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Affair - Not sure how to cope

951 replies

OpheliaRose · 19/04/2015 19:47

I think my DH has cheated / had an affair with a girl from work.

They became facebook friends a few months ago and I thought nothing of it as I know they've worked together for over four years. He moved jobs over a year and half ago which means he now sits in the same office space as this girl. His previous job meant they had daily email and phone contact but DH was in a different office area. His new job puts him in a position which means they no longer need to have daily contact but sit pretty close to each other and occasionally cross paths on projects.

I went to log into facebook on the home PC and realised DH profile was logged on, there was a message from this girl, it was work related but they used a lot of smiles faces / winks, jokes about owing each other and the whole tone is overly flirty. Something didn't sit quite right so I decided to read their past messages and they just didn't flow right and it was suddenly obvious that chunks of conversation had been deleted.

My DH is out at the moment but I'm not sure what to do now. I want to believe its all just innocent but I have thins sick feeling that there is more to it than that. Should I just ask him when he gets in to explain the messages and why it looks like some are missing?

I have to admit i looked at his history on the PC and his Search History on FB he has definitely looked at her profile very recently on FB and the browser history shows he's been looking at her photos almost everyday for the last month or so.

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Ratfinkandbobo · 20/04/2015 17:16

Yep, tell everyone you know what they have both done to you and twins, hopefully people with a conscience will tell the pair of them what utter cunts they are!
Sorry op I'm really Angry on your behalf. I too am a mum of twins, that alone isn't easyFlowers

Christinayangstwistedsister · 20/04/2015 17:18

I hope to fuck she dumps him and he is left on his arse with nothing and no one

sassandfaff · 20/04/2015 17:19

"as she is also a single parent son knows how hard it is when someone else comes into your kids life."

Just noticed this other little cracker.......

She didn't come into the kids life though did she? She dropped a bloody great bomb on it......

I wish I could spend 5 mins in their company, they'd not be so utterly delusional by the end of it. Hmm

If they are going to a twist on things that would have politicians lining up to hire them Ophelia, I suggest you use mumsnet to write down everything they say.

That way this massive nest of vipers can make you see the wood from the trees.

Otherwise I fear, they will have you being the believing she is 2nd only to mother theresa and fecking maid of honour at their wedding, at this rate. Shock

sassandfaff · 20/04/2015 17:20

Yes. Twins here too.

DownWithThisTypeOfThing · 20/04/2015 17:21

just another example where she is oh so bloody perfect. Managing to stay good friends with her ex and even get on with the new gf!

Er, was her ex's new gf shagging him behind her back? No? Then fuck off.

OP someone cynical might think the 50/50 thing is to reduce maintenance.

Get. Legal. Advice. Now.

aftereight · 20/04/2015 17:21

Oh, I am raging for you ?? I'd be pissing all over his weekend lovenest plans by telling him that if he wants to see his children he can collect them on Friday after work and bring them home on Sunday. If he has nowhere else to take them he can take them to his parents' house...

magoria · 20/04/2015 17:22

How kind of her to want to take her time with him after she has fucked him and help destroy your relationship. What a gem to not want you to find out this way or to meet your DC yet Hmm

How great of him to say she and her ex have a good relationship. Perhaps he/she wasn't fucking around with other people!

I am so angry for you. What a completely selfish bastard he is.

Do what you need to do to protect you and your DC and fuck playing nice.

You deserve better. I hope one day you move on and are happy while he and she are left festering in the pile of shit they have created.

OpheliaRose · 20/04/2015 17:23

I'm not 100% sure why OW relationship ended I know they had been together about 7 years. I think they met at uni. I remember there was wa lot of gossip when it ended no one realises for a while because as they all put it "she handles her self with so much dignity" but they called off their engagement.

I remember H telling me he'd found out she was single last autumn when he asked her why she wasn't coming for birthday drinks and she said it was because it was her weekend with the her child.

I hate how he's making her out to be so dam perfect! ayebisnt reasonable at all a reasonable woman wouldn't have thought it was ok to kiss, fondle sext and the. Engage in sexual with my husband.

I don't know how he's going to explain any of this at work! Surely they can't just start being together publicly?!! How Can I face the idea that people are basically high giving him saying wow look at that hot gf he's got now.

Part of the conversations I've heard about her "sorting out her life" means I know she brought herself a really lovely house end of last year. So she is "independent" unknown it's a 3 bed because H mentioned a few months ago he might need to help OW pick up some furniture with another friend.

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Justusemyname · 20/04/2015 17:24

You poor thing. What a pathetic person your husband has turned out to be.

Is he a good dad? Has he been there for them? Part of me thinks why should he get to see and enjoy them, and you miss out, when he's betrayed you all and you've done NOTHING wrong? Clean break if he's likely to fuck off and drop them in the near future.

If you do allow him access please accidentally on purpose make sure it's the weekend when she doesn't have her child.....

Don't be bullied into behaving because miss dick sucker gets on with the ex. You owe her, and him, nothing.

Tell his parents now. Calmly, truthfully, fairly. Don't allowe yourself to be the bitter wife.

Justusemyname · 20/04/2015 17:26

I'm a very bad person. Was thinking they might need some advice via their Facebook accounts....

OpheliaRose · 20/04/2015 17:26

I'm also sorry for all the spelling mistakes I'm either shaking with shock and rage or crying my heart out

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ravenmum · 20/04/2015 17:26

If you want to be with your kids, be with your kids. He doesn't just have this weekend to discover what he's got himself into; there's plenty more years for him to come back down to earth. And he doesn't need his kids there to find out that the new relationship is not as exciting as when it was all hush-hush. If he ever admits it to himself... that self-delusion, sticking his head in the sand, might be the only way he can live with himself.

I tried to talk about what had happened with my ex, but it was all me talking; not a shred of an apology or even recognition that he might have done anything wrong. The next time I tried to bring it up he said we'd "already discussed that". It's been a year now. In a moment of generosity I apologised for the rude names I'd called him. Still no sign of him feeling sorry or saying anything along those lines. I don't think it will happen. I don't expect to get any "closure" from apology or regrets. I don't think he's self-aware or honest enough for either. It takes a bigger man than him to feel that way. In a way, realising that he is too cowardly and deluded to admit what he did is my "closure".

Christinayangstwistedsister · 20/04/2015 17:26

She is a cheap slut, nothing more. Make it known at work that part of her remit is giving blowjobs....real classy lady

SylvaniansAtEase · 20/04/2015 17:27

OP.

Just keep this in mind.

The way things are at the moment will not last.

Right now, you are at the absolute lowest point, in utter shock, and going through the agony of seeing the person you thought was YOURS and in YOUR CAMP suddenly turn into a stranger who is very much in someone else's camp.

He meanwhile is on cloud 9.

It will not stay like this. Probably not even for a month. Even if he stays with her, things won't be like this. The conversation you just had does not set out the way things will be and the 'feel' of the future. None of this is reality - not for you, not for him. It is all going to change rapidly, and keep changing.

Even if they stay together, reality will bite.
It's very likely they won't stay together.
He may beg to come back.
They may be over in a month and he'll be left wondering what the hell happened there, and is that really what they call a mid-life crisis?
They may stay together, and after the usual ups and downs burn with shame at the utterly awful, teenage way they got together and showed themselves to be such a pair of superficial, deceitful little cheats.

The thing to focus on right now is - have an eye to YOUR future - and act accordingly. All this stuff at the moment which seems so agonising - such as his saying he'll be having the kids 50/50 - none of it is worth the slightest attention as of yet. So, don't go racing in to try and tackle it in your agony, and end up doing stuff, saying stuff, that you'll regret. Icy cool, icy calm, just head down and sort the immediate stuff with as little reference to him as possible. You'll be glad, because there'll be a day sometime very soon where he'll be the one upset, teary and sweating in front of you - and you'll be the one simply not caring that he's hurting.

The bottom line is, if he's working full time and you don't want him having them 50/50, you can tell him to take it to court. But that's for the future. Right now, ignore everything he says, keep focused on what YOU want. Fix money, get him out of the house, and if he starts squeaking that it's his house, coolly inform him that it isn't.

And next time he uses the word respect, perhaps tell him that it sounds kind of ridiculous now when applied to him or her, so perhaps best not to try and pretend to be decent people - there really isn't any need. Cool, calm, dismissive.

And tell everyone. Everyone. His family, people you know it will get back to at work. Yes, they will hate that.

Christinayangstwistedsister · 20/04/2015 17:27

Oh yes I think a vey open discussion on Facebook is a great idea....wonder how her work colleague will view that...twins left without a father

Justusemyname · 20/04/2015 17:27

He might need to help.....?

Laying the ground work right there. Bastard.

ravenmum · 20/04/2015 17:28

Why tell his parents? How about letting him explain himself?

sassandfaff · 20/04/2015 17:28

I would be on the phone to his parents, and any sil's and bil's. At the very most, even if they are supportive of him, it will still pop his bubble a bit for this great weekend- child free.

sebsmummy1 · 20/04/2015 17:29

Ok, seriously the 50/50 thing has just had me crying for you. How fucking DARE he walk out on your marriage and dictate terms.

You have had no time whatsoever to get your head around what is happening and now he thinks he is going to walk out on you and take the children too? No fucking way. That's despicable. I couldn't give a shit about his rights, he owes you some respect and if you want to have your children 80/90% of the time then you need to tell him that and get him to agree to it. How lovely that he and his new girlfriend can play happy families with her child and your kids and do the blended thing whilst no doubt having one of their own. I am so disgusted and wish I could give you the biggest hug.

Just unbelievable. I honestly really hate men and their ability to do this.

GatoradeMeBitch · 20/04/2015 17:29

Don't be tempted to spread rumours (or in this case truth!) about them. You've got to pick your battles, and I'd save your energy for fighting him on the kids and the finances. You don't want to give him anything he can show to a judge and tell them how spiteful you are. Keep the high ground.

OpheliaRose · 20/04/2015 17:29

I text him to ask if he's told his parents. He said not yet but he's meeting them for dinner tomorrow so will tell them the current situation.

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Phoenix0x0 · 20/04/2015 17:32

I would tell everyone too. If you can't do it face to face, then send a text message...

"Just wanted to let you know that H and I have split. Well I say split; but the reality is is that whilst I thought he was working he was having his cock sucked and was shagging a colleague at work. And yes it was at work in a cupboard. He has said he is sorry that I had to find pictures of him pleasuring himself over her picture and many messages. She is on good terms with her ex...something apparently I could learn from. Anyway, got to go now and look after our children and be the responsible adult'

FelicityGubbins · 20/04/2015 17:33

If it were me I would be putting it on Facebook and Twitter (if he has it) and letting it be known what they have been up to, I would also be informing their work, as sneaking off to discuss their affair under the guise of "mentoring" (is he her superior?) isn't going to go down well.
As a bitch I would be phoning the bank and reporting his cards as stolen and clearing out the bank account too..

ravenmum · 20/04/2015 17:33

Did he really say current situation? Maybe he can also prepare a spreadsheet showing the predicted outcomes in five years' time?
The more you can reduce contact the better.

Ratfinkandbobo · 20/04/2015 17:33

Op sending virtual hugsFlowers
please get someone round to support you, don't be alone x

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