · 28/09/2023 18:33

And for gods sake cut back those Rhododendrons they're stifling.

PomegranateRose · 28/09/2023 18:35

Very good, OP 😂 is a full contemporary rewrite on the cards?

jazzyfips · 28/09/2023 18:37

Where’s chapter 2?

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