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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:
TriangleBingoBongo · 16/04/2020 07:11

He’s been doing this for decades and it will have been hundreds if not thousands of men.
I suspect his wife already knows.

Quarantimespringclean · 16/04/2020 07:18

MYOB.

Crackerscheesescabbyknees · 16/04/2020 07:25

If this is all true then she deserves to know! Regardless of who it comes from. This woman could be riddled with diseases and none the wiser.

Yes, OP, you totally have an axe to grind.

But that doesn't take away from the fact the wife needs to know.

Shitsgettingcrazy · 16/04/2020 07:29

@Crackerscheesescabbyknees she does need to know. But does it need to in this way?

Does the OP need to hurt her as much as she can?

This is all about the OP. She doesnt give a shit about the wife.

This is about OP, her keeping the drama going.

The worst outcome from the op, is that the wife gets the email and never hears from the wife again.

I mean come on, she knows about women he has never told her about. Says he didnt tell her everything (if she believes his wife didnt know everything, why did she think she was so special to know everything).

She is clearly obsessed with him and the situation.

I agree the wife need to know, but that email is designed to give maximum damage to the wife. It's not for the wifes well being. It's for ops ego.

QualityDog · 16/04/2020 07:30

Were I to receive an email like that, I would investigate you, and then forward that email to everyone you know. Just so that your friends and family "deserve to know what's happening".
Me too!

The faux caring tone makes you sound absolutely insane.

81Byerley · 16/04/2020 07:31

The only thing the wife has done is marry somebody sleazy, who meets up with other sleazy people for sex. Don't punish her by sending this horrible letter.

Krazynights34 · 16/04/2020 07:31

I’ve read your other threads and thought you need help. Professional help.
And I tell you what - if I was on the receiving end of that letter I would take it straight to the police.

Whenwillthisbeover · 16/04/2020 07:31

You can’t do this, you are a woman scorned so you kick the woman who is being hurt more than anyone? To what end? She clearly is not an idiot and for whatever reason she choose to stay.

Move on.

LynetteScavo · 16/04/2020 07:33

I believe your husband is having unprotected sex with other men and women. Please get yourself tested

This is all his wife needs to hear. The letter isn't a kind one, so if you really want to help the wife the above is all you need to say.

Maybeimweird · 16/04/2020 07:34

Why are you so invested in his and their whole life, how do you know all of this and so much about his life?? Are you a stalker?

Yes I do think she deserves to know but not in so much detail!! She probably has an idea anyway. Poor woman, her life will have been lived in a lie! Hope you're happy with yourself that you played a part in this

TheHumansAreDefinitelyDead · 16/04/2020 07:35

You are not kind

PatchworkElmer · 16/04/2020 07:38

His wife will know already, OP.

Opaljewel · 16/04/2020 07:40

Erm wouldn't any of you want to know???? That poor woman's life is a lie. I would want to know and boot the fucker out. Send it op after the lockdown.

ShleeAnKree · 16/04/2020 07:42

I agree with lynettescavo

Shitsgettingcrazy · 16/04/2020 07:45

The faux caring tone makes you sound absolutely insane.

It really does. I would be tempted to forward it to everyone she knows. But, objectively, that's what op would like. More drama. More placing herself as the victim.

She would be best placed refusing to engage with OP. Whatever she chooses to do, she can do quietly. I would also demand he didnt seek her out for retribution.

The best way to treat the OP is to cut her off. What can she do if no one is feeding her drama.

@Opaljewel if the woman is living a lie, do you really think that email is a kind way to tell her?

TwistyHair · 16/04/2020 07:45

@Shadowdoor21 what shadow said. If you think she should know, let her know a briefly. Going into all the detail like that is horrible for the wife. She probably should know due to sti risk. But not all the detail.

CherryPavlova · 16/04/2020 07:46

Just as thinking an affair with a married man was acceptable, you now think a vicious letter to destroy his wife is acceptable. It’s about you and your hedonistic/warped wishes.

She probably knows. It’s between them.
You need to reset your moral compass. It’s skewed towards egocentricity.

Mummyoflittledragon · 16/04/2020 07:47

Opal
I would want to know, yes. But the op is choosing to tell his wife at a time when she literally cannot escape her marriage. That is incredibly cruel. The letter is incredibly self absorbed. It is all about op and exacting revenge under the guise of coming clean. If op really cared for his wife, she would be super aware of the delivery and timing.

crispysausagerolls · 16/04/2020 07:47

I believe your husband is having unprotected sex with other men and women. Please get yourself tested

Send this. Then she knows and can ask if she wants to. Your email is batshit and sounds gleeful.

dottiedodah · 16/04/2020 07:51

Quite honestly do you really think she doesnt know? .Or at least suspect! Many women choose to turn a blind eye to their husbands indiscretions. What are you going to gain from this .Move on and dont have anything to do with him again .(might need to book an STD test)ASAP!

TheWordmeister · 16/04/2020 07:51

All that email is doing is making you sound like a bitter loon. Is it helping his wife or you? No.

Move on and try to be a bit nicer.

Shitsgettingcrazy · 16/04/2020 07:57

I think the best thing the wife could do, is reply.

Saying 'not sure why you sent me this. I am aware of all the above and I happy with our situation. Do not contact either of us again, regards Mrs X'

Even if she is going to kick him out she would be best sending something that doesnt feed the ops drama.

Op is adding the stuff about potential lack of consent, in the hope the wife cant ignore that. Not really sure where the law stands on that. Unless he is in a position of power and/or the woman do not have capacity, not sure that parts even true. Op seems to be suggesting that anyone deemed emotionally vulnerable can not consent to sex.

She clearly suspects the wife knows. That's why she is adding detail. Hoping it's too much for the wife to handle.

Quarantimespringclean · 16/04/2020 07:58

@Opaljewel. If the husband is as bad as the OP says he is and has been for many, many years then the wife undoubtedly knows or very strongly suspects already and is dealing with it in her own way. The fact that the OP herself knows all of this and still chose to have sex with him for 18 months without even having a hope of any the financial and emotional benefits of a marriage shows very clearly that overlooking this sort of behaviour is perfectly doable.

Whether the wife knows or not, the fact that the OP slept with her husband means she was knowingly part of the bigger problem. In my book that means she is not the right person to be taking the moral high ground and poking her nose into the marriage.

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 16/04/2020 07:59

Why is it that other women always suddenly develop a conscience and care about the wife when things have ended with the man? Its baffling isn't it?- they weren't worried about the wife whilst their affair was going on were they, and yet SUDDENLY now its ended you think "she has a right to know!".
Why....its almost as if their "conscience" is purely self serving isn't it?

You really need to examine your heart, OP. What are your real motives here?

TheGirlFromStoryville · 16/04/2020 08:08

If you must contact the wife then keep it very short and to the point, perhaps providing one 'concrete' example of cheating.
She may know, she may not already know. Maybe they have an open marriage? Or she may be ambling along, blissfully unaware of any of this.

I would want to know though if I was the wife though.