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Cheating friend

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Ladyglittersparkles85 · 09/05/2018 16:04

Hi, first time poster here! I have recently had a friend confide in me that she is having an affair with a married man. Problem is she is friends with his wife and is continuing to socialise with his wife, family meals with their kids, drinks and even listening to her confide her marriage woes. I don’t know the wife but as a woman I feel so strongly that what she is doing is horrendous. She claims to love the man and they haven’t held back from relations in both their marital homes. When she is talking about him she will come out with the usual affair cliques “in love” “him and his wife don’t sleep together” then in another breath will tell me about the family outing they all shared and conversations they had as though she is just a normal friend to this poor woman. Without going into details she is completely arrogant about it. I don’t know what to do, I’m not sure what she gained by telling me. My oh thinks I should stay well out of it and not see her while she is involved with a married man, but she is a good friend to me and I’m feeling torn. Just wondering what others would do or what they would say to their friend to make her see some sense.

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WhiskeyStone · 10/05/2018 16:24

I find it weird that she is telling you about the friendship with the wife etc- it seems strange that she isn't embarrassed by what she is doing. I don't agree with it but I could understand an affair, but not when you're friends with the wife and then continue to be friends and go on family outings together etc. It sounds borderline psychotic.

If I had a friend who confided in me that they were having an affair with a married man hat would be one thing, but the circumstances you describe are extreme and I couldn't be friends with someone like that, it sickens me.

Lizzie48 · 10/05/2018 16:45

I would agree that I would find it very hard to be friends with someone who could treat a friend like that. Because at the end of the day, I wouldn't be able to trust someone like that. And actually I wouldn't even like her. I wouldn't want to spend time with someone I didn't like

Storm4star · 10/05/2018 18:03

I was in that situation once and I had to end the friendship. I just couldn’t view her in the same way again. All their DCs were friends, spent time at each other’s houses etc. Bad enough to be the OW but when you know that your own kids would be disgusted and devastated if it came out, then that is even worse. I also didn’t want to be drawn into it in any way. I didn’t want to hear about the sordid details.

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