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Husband had an affair with colleague

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Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 20:55

Has Anyone here been betrayed on by their husband or wife ??
My husband betrayed me with a colleague at his work- this women has a reputation getting with married men.
My husband was a little different the week he cheated.. distant irritable etc And when I Confronted him, he made it out like I was being paranoid - and that I should let him breath, I then left it.
The day before my husband cheating, he told me that he has an client meeting after work, now usually my husband has client meetings during work hours not after work. It was a little funny to me.
Next morning Friday ( the day he cheats ) he wakes me up with a good morning kiss and hug then tells me how lucky he is to have me which led me to think he’s back on track and out of the little funk he was in the whole week . When my husband left, 20 mins later I had the worse feeling and felt sick which resulted me not going into work -my husband messaged me asking what time I was going work and how much he misses and loves me etc - the last text I got from my husband was him telling me his client meeting is now pushed to 3.30pm and that his battery is low - I read the message at 3.40 and I messaged him back ‘okay hun’ my message wasn’t delivered.
So around 4ish I sat on the couch and logged into our iPad ( we use mutually) to watch a movie but I notice my husband had emails coming thru, I was contemplating weather to check his mails or not, finally gave in and clicked inbox, I see an hotel confirmation email which has been forwarded the same day to a name called becky - I froze and I just started crying, I called the hotel got an answer but couldn’t be connected to the room it was just ringing, and did ask the hotel to confirm who was staying in the room ( they gave my husbands name) - around 9ish I hear key rattle, and my husband makes his entrance with a happy face and different clothes on , ‘ babyyyy I’m home ‘ I confronted him straight up ‘ how did it go with Becky, you had a good fu*k’ ( he was shocked and turned bright red ) and he denied it but eventually gave in .. I made his life living hell, and Beckys too, I told him I’m divorcing him .. .. I did throw few punches at him because I was blacked out. Which I shouldn’t have but no I don’t regret it.
he became suicidal when I told him I’m done, obviously I didn’t let him kill himself. Eventually i forgave him months later only because he was remorseful, he was apologetic and told me it happened because she was there showing him attention and that he got caught up with the excitement and it didn’t mean anything. I wanted details on what happened which made me livid ..I felt insecure ( my husband Did reassure me that him sleeping with becky wasn’t anything to do with me. And he did say it was his fault.
my husband an I we are still in love with each other, but the problem is I’m still mad at him! Why can’t I frikken let this shitttt go !!!
I get so snappy with him , and I keep thinking that he’s going to mess up again which then leads me to believe that I don’t trust him.. Am I the only one who finds it hard to let go ! Can anyone relate??? I feel insecure some days ( my husband continuously tells me I’m beautiful, but this doesn’t change anything.
Sorry for the long message I’m just really hurt.

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NoMoreDickheads · 03/05/2020 21:49

With how he acts etc I mean- what's his current behaviour like?

Yellowshirt · 03/05/2020 21:53

I was in your shoes. My now ex partner carried on working with the person after the affair supposedly ended. It never worked. 4 years later we started divorce. I wish I hadn't waited the four years to end it.

Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 21:57

@Cantpickausername5 no hun they don’t. My husband got accepted to another job and left literally two weeks after he cheated. And then she was disciplined by the company because she told someone at work what had happened , they snitched on her to the directors. This was told to my husband two years ago by his colleague .

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Bluntness100 · 03/05/2020 22:03

She got disciplined for shagging a colleague ? Sure she did, I think your husband is still lying to you op.

CoronaIsShit · 03/05/2020 22:06

Why can’t I frikken let this shitttt go !!!

The bigger question is why WOULD you let this shitttt go? One month into committing himself to you and pledging to forsake all others, he made a plan to fuck someone else and did!

Honestly OP, run and thank god you didn’t waste another two years Flowers.

You’ll constantly be looking his shoulder, quite rightly, and if he can get away with it, he’ll do it again.

Cantpickausername5 · 03/05/2020 22:06

Ive been accused on here of being an advocate of staying after an affair. I'm not but like everything in life I'm pro choice. If you are going to stay than the basic, basic things are absolutely no contact with ow and an open phone policy. They are absolutely vital. After that it's couples councilling and individual counciling so that you get to the absolute heart of your issues. See where and why it went wrong and try and build from their. You may also find after individual councilling that you may not want to stay at all and that's OK to. I'm so sorry your hurting like this.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 03/05/2020 22:11

did ask the hotel to confirm who was staying in the room ( they gave my husbands name)

They really wouldn't do this.

Veiaola · 03/05/2020 22:12

The trust is so hard to get back, I have never felt the same again, I doubt that will change. Best advice I can give is for you to make a fresh start away from someone who has no respect for you.
You deserve so much better than this, please don't settle for living a life of never been having peace of mind. Every time they go to work or are late etc, life is too short. It's really not worth it, I have wasted so much of my life, please don't waste yours life is too precious and every one deserves to be happy.

Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 22:17

@damnthatanxiety 100000% yes! Exactly you are absolutely right that infuriates me! The fact my Husband just ignored me and didn’t pay attention to me whilst he was to busy planning his honeymoon with this chick made me so angry / Do you know what’s crazy I met the girl before @ my husbands work party ! And she came up To me and praised me none stop! I just thought she was abit funny I couldn’t put my finger on it. At the time my husband invited this girl to our wedding before they started flirting .. she was so happy ..then my husband told me two months before The wedding that she will not be attending our wedding ! Which pissed me off at the time cause we had paid for her wedding breakfast- after my husband cheated he admitted that she still wanted to attend our wedding but he had to stop her from coming to our wedding because it would’ve been awkward -It’s makes me so angry but I’m willing to talk about all this as it still bugs me I just have a lot of anger in me.

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Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 22:19

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz Yep they did.

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Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 22:28

@Bluntness100 hi love x
No kids , my husband wants kids really badly and I’m a little scared to have kids because of what happened.
Also I work, I’m on a good salary - I don’t depend on my husband , I’ve been working since I was 15. I have my own house that I’m renting out. We have a house together. I promise you it’s nothing to do with money. I do love my husband I’m just struggling to get over what happened

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Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 22:37

@NoMoreDickheads hey love x since then hes very affectionate, seems to appreciate me for giving us another go. He says he is lucky to have me etc - He talks really positively about the future- he constantly wants to do things together. There are times where he just stares at me and randomly comes and hugs me. I’m just really snappy at him and get angry easily and I think he knows why I get angry. He does ask to talk about my anger which I brush off because all
Those feeling a then comes back and I get uncontrollable.

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Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 22:45

@Franticbutterfly my love , I’m sorry you went thru the same pain.
Going thru something like this is painful weather it’s your husband or wife.

And I did the same thing, i was playing the scene in my head with them being in the hotel and I wanted details from my husband after which led me to attack him.
And I’m on the same boat as you. Forgave but can’t forget- but I hope the pain will lighten up. I don’t want to leave my husband as I said in my post we love each other . I just can’t handle my anger. I have temper problems because of this . All my love

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Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 22:46

To all you lovely people on here , I love you. Thank you for taking the time to message me on here and help me out. I appreciate you .

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Badoukas · 03/05/2020 22:51

I think it will keep going round in your head because the wrong cannot be made right. You are trying to accept the unacceptable and it cannot be done. The choice will be to live with these feelings plus worry about future affairs or set yourself free by leaving. I'm so sorry for the mental turmoil you are enduring.

Virgo833 · 03/05/2020 23:02

@Cantpickausername5 hi love x
Thank you for this x
Husband phone is always on allowed and he hasn’t changed his password since we’ve been together. Always has phone lying around/ I didn’t even had to ask this from him.
I will
Suggest counselling once I sit and talk to him over again about what I’m having to deal with.
And I’d like to try individual counselling too. It scares me but I need to think of my self and I would Like to try this as it’s affecting me. I just want to focus on myself
Thank you so much xxxx

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Virgo833 · 04/05/2020 01:13

@SandyY2K hi love xx
Thank you for taking the time to message -
It was painful and still is painful.
I did think about those things you listed , what if I’m pregnant or ill or my body changes etc Do I think he would leave me and the answer is ‘he might’ and I think thats because of the trauma he put me thru x
And he’s remorseful now He says he’s accountable for what he did, He seems more concerned about my feeling than his own, he’s willing to do anything to move forward, but it’s me who cant seem to let it go !!!! . Also my husband Not only apologises, but he also openly express what he apologises for again when he does all this I tend to feel like A lot stronger but then any little thing triggers me to get angry with him again.

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SandyY2K · 04/05/2020 01:30

I said those thing because a woman who was cheated on divorced her DH...she admitted they had a great marriage...and her explanation for leaving him, was that if he could cheat when the going was good, he would definitely cheat if things became challenging.

He was upset she wouldn't consider reconciliation.... but I did found it made sense.

Betrayals can just damage things, but would you consider talking it through with a counsellor.

I don't know how old and he you are, but because of your history, I'd worry he would decide to find someone else and have a baby, as he desperately wants one.

Is he prepared to not have a child if you don't find him to be a safe partner? I think these are things you need to consider and decide if you can move past it.

RantyAnty · 04/05/2020 02:22

You can't force yourself to stop the way you feel about what happened.

I think it would have been easier to forgive if it had been a drunken shag after a party and you'd been married 15 years or so. You would have had 15 years of good times and history to make it worthwhile staying.

He ruined the beginning of your marriage and no matter how many years pass, you'll never be able to look back at it with fond memories.
I just don't think you can come back from that.
You've tried for 2 years to get over it.

It's not a good way to live your life. It's not too late to have a clean slate with someone else.

MsDogLady · 04/05/2020 03:24

His infidelity actually began 2+ months before your wedding. He prevented Becky from attending, as he was pursuing her.

It was despicable the way he manipulated you prior to their assignation. He initially created distance between you and called you paranoid when you questioned him. Then, on the day of their hotel romp, he buttered you up to throw you off the scent. Devious.

He started an illicit relationship with Becky months before your marriage and had planned sex a month after. I would assume there had been some prior physical activity. He is such a sneaky cheat, so he would have likely continued cheating had you not rumbled him.

There is no way I would continue with him.

HoppingPavlova · 04/05/2020 03:35

Sorry, I don’t understand. The affair occurred 2 months after your wedding. But Becky pulled out as a wedding guest prior on the basis it would have been awkward having her there. Heh? Unless he was also having the affair prior to your wedding as well I don’t understand this.

JKScot4 · 04/05/2020 03:42

I did throw few punches at him because I was blacked out
What in the hell is this?
Are MN again ok with women abusing their DH?
I’m sorry but these rambling posts sound bizarre and tbh not very truthful.
If it is, just leave if it’s this bad.

ukgift2016 · 04/05/2020 06:30

So he has cheated on you TWICE?

He is a serial cheater then. If you stay, you know what you are letting yourself in for. Punish him all you want but that won't stop him fulfilling that itch when the time comes...good luck.

Ibelieveinyesterday · 04/05/2020 08:01

I did throw few punches at him because I was blacked out

This is absolutely not ok. He cheated and deserves to be thrown out but physical violence is abhorrent regardless of who commits it.

hellsbellsmelons · 04/05/2020 08:20

2 years into marriage - time to start divorce proceedings.
He will have much more of a claim on YOUR property if you don't do it soon.
He cheated ONE month after marrying you.
That is NOT love.
You do NOT do that to someone you love.
Mine cheated after 15 years together.

Deal-breaker for me!!!
You won't ever 'get over' this.
He's a liar and a cheat.
He did it before your wedding and after your wedding.
You don't have to 'get over' this.
You can end your marriage.
He stuck to his vows for 4 weeks!!
4 FUCKING WEEKS.
He's a weak man and he absolutely WILL cheat again.
Time to cut your losses before children get involved in this shit show!
Sorry OP.
But... you know what to do.

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