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Can secret extra-marital relationships go on for years?

156 replies

PerplexedCat · 25/11/2020 11:02

Can I ask people's opinion on how likely it is that an extra-marital relationship between a married man of 20+ years and a single woman could carry on for several years without the wife having a clue, and for the relationship to survive (perhaps in a different form) after her marriage to another man?
For info, I am the wife in this scenario.

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Kintsugi16 · 13/02/2021 21:06

Have I my read the OP

Absolutely yes

Kintsugi16 · 13/02/2021 21:36

have only read

FrogFairy · 13/02/2021 21:55

I know someone who has been the OW for 37 years, they had a child who is now an adult.

Baws · 14/02/2021 23:25

I knew someone whose dad had an OW and second family living in a nearby town. He had 5 kids with his wife and then about 3 with the OW. It went on for years and only ended when the OW died. The OW was fully aware and I think the now adult kids have met up.

PermanentTemporary · 14/02/2021 23:31

Yes. There is absolutely nothing that can't happen in human relationships. I should think this particular scenario is quite common.

grassisjeweled · 15/02/2021 01:19

Plenty of it around then

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