This guy and his ex-wife are currently in their mid-thirties and they were “together for ages.” During their marriage, they had two children together and were “mortgaged up to the gills.”
Yet, just about 18 months ago, he actually found out that his then-wife was cheating on him. Apparently, the Affair started as just one “spontaneous” hookup.
“But they stayed in touch and met up pretty often,” he said.
He didn’t find out about the cheating from his ex-wife, either. Rather, he admitted to being “utterly clueless” about her infidelity until he came across some suspicious receipts she’d left inside her car.
“I mean literal receipts from locations she’d been with him,” he explained.
Now, the receipts obviously were not a definitive “smoking gun.” Nonetheless, the fact that she’d gone to certain random places put him on edge and made him suspicious.
That’s why he started looking at some other discrepancies in their relationship, and eventually, his ex-wife was forced to come clean.
At the time, she did confess to cheating on him. However, she was adamant that her fling was not just some affair.
Rather, she claimed that she was actually in a real relationship with the other man. Plus, she said the other man was even planning on leaving his wife to start fresh and be with her.
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Her admission obviously led him and his ex-wife to split up and get divorced, and their relationship has been pretty messy ever since.
“But nothing seems to have materialized with her new man,” he revealed.
Instead, he actually found out that his ex-wife’s Affair Partner just dumped her as soon as the guy learned that they’d gotten divorced. Additionally, it came out that the guy wasn’t even married to begin with! His ex’s affair partner was just lying and stringing his ex-wife along the whole time.
This has actually left him pretty happy, too, and feeling like his ex got what she deserved.
“Definitely feeling strong schadenfreude,” he admitted, which means to derive pleasure from another person’s misfortune.
Still, he can’t help but wonder if being happy that his cheating ex got “used” and essentially strung along just makes him a real jerk.
Do you think he has a right to enjoy watching his ex-wife face the consequences of his actions? How would you feel in his shoes?
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