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This is what I'm writing to his wife after 'lockdown'- any suggestions for tweaks?

433 replies

hewasatwunt · 15/04/2020 22:51

Hi, please don't shoot me. Flowers

I was involved with someone who turned out to be quite dodgy. Some of you will recognized the details- have name changed just in case he views posts under my other usernames.

I think his wife should know about the hundreds of sexual assignations he's had outside marriage. I don't particularly have an axe to grind now, I just genuinely think she should know. She's in her mid 50s, she could choose a different life if she wanted.

Some people on various forums already gave me a lot of help writing this. Do any of you have any other tweaks you can suggest? All names etc have been changed.

Hi Sue, I thought you deserved to know what’s happening.

Bob is constantly seeking opportunities for encounters.

He was having an involvement with me for the best part of 18 months, from July 2018 until January 2020. I blocked him because I realized what he was like. I'm really sorry and won’t interfere in your marriage again.

Whenever he said he was with Fred and me, he was just with me. Sometimes he maybe said he was with us overnight, or gave some other excuse to be away; he was just with me. After I took him back home from his treatment, three times a week, there was some activity involved.

There’s a woman he’s seeing at times at his treatment, called Lucy. Maybe he said he was setting off early before treatment solely to give her a lift. That is not always the case. He also sometimes meets her in the afternoons.

He talks to a woman online called Eve. He has encouraged her to send him explicit photographs and videos. He’s frequently propositioning women online and asking for photos or to meet.

The first woman he mentioned having had an affair with was called Suzie and lived in Blackpool. I think that started at some point while he was studying at Manchester and finished a while after he finished there.

Around six years ago he was seeing Mina who attended the gaming club at the time. At one point they went to a bed and breakfast for a night, I think somewhere up north. His involvement with her lasted a few months.

He is bisexual and also goes to ‘adult cinemas’ where he engages in acts with several male strangers at a time. He’s been doing this for decades and it will have been hundreds if not thousands of men. He does not tend to use protection for his activities there. He tries to get women to go along to the cinema with him to join in with these pursuits, and sometimes succeeds.

There’s another woman, also called Sue, who he’s been involved with at times over the years. He invited her to go to the cinema/swingers’ clubs too. He didn’t mention this woman to me, so it just goes to show that what I’m able to let you know is just the tip of the iceberg.

There’s another dimension to this in that the women he targets or succeeds with tend to be vulnerable, or at a vulnerable time in their lives. He is exploitative, coercive and manipulative. He also lies to get what he wants, including about the nature of your relationship. Some women didn’t give meaningful consent as it was when they were ill, through exploiting their vulnerabilities, or it was given under false pretenses.

Sorry to let you know about all this, but I thought you should be aware.

-Judy.

P.S. If you want more evidence or to discuss this further, you can contact me

OP posts:
ImeldaJ · 16/04/2020 09:39

And yes, in the wife's should I'd absolutely want to know these things about my husband!

TheWordmeister · 16/04/2020 09:40

Wrapping it up as concern for the wife, or saying she deserves to know is just an excuse for nasty and malicious behaviour.

Misery loves company.

Yippity · 16/04/2020 09:40

Bonkers.

Walk away and focus on your mental health and leading a positive and happy life.

Giganticshark · 16/04/2020 09:40

The troll has been fed. She ain't coming back

Anon3742577 · 16/04/2020 09:41

If he's at it this much then on some level she knows already. Maybe she's choosing to ignore it, or not to accept it but she knows. Just leave her alone and get on with your own life.

SJaneS48 · 16/04/2020 09:43

It really doesn’t sound like you’d take anyone’s advice on here and will be sending it anyway. It also begs the question why you ever got involved with him if he was such an appalling sleeze. This is really about hurting him, if you really gave a fig for the wife quite honestly you wouldn’t have slept with her husband in the first place.

Step right back, don’t obsess over this and get some help to get yourself back on track.

GilbertMarkham · 16/04/2020 09:44

*Bob is constantly seeking opportunities for encounters.

He was having an involvement with me*

These sound weird - and might make he'd think you're not telling the truth.

I'd be specific in the first "Bob is constantly seeking sexual encounters"

And

"He was involved with me".

IdblowJonSnow · 16/04/2020 09:44

I think she should know on the basis of her sexual health but that letter is way too long and detailed.

MashedSpud · 16/04/2020 09:46

Op won’t come back.

She’s busy making effigies of Bob Erotic to sink pins into.

opticaldelusion · 16/04/2020 09:46

OP, you're probably going to look back on these times and absolutely cringe with shame. Try not to behave even worse than you already have.

Firsttimelottie · 16/04/2020 09:47

I'd want to know. Especially for my health. He sounds absolutely filthy.

Poor wife.

GoofyLuce · 16/04/2020 09:48

@ginlover5

Most people on here have said yes let her know...but keep it brief and not sound as though your gloating. The OP wasn't concerned about the wife's feelings during the 18 months that she was having sex with this man so people are finding it hard to see why she should care now.

I agree that the wife needs to know - mainly for STI reasons. But it doesn't need to be delivered like this. A short letter or email stating that her husband is having casual sex with men and women without protection would be fine. It's then up to the wife to decide what she wants to do. If she contacts OP and asks for more details that's when OP should be giving them. Not in a gloating letter where she is pretending to care about this womans wellbeing!

BraceYourselfEffie · 16/04/2020 09:48

Someone trying to tell a wife about their cheating husband, out of compasssion, does not word their message like this.

A message that full of how you think she should now (a self righteous phrase) and lurid details (which will only ever compound the hurt) comes from a place of hurt and revenge. Not compassion.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 16/04/2020 09:56

Do you really think that she doesn't know?

If he is as rampant as you say, she will have known for years, and has chosen to stay with hi.

You are being vengeful - nothing more, nor less. Just let it go. Maybe you were taken advantage of, but you were prepared to sleep with another woman's husband when it suited you, so tough!

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 16/04/2020 09:57

Bob and Sue. Wasn't there a Rita in there somewhere? Grin

WellThisIsShit · 16/04/2020 09:57

Today 09:39 Smilebehappy123

Would you not want to know what your husband has been upto?
Why is it OP fault that this dude is shady

Today 09:39 ImeldaJ

And yes, in the wife's should I'd absolutely want to know these things about my husband!

In the middle of Lockdown when she will be trapped in the house with him afterwards?

When the government are telling us not to move houses and domestic violence is going up?

That’s a cruel and unusual punishment with the majority of the pain being felt by the poor wife.

Not kind. Not thoughtful. Not.... anything positive in any shape, form or way.

neveradullmoment99 · 16/04/2020 09:59

Seriously? I cant get by the fact you know all this information. You sound seriously obsessed with this person.

carriebreadshaw · 16/04/2020 10:02

OP did say after lockdown, in her defence.

Not that I agree with sending it but at least she's going to wait. Although, considering lockdown is at least another 3 weeks I don't understand why this letter has to be perfect right now

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 16/04/2020 10:05

I cant get by the fact you know all this information.

Neither can I! As a creative writing exercise this one's worthy of about a D ...

SmellyBeard · 16/04/2020 10:05

If this man is a therapist and starting relationships with clients then he needs to be reported to his governing body immediately.

TitianaTitsling · 16/04/2020 10:07

D- I'd say with a 'please dont try harder'...

Ilovemypantry · 16/04/2020 10:07

It didn’t bother you knowing all this stuff when you were having an affair with him so what makes you think his wife would be bothered. You are clearly the scorned woman out for revenge.

ginlover5 · 16/04/2020 10:15

@goofyluce we must be reading different threads. I've seen one or two saying she should let her know, all the rest have basically called her jealous/unhinged and not to say anything. Ludicrous. OP is getting all the blame here, nothing mentioned about how disgusting the husband is. Unfortunately the OP didn't owe the wife anything and didn't have and loyalty to her so the blame is being pointed in the complete wrong direction. I think this thread needs removed.

Likea · 16/04/2020 10:17

Some people on various forums already gave me a lot of help writing this

Why? It all sounds like attention seeking.

I'm really sorry and won’t interfere in your marriage again. but this is exactly what you are doing and have been doing!

You sound like the bitter, angry OW. not a good image.

Leflic · 16/04/2020 10:18

If he’s been that sexually motivated for years the wife would surely know something. So chances are the letter won’t come as a shock. She may have had others already, who knows.
On the other hand if she really doesn’t know or know the full extent, the letter would at least give the the wife something to go from.

I don’t believe honesty in a marriage is a bad thing even if it’s hard to hear. It up to both parties what they do with the truth.