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Gutted to find out….I am the other woman

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MollieFrank · 25/01/2025 19:17

Long story short…
I got divorced a year ago, I bought a second hand new build. It actually needed a surprising amount of work doing to it so I asked for recommendations on Facebook and my friend recommend a guy.

That guy had to do a fair amount of work on my home. We got to know eachother fairly well (I work from home so was here when he was doing all the work) and we started flirting and we ended up going on some local to me dates (he lives 45 mins away) he stayed over a few nights….we text all day everyday. This has been going on for a few months, I have to say I think I have been genuinely falling for him. He does not wear a wedding ring and I never asked if he was married because perhaps naively I just trusted that someone who was dating me wouldn’t be married!!!!!

happened to be talking to the lady that recommend him to me, and she asked me how the work was and said she knew his wife!!!!!! I never mentioned to her we had started seeing eachother because I thought it was a bit soon. I then messaged him this morning and said “are you married?” And he said “yes, but I don’t love her”

I am absolutely completely devastated, I’ve never wanted to be the other woman but I genuinely had no idea. So now I feel like a marriage wrecker but also I have lost the one start of relationship that I felt happy in since my divorce.

where do I go from here!?

OP posts:
BoringTina · 28/01/2025 15:56

Sounds like a graveyard of builder's conquests 😂

HedgehogB · 10/02/2025 22:00

Bogginsthe3rd · 25/01/2025 19:42

Did you not consult check a trade before you employed him ?

I am not sure ‘do you shag your clients’ is one of the questions asked when tradesmen register on Checkatrade. Incidentally DH is a builder of 25 years standing and isn’t on there because decent tradespeople get all their work on personal recommendation and usually have work booked months and months ahead. Checkatrade does NOT guarantee anything really, and is just a platform where tradespeople pay a fee to get work referred to them, it’s a complete myth , we know a few right cowboys on there. I’m sure most are legit and it’s ok for someone starting out I suppose.

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