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If you were the OW did you tell his wife and if so, why?

18 replies

Helloyou4 · 14/12/2016 20:26

I ask because my best friend in the entire universe received a phone call today saying her husband had been cheating for over a year.

It's been a week and nothing has been heard from OW either to my friend or my friend's husband, so it's not as if she is seeking to be with him... would you say there is truth in it?

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Helloyou4 · 14/12/2016 20:26

That should say 'a week ago today'!!

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PurpleDaisies · 14/12/2016 20:27

What does she think?

Helloyou4 · 14/12/2016 20:28

She hasn't told him!! But has been checking his phone and can't find anything.

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PurpleDaisies · 14/12/2016 20:28

She's gone a week without talking to him about it?

Helloyou4 · 14/12/2016 20:29

For what it's worth, I think there's no smok without fire. He's a most unlikely candidate though.. I would never have thought he would.

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Helloyou4 · 14/12/2016 20:29

Yes she wants to find evidence before he can cover his tracks

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PurpleDaisies · 14/12/2016 20:31

It sounds like she thinks he's cheating. If she doesn't trust him, she doesn't need evidence-their relationship is essentially dead.

stumblymonkey · 14/12/2016 20:41

No idea about what's going on with your friend but...yes. I didn't know that I was an 'OW' and when I found out I found his wife on FB and told her.

Partly because I would want to know in the same circumstances and partly because I thought he should have to face the consequences of his actions.

Helloyou4 · 14/12/2016 20:42

Did they have a family and what happened? There's 3 kids involved here

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Idrinkandiknowstuff · 14/12/2016 20:44

My guess if there's been no contact with the husband, is that he's ended the affair, and she's contacted the wife either for revenge, or in an attempt to get him back.

SausageSoda · 14/12/2016 20:45

Someone who I know who was an OW told the wife in the hope that the wife would end the relationship and the DH would go to the OW. It didn't work and (I think) the DH and wife are still together.

Pickanameanyoldname · 14/12/2016 20:45

Yes, is sau its most likely true.

I would imagine she's told the wife in the hope that the wife will kick him out so the OW can win her prize.

Or the husband has ended the affair, so she's told for the same reason I said above.

Bet OW hasn't told the H that she's grassed him up.

Mummamayhem · 14/12/2016 20:47

OW might have told her husband she's let on and he's well aware, no?

GhostlyAbode · 14/12/2016 20:47

The OW told me by when H ended it with her. She did it out of revenge towards him

SparklyMagpie · 14/12/2016 21:07

Is this you OP?
You have 2 threads about this now and I'm not understanding why you seem so invested Hmm

Idontbelievethelies · 14/12/2016 21:35

It's not always true. There can be smoke without a fire.
My dh heard pub gossip that I was shagging a friend of ours. Not a shred of truth in it.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 14/12/2016 22:24

OP, this is a really odd thread. It's jangling and doesn't ring true somehow. Are you sure about the facts you've stated?

HughLauriesStubble · 14/12/2016 23:31

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