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To improve an otherwise boring friday night in front of the TV, with my slightly poorly DD x

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But it shares the workload.

Just found out two of the kids parents in my DD’s class have been having an affair with each other.

She, or indeed he, can get their head around it presumably?

After being worn for a year? Pants are very much a disposable item.

I mean, maybe - this woman has likely always had this guy on fb as they met originally many years ago - i dont know anything about a trip though and I cant see her admitting to anything like that as she's very conscious about how things look, which is why it was a bit surprising that she had the guy all over social media not too long after the breakup, as she will have been very aware of what people will have thought and it was almost like she couldn't wait 'any longer' if you catch my drift. There's probably more than one person out there like this tbf!

My first boss had a friend who wanted a divorce. This was years ago when you had to have grounds.

My boss arranged with his friend to shag friends wife and get caught in the act by his friend so the divorce could go through with no hassle.

It worked like a charm and she doesn't know she was played.

Disappointed to hear about the tall, skinny ex addict @Lucyweeks
Her PR do a great job 🙄

Gosh the lives some people lead! And she did shag him so clearly all was not rosy from her POV either. At least he didn’t arrange to have her bumped off.

I know about a couple of affairs. One was a long time ago when I was about 19. An ex work colleague who was about 20, had to go to India for work training in her new job. The whole month she was away, her boyfriend was brazenly walking around town with another girl, spotted in the pub kissing etc. Swiftly ended it when she returned and years later they're still together as far as I know and even had a child. Wasn't really that close to her, so not for me to say anything.

The other affair is a relative sleeping with her married boss and its been going on for about about 3 years. He claims the wife "knows about it" and they're just living together "for the kids" but I don't believe it. Their happy family Instagram and FB pics would say different.

Omg! When she comes to, she is going to be devastated at the mess shes caused

Those poor kids

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I had a boss that I worked for for seven years. He was married. In all that time he had a string of not particularly discreet affairs and used prostitutes continually. He was always on antibiotics for STIs and getting check ups at the clap clinic. We just fitted those in around his other assignments. He had his own mug that no-one else touched!

His wife had two kids already when I started working for him and conceived a third while I worked for him.

I was in a team of five people and we all knew what he was up to as he talked about his sex life openly. None of us likes the wife. She was deeply unpleasant and saw all of us as beneath her and made sure we all knew it.

There was a collective intake of breath in the office when his DW found a packet of condoms in the door pocket of his car but he got away with it by saying his car had gone into the shop recently and he suspected one of the mechanics had taken a gf out in it and this explained the packet of three with one missing.

She believed him.

They went on to divorce but it was nothing to do with his infidelities but over money. To this day I suspect she had no clue.

His 'hobby' must have cost him an absolute fortune. No wonder he had no money. : /

She's kept her social housing home (despite no one living there) and is still claiming universal credit even though new boyfriend is a high earner and she is capable of working full time.

A call to the Housing Department maybe?

There are lots of founders that don't support other women. They employ men for their SLT and keep females below them in low grade jobs. I only met one female CFO in my time and men definitely get paid more.
If consumers knew how women are bullied by these cosmetic gurus would they still buy their products?

OOh that reminds me of a dear friend of mine who sadly died in the late 80s...she had an (upstairs) flat in Pimilico with a lovely roof terrace that overlooked the gardens of the rather posher houses behind (better street in Pimilico) . One of the houses was the abode of a VERY well known MP (on TV a lot at the time). He had a butler that used to serve his meals outside in the garden on a nice day. You could also see into his bedroom further up the house from one side of the terrace garden (she had plants/trees in pots and we used to peer through the leaves). Don't think he ever looked up, but we could certainly look down. He had a variety of female guests, some looking distinctly dodgey, leather clad, high heels bright red lippy and polish....he seemed to have a type.

i have been sleeping with my ex bf for the past 18 months. No one knows about it.

Did we find out who the 80s band member family man is who's having an affair??

Most of these are about relationships and families but mine is about work. I cannot say this in real life as I’d be sacked probably.

My council is one of those taken over recently by Reform and the way that stuff are being treated by these new councillors is just awful - you cannot complain because there’s nowhere to go to complain.

I wish someone would whistleblow to the national papers, they all love to give Farage airtime but don’t report any of this.

Some people still feel, for whatever reason, that babies should be born in wedlock. It’s not an uncommon view, and it’s not wrong, or old fashioned, and really not for you to criticise those who feel that way, unless perhaps it’s just your counter to somebody who criticises you for believing that children should be born outside of, apart from the many other benefits, the legal protections of marriage.

No, not a Mitford.

The relative was famous for racing in the early1930s.

He raced in Germany ( where he later died).
Hitler was chancellor, and admired him and spoke with him.

This pretty much mirrors a situation I know of too whereby I am friends with the ex-wife. Wonder if it's the same people or more likely just yet another cheating asshole. But if you're in social work, could be...

Private Eye??

Contact some journalists. They'll then speak to people at other Reform-led councils.

I'm sure Reform will see it as some liberal conspiracy to bring them down, but what else can you do?

This sounds like my partner’s ex from a few years ago, she wrote the manual on cheeky fuckery I swear!

I’ve got a big one. Best friend’s mother called one night drunk as anything and told her her dad is not her bio dad. Friend was 30 something. This was a decade ago. We all helped her find bio dad who she now has a great relationship with. The big kicker??? The father who raised her still doesn’t know 😱 Mum knows, child knows, siblings know, dad still doesn’t know.