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Dh has been having an affair. He get a home in an hour. Please keep me calm.

943 replies

youspinmerightround · 04/01/2018 21:12

Found emails and a receipt for flowers. The emails are just Facebook messenger notifications so I can't read what they say but he's addressed the flowers to "my love".

I'm in with the 3 dc. I'm going to be sick.

OP posts:
youspinmerightround · 04/01/2018 21:40

She knows he's married. They're Facebook friends.

OP posts:
PasstheStarmix · 04/01/2018 21:40

I would change any passwords and read them now before he gets in

Desmondo2016 · 04/01/2018 21:40

Personally I'd do it before he got home . Arm yourself with more facts for the conversation you need to have. Gives him less wriggle room x

thethoughtfox · 04/01/2018 21:40

Pretend you are not feeling well and spend a few days gathering evidence and all the paperwork you might need like his payslips, mortgage docs, passports ect

BifsWif · 04/01/2018 21:40

He will delete everything after you confront him.

If you don’t want to read them that’s fine, but they will be gone within an hour of him getting home I guarantee it.

raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 04/01/2018 21:40

Be warned he will probably deny it at first, most of them do.

If you confront him tonight then you need to demand to see the messages. Don't let him give you an excuse not to. Don't take any "if you trusted me" shit.

You need to see what those messages say.

If they're inconclusive or he's still trying to minimise it, then ask to see his phone, email account and bank account. If you're not going to snoop then he needs to show it to you.

PasstheStarmix · 04/01/2018 21:40

Women like that make me ashamed to be female, i'm so sorry OP

Amaz24 · 04/01/2018 21:40

I think if you are going to look it's best before so you can back up what your saying and know 100%

DontDIY · 04/01/2018 21:41

Where is he just now, OP?

BifsWif · 04/01/2018 21:41

If you don’t want to read them now change the password and take photos.

It sounds cold but get all the evidence you can, you need to have the upper hand x

BackInTheRoom · 04/01/2018 21:41

I'd change the passwords and read those messages BEFORE he gets home because these men lie.

Rainbowmother · 04/01/2018 21:41

It's going to a long night.

I'm really sorry you're going through this.

Work out some excuses he may throw and think now how you will react.

Amaz24 · 04/01/2018 21:41

Your all right he will delete evidence

PasstheStarmix · 04/01/2018 21:41

He will delete it all guaranteed. You need to read them to see him for what he is. It will give you the ammunition you need to get through this

MoKnickers · 04/01/2018 21:41

What a bastard.

WatchingFromTheWings · 04/01/2018 21:41

I'd change passwords on laptop ASAP then read as much as poss before he gets home. If you confront him he may change passwords on his phone before you get to the laptop.

Desmondo2016 · 04/01/2018 21:42

Is this going to be a fairly new thing? Ie would you have seen earlier email notificstions? I'm thinking deffo read as much as you can just in case it's an early flirtation thing rather than a full blown affair. One may be get overable when the other isnt.

Amaz24 · 04/01/2018 21:42

Do it now while you have all us to support. What times he back? Where's he been?

Bumsnetnetbums · 04/01/2018 21:42

Dont tell him yet. Say youre unwell tired stressed etc. Gather as much as poss then watch.

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 04/01/2018 21:42

Assume he can delete them from his phone so I'd read and copy them now. Could you print them out and present him with them?

MrsA2015 · 04/01/2018 21:43

Pack his things and leave them outside the front door

DarthNigel · 04/01/2018 21:43

I would also read anything I could read and take pictures if possible before you speak to him. Or just email it all to yourself if you can.

ShiftyMcGifty · 04/01/2018 21:43

Lock yourself in bathroom. Text him asking where he is because you’re sat on the loo and got the shits. Nobody wants more info on poo statuses. Then you can compose yourself, look at laptop, etc

OnTheRise · 04/01/2018 21:43

I'm so sorry, OP.

I'm not surprised you're in bits.

If you can hold yourself together long enough to gather more information, do that. But if it's beyond you, just tell him you know and let him fill in the gaps. Don't offer more information than you have to. Tell him to leave, right now, if you want.

While you're waiting you could collect useful things: the children's passports, birth certificates; your marriage certificate; banking information. Put it all somewhere safe where he won't be able to find it.

MotherCupboard · 04/01/2018 21:44

What a disgusting rat he is. I'm sorry you're going through this op.