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Husband messaging other women

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Hesacheat9876 · 19/09/2026 19:41

Husband was messaging another woman sexual messages for several months while working at her house as a handyman but says nothing physical happened - he's lying isn't he?

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CamillaMcCauley · 19/09/2026 19:42

Does it matter? He would be gone either way if it were me.

PaperMachePanda · 19/09/2026 19:44

I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.

Also, you have to wonder how many times he's done this in the past.

FrustratedApples · 19/09/2026 19:58

It's cheating in my book even if it didn't result in anything physical. He's probably lying though.

Hesacheat9876 · 19/09/2026 20:21

You're all right, I need to brave don't I to have any chance of ever being happy.
We've kids and I've no idea how I'll manage

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Ticktockk · 19/09/2026 21:10

Even nothing physical happened, he doesn’t sound like a great partner and you’re unlikely to trust him in the future. Are you going to spend your life wondering what he’s up to?
I’m so sorry, it sounds so hard.

Releasemeplease · 19/09/2026 22:11

Honestlg OP if yours is supposed to be a monogamous marriage then sending sexual messages to another woman is a total betrayal of his marriage vows. Why on earth does it matter it was a physical affair or not when he has shown you how little respect he has for you or his marriage vows.
You need to seek legal advice OP as regards your financial position. So sorry this has happened to you.

Hesacheat9876 · 19/09/2026 22:48

Thanks for being so kind in your replies.
It's so hard, I know he has broken my trust and I'm so unhappy but I'm scared about breaking the family up for the children.
When I try and talk to him about it somehow it ends up me being the bad guy...... and then I end up apologising to him, what for I'm not sure.

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