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Cheating

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Rainbow988 · 30/05/2025 21:57

Do you think you can tell if your husband is cheating on you

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MiloMinderbinder925 · 30/05/2025 22:03

Not 100% but there are signs:

Character change, is overly affectionate or belligerent and disrespectful
Rewrites relationship history - you forced him to marry, you are the enemy
Withdraws from sex or has new moves
Working more/has a new hobby
Glued to phone
Accuses you of cheating
Starts new gym routine
Buys new clothes, pays attention to appearance
Mentions a woman a lot

2025ismybestyear · 30/05/2025 22:11

I had a couple of things that made me go, hmmmm. But I dismissed them. Stupid me. Cheating twat him.

He did none of the things ^ said.

Rainbow988 · 30/05/2025 22:13

2025ismybestyear · 30/05/2025 22:11

I had a couple of things that made me go, hmmmm. But I dismissed them. Stupid me. Cheating twat him.

He did none of the things ^ said.

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Can I ask what they were

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Eric1964 · 30/05/2025 22:23

If it turns out he is - and I hope he isn't - take a look at Surviving Infidelity. Bit of a clunky site to use, but there's some good advice there.

SurvivingInfidelity.com Home

Surviving infidelity support forums for those affected by Infidelity and Cheating

https://www.survivinginfidelity.com/

2025ismybestyear · 30/05/2025 22:27

Rainbow988 · 30/05/2025 22:13

Can I ask what they were

When I picked up his phone for something innocuous and I can't remember the other. He just reacted very oddly.

Rainbow988 · 30/05/2025 23:33

2025ismybestyear · 30/05/2025 22:27

When I picked up his phone for something innocuous and I can't remember the other. He just reacted very oddly.

How long ago was that

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2025ismybestyear · 31/05/2025 07:14

2015/16

PlainJaneBrain · 31/05/2025 08:10

Firstly I've got to confess it was me that cheated. I thought he might have had an idea from the various slip ups and implausible excuses. It was about 5 years after it ended though that I confessed because I thought he'd started to twig. I was wrong, he'd trusted me 💯 and my confession (or more accurately my cheating) blew our lives apart. It was then he started to piece together the clues. His instinct would have led him to work it out sooner, but his trust and faith in me overruled his instincts (that trust and faith are now gone forever which I will regret always). So I'd say go with your instinct, confront him but be calm, patient and try not to be emotional in any way when you ask him. Tell him that you're "concerned" he might be being unfaithful rather than accuse him, and tell how that concern is making you feel. More likely to confess if you're rational rather than emotional.

Good luck and either way I hope you get to the truth.

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