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WWYD? Affairs

62 replies

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 16:57

I have been having an emotional affair for past 2.5 years

I met this man in work 10 years ago. Both of us were married but there was this intense connection. Nothing happened physically and as much as I tried to steer clear for both of our marriages, I was falling for him. So much so I quit my job, changed my phone number.

he quit his job 6 weeks later. Then another year passed and he found out where I worked and would call my office

eventually I told my husband and he messaged him threatening to tell his wife if he didn’t leave me alone

i blocked him for 7 years

my marriage ended 3 years ago.
I bumped into him at a mutual friends funeral. I say bumped… I actually saw him, but steered clear and hoped he didn’t see me: there were 100s of ppl at this funeral.

anyway I started to stalk his social media. Looked to me like he was also “single” so I reached out,

I didn’t ask him if he was single.
he told me he and his wife separated:
that he bought a flat, and he wanted us to meet for coffee

we did. It was electric
but he didn’t instigate we should go anywhere after our coffee

his excuse was that his flat was a bomb site

anyway. After a lot of sexting daily texts (sometimes 100s per day) we arranged to meet up at his flat.
morning of, he text me to say he was so ill. And had taken a covid test. So had to change our date.

i ghosted him for 3 days after that. Something just didn’t sit well with me:

his ex is a doctor. But why did he have Covid tests let alone need to do one in 2023 ??

eventually I told him I had my doubts about his separation

he sent me screen shots of their separation certificates and pictures of his flat

i felt stupid. He was telling the truth and I doubted him.

This continued for months. We don’t live close to one another so mostly calls and texts etc. but for some reason he just didn’t want us to be some where on our own: he never wanted to come to my house.

fast forward and I tried to delete him to block him over past year and a bit coz it was just going no where.
but he’d make up fake accounts and add me
watch my on line stories every day.

i would try to let him go but id end up giving up,

anyway fast forward to last week

his mum died.
he reached out to me
told me he loved me that he took so long getting over me before and now he was having to do it all again,

given that he was grieving I told him that I was happy to remain friends. asked him again if he was still married “no!!!”

Saturday night he sent me a selfie and in the background was a medical trolley. I know his “ex” is now an aesthetic doctor.

i have been right this entire time.
he is very much still married..

i didn’t confront him: I just blocked him,

my question is.. should I tell his wife.

i know if it was me i would want to know.
my friends are mixed in saying i shouldn’t say anything. That I should confront him,

but he has lied to my face for years.

so WWYD?
thank you so much for reading all of this

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survivingonredbullandhope · 25/08/2025 17:21

Id tell her and id do so because I know if I was her id appreciate being told & finding out what a scumbag im married too

Betsy95 · 25/08/2025 17:25

No don’t tell her. Ultimately you’ve both behaved like berks for nearly a decade.

Just move on and leave it alone.

MamaElephantMama · 25/08/2025 17:27

Just block him. He only wants the attention you give him via a phone.

Moveoverdarlin · 25/08/2025 17:31

Are you basing all this on the medical trolley? Has he confirmed it.

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 17:34

Moveoverdarlin · 25/08/2025 17:31

Are you basing all this on the medical trolley? Has he confirmed it.

hes a carpenter.
he also had 2 flights of stairs in the background (he apparently lives in a flat)
the trolley thing (see pic) is definitely what someone doing aesthetics would have

WWYD? Affairs
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Fernandez54 · 25/08/2025 17:35

Having been the victim of an affair (my ex husband) I would want to know,

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 17:36

Betsy95 · 25/08/2025 17:25

No don’t tell her. Ultimately you’ve both behaved like berks for nearly a decade.

Just move on and leave it alone.

not really sure what you mean?

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OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 17:37

Fernandez54 · 25/08/2025 17:35

Having been the victim of an affair (my ex husband) I would want to know,

im so sorry. How did you find out? I really do not want to hurt her. But I doubt he’d ever be honest with her

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5128gap · 25/08/2025 17:38

MamaElephantMama · 25/08/2025 17:27

Just block him. He only wants the attention you give him via a phone.

This. The man isn't interested in you, never was, other than as an ongoing ego boost. He clearly loved that you liked him, but if he felt anything like the same attraction he'd not have fobbed you off when you could have been alone. Even if he was still married, there's hotels. Tell his wife if you like but I'd not be surprised if he actually was separated.

Fernandez54 · 25/08/2025 17:54

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 17:37

im so sorry. How did you find out? I really do not want to hurt her. But I doubt he’d ever be honest with her

well he left me after 27 years of marriage, I found out by accident from some shared files on my phone, he has still to this day not admitted it

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 17:55

Fernandez54 · 25/08/2025 17:54

well he left me after 27 years of marriage, I found out by accident from some shared files on my phone, he has still to this day not admitted it

That’s crap. I am very sorry. I hope you’re recovered and loving life now 🥹

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LegoMaxifigure · 25/08/2025 17:58

Um that trolley could be full of DIY type things? There's nothing that is certainly medical.

LegoMaxifigure · 25/08/2025 17:59

I mean he also sounds like a breadcrumbing idiot. You've had the best of him through the emotional affair OP.

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 18:02

LegoMaxifigure · 25/08/2025 17:58

Um that trolley could be full of DIY type things? There's nothing that is certainly medical.

I’m a beauty therapist so it’s definitely got syringes and antiseptic wipes etc

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yeesh · 25/08/2025 18:02

You sound insane tbh. He is clearly full of shit but you have been enjoying it for a decade🤦🏻‍♀️

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 18:04

LegoMaxifigure · 25/08/2025 17:59

I mean he also sounds like a breadcrumbing idiot. You've had the best of him through the emotional affair OP.

Yes absolutely. I was in a bad place when I let him “breadcrumb” me. But that’s not what my post is about. It’s more about us women and whether we’d want to find out if DH are messaging/sexting/telling other women they love them

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OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 18:05

yeesh · 25/08/2025 18:02

You sound insane tbh. He is clearly full of shit but you have been enjoying it for a decade🤦🏻‍♀️

Oh thank you but take it you didn’t read it properly

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Rollingdown · 25/08/2025 18:08

No don’t say anything you’ve not done anything together for years never slept together never kissed just stay away from him

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 18:09

Rollingdown · 25/08/2025 18:08

No don’t say anything you’ve not done anything together for years never slept together never kissed just stay away from him

He told me on Saturday he loved me. I think if I was married I’d want to know if my husband was telling another woman that

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MamaElephantMama · 25/08/2025 18:10

At first I thought blocking him should be enough but since he keeps tracking you down I am more inclined to think his wife needs to know. Something needs to happen for him to stop.

Betsy95 · 25/08/2025 18:14

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 17:36

not really sure what you mean?

It means you and this man have been ping ponging in and out of each others lives for years on end behaving like immature schoolchildren.

Now you are upset because you thought it was a love story … but he’s actually still with his wife.

You’ve both been very very silly.

So you should leave it alone.

Fiveinthebed22 · 25/08/2025 18:16

That trolley is too messy to be used by anyone during surgery. I think you're jumping to conclusions - either way I would block again and move onwards

TheTeasmaid · 25/08/2025 18:17

rightly or wrongly honestly i dunno. but its only your word vs his etc

OliviaDeSen · 25/08/2025 18:22

TheTeasmaid · 25/08/2025 18:17

rightly or wrongly honestly i dunno. but its only your word vs his etc

I have the DMs if necessary and photos. But those would cut like a knife.

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netflixfan · 25/08/2025 18:23

Block him and do not tell his wife. You’ve got nothing to tell, you’ve not had sex with him, you’ve just had a crush on each other. Don’t you dare risk ending his marriage, he doesn’t want you, he is just messing you about and his wife has done nothing wrong.