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What advice would you give to friend having an affair

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Stardust31 · 20/04/2023 20:16

My friend (let’s call her Julie) has been married for 6 years (I also know her DW). Julie seemed to be so very happily married until she met another woman at a work event and hit it off.

I met up with Julie last week and turns out her and OW are having a full blown affair and have been for around 8 weeks.

She is still saying she loves DW and can’t imagine a life without her and still pictures her future with DW. However she is hooked on OW and has no intention of ending things any time soon. It is of course only going to end in disaster.

I feel absolutely awful for her DW being none the wiser about this. I know the situation is nothing to do with me but equally when it goes tits up, Julie will come to me looking for support.

If your friend was in this mess (of their own making!) what advice would you give them?

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Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 19:29

Stardust31 · 21/04/2023 17:59

I agree. I know my friend way more than I know her DW but it is a shitty position to put me in. I understand other posters telling me that I should tell her DW but I suppose selfishly I don’t want the backlash from my friend for doing so.

I have considered anonymously telling her DW via email or something because she does deserve to know. But I don’t think it’s the right thing to do either. Tbh I wish she never told me about it!

Plus if your the only one that knows then it would be obvious who the leak was

Stardust31 · 21/04/2023 19:34

Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 19:29

Plus if your the only one that knows then it would be obvious who the leak was

Me and one other person (her sister) know but it would be obvious it was me as unfortunately her sister has form for the same shitty behaviour

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philautia · 21/04/2023 20:21

Horrible position to be in, no advice sorry.

But I would urge her to end the affair and stay with her wife or end her marriage.

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