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Clues left by the OW

79 replies

EpochTime · 23/10/2020 15:43

Mine was a pilates mat strap left in my husband's suitcase after he'd been away on 'business' (although the clue didn't actually work at the time because back then I naively thought that my husband - my supposed best friend - actually loved me!).
I assume now that these surprise clues are left in a bid to hasten the demise of the marriage?
I wonder if he raised the issue with her at the time and whether he had a go at her for being so manipulative scatty or whether they had a good laugh at my expense.
I must ask him sometime...

OP posts:
sueelleker · 23/10/2020 19:28

I debated popping over in the night and pouring it over his front windshield, but in the end it went down the sink. I'd have poured it over the bodywork-I bet it would have stripped the paint off beautifully!

nancybotwinbloom · 23/10/2020 19:56

@sueelleker

I'd of done that!!
But i am all for making reckless decisions!

Bubblebu · 23/10/2020 22:29

packing for a business trip to Brazil with OW (a work colleague)
large bottle of baby oil packed (very unusual) which was empty on his return and from the moment he got back he INSISTED on doing all his own laundry himself (again very unusual).............
refused to discuss anything with me, dismissive or little boy lost eyes....

her facebook page suddenly had a panoramic picture of brazil rio sugarloaf mountain with a captain "view from my restaurant table today"...................

Georgeoftheinternet · 23/10/2020 23:06

Bank card in the car
Thong in the car

Oh they were by me btw. I didn’t realise I was the other woman until the bank card and a message from her saying why is your bank card in my boyfriends car.

FlouncerInDenial · 23/10/2020 23:37

@torquewench

The caption was her misspelling not mine, typing it made my teeth itch...
He left you for someone with no class. Let your teeth itch with pride
MasksGlovesSoapScrubs · 23/10/2020 23:53

In my uni house I found this cheap looking dangley earring by his side of the bed.
I don't have my ears pierced anymore. Haven't since I was about 8. He said it must have been from under the bed. It wasn't. That room was cleaned and hoovered all the time. I'm not stupid.
I told him to get out and go and take his pat butcher earring back to his side piece.
Boy, byeeeee.

torquewench · 24/10/2020 15:05

@Flouncer I had a good nosey at her (conveniently) open FB profile, she definitely had no class, but in all fairness she could still do better than him, which was something I told her.

FlouncerInDenial · 24/10/2020 16:27

Respect to you torquewench

Sideorderofchips · 24/10/2020 17:13

When I drove past her house and saw his car then and confronted them.

MikeUniformMike · 24/10/2020 18:51

@WindsorBlues, I hope she ebayed it for £££.

IShaggedAMarriedMan · 24/10/2020 18:59

AFAIK, other woman left no clues. I have no idea if she was the OW or just a friend who he'd been wooing for years.

I made sure that everyone knew that he was a sociopath.

My username is not true btw.

IAintentDead · 24/10/2020 20:00

Not me but a friend

I was with a friend in their family car. She asked if I could smell cigarette smoke. Very vaguely I said but wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't said anything.
She said she was in the car with friend x the previous day and it smelled quite strongly and they were discussing it. They wondered if her husband had had another woman in the car.

It later transpired that her husband left her for the (smoker) friend that she had been discussing it with.

anguauberwaldironfoundersson · 24/10/2020 20:24

Someone I know found out when she unlocked the computer and he'd left his airport parking details up. He'd told her he was on training in the UK.

He was told to come back off his holiday to explain himself or his bags would be packed. He accused her of ruining his holiday and stayed regardless.

He'd been having an affair for at least 8 years. I don't know if the affair is still going on now but the husband and wife are still together Hmm

DisneyMillie · 24/10/2020 22:16

Well I stupidly didn’t believe it at the time and just thought she was a stupid young girl who had a thing for my dh ... but constantly liking his Facebook posts and posting lots of pictures on hers of things he likes / I do (his favourite type of wine, her attempt at cooking (I love to), his favourite music etc etc). I think she wanted me to realise without him getting cross that she’d told.

shiningcuckoo · 25/10/2020 00:32

We had a joint email address, my ExH and I. I opened an email from an airline with tickets attached for flights to Thailand for a dates I was taking the kids for a 3 week visit to see my terminally ill mum who lived on the other side of the world. There were names on the tickets- his and the name of a supposed friend.

shiningcuckoo · 25/10/2020 00:32

A supposed friend of mine I meant to say.

Givemeabreak88 · 25/10/2020 00:39

People do leave clues , I remember a friend saying when she meets a new man she always leaves a hair clip/ earring or whatever around their bed so if they are in a relationship the person will find it as a sign! I always thought it was a bit odd!

grassisjeweled · 25/10/2020 00:40

Some of these Shock

Shocking. Bloody men

CoolYourBeansMySon · 25/10/2020 00:47

It hadn't occurred to me until I read this thread. I kept having to adjust the passenger seat in our car. I would ask him if he'd given someone a lift and he always said no. Penny dropping moment Hmm

Isthisnothing · 25/10/2020 08:46

A friend of mine had her heart broken very badly when her DP left her for s supposed friend. He moved my friend out, moved New Woman in.

My friend really fell apart but then picked herself up, got really in shape and really happy. Of course her ex started making noises about his regrets. She ignored, was over him.

She met another man - gorgeous, fun, clever, crazy about her. They were madly in love. Her ex became obsessively jealous. He was still with New Woman.

New Woman had to go to hospital for surgery. He begged my friend to come over to talk it all out.

To my horror she agreed. What about New Man I asked. She was going to get her revenge she told me. She went over making up an excuse to New Man.

He begged for another chance. She refused and after lots of talking left but not before leaving lots of clues for New Woman to find and suspect him of cheating.

It worked like a charm. Unfortunately New Woman contacted New Man. He dumped my friend immediately and she was heartbroken all over again.

ThePollutedShadesOfPemberley · 25/10/2020 12:00

My sister was having an affair behind her DH's back. Her DH went to use the loo in the ensuite to find a condom floating.......eeeeww. He packed and left that same day.

MikeUniformMike · 25/10/2020 12:36

You couldn't make it up.

sunflowershine · 25/10/2020 12:51

I did this once. On purpose. I was not the OW though.

My boyfriend at the time of over 3 years had dumped me unexpectedly (after moving in with me and asking me to have a baby with him) and broken my heart. No one else though, he said. I figured out he'd been cheating on me because I snooped on his emails, it'd been going on for a good 3 months prior and she definitely knew about me. I never told him I knew.

Two months after he dumped me, he invited me for dinner at his (he meant 'break up' sex!) so that I could collect my things. I went, I ate the dinner, I did not have sex with him despite his efforts and I made sure I left an earring under the bed, hair on the sofa and in the bathroom and I stuck a )pre bought) empty condom wrapper in his bathroom bin.

She messaged me on FB a few days later asking if I'd been to his house, said that she was his girlfriend etc etc. I told her yes, I was ever so sorry I'd never have slept with him if I'd have know. They split up.

Served them both bloody right! Arseholes.

MikeUniformMike · 25/10/2020 13:02

Oh. You could make it up.

Devilesko · 25/10/2020 13:12

Can I ask how many of them are still together after the initial thrill is over?
I often wonder this from these threads.
Lucky it's not happened to me, but feel for every one of you, and do like it when I hear of retribution or Karma. Thanks