Chip Chick
“Flash forward to New Year’s and my in-laws suggested that they watch the kids, and my sisters-in-laws take me out for NYE in the city,” he explained.
“They live in the middle of nowhere so we booked two hotel rooms. One for me and one for my two SILs to share. We did standard dinner and drinks before transitioning to a party.”
“It was fun to get out, but I was really missing my wife’s absence. I didn’t really admit it to myself, but I was insanely lonely. I think J was feeling something similar after her divorce. We spent most of the party with each other. K went off into the crowd, and we didn’t see her for the rest of the night.”
“J and I drank and danced. We talked and reminisced. She has a few similarities between my wife. Some facial features, but very similar laughs. I think the laugh is what got me. One thing led to another and we were making out on the dance floor. I wish from the bottom of my heart it ended there. I think loneliness and 6 months of not addressing any…need got the better of me.”
Well, he ended up sleeping with J a few times before falling asleep on New Year’s Eve. The very next morning, things were understandably uncomfortable between the two of them, but they managed to both be grown up about it.
He and J made their way back to his in-laws’ home. He picked his girls up and headed back to their house.
And honestly, right now, he feels remorse for what happened with J. He’s sorry the whole thing happened. He’s sorry he enjoyed himself.
He’s sorry that this could potentially ruin the family his girls have left. He’s sorry he feels as if he really did betray his wife.
“So this isn’t exactly something I want to share with friends. Random internet strangers, what would you do?” he wondered.
“I’m in a bad headspace now, but my best guess is to call her in the morning and say it was a mistake and it can’t happen again.”
“Therapist is on vacation, so my sounding board is absent. Great start to 2023 after a horrible 2022, guess it only gets better from here.”
