This 31-year-old woman and her 32-year-old husband have a daughter together, and she’s 4-years-old.
When she and her husband first started their relationship, everything was wonderful, save for a couple of normal, little arguments.
But, after they welcomed their daughter into the world, her husband has become a lot more distant. He would rather invest his free time into playing video games instead of spending quality time with her and their daughter.
If her husband isn’t playing video games, then he’s on YouTube watching other people play video games.
So, less than a year ago, a couple in their friend group (a man named S and his wife) bought a home in their neighborhood, and both of their daughters have become quite close over this, even going to the same dance class.
S is the one who takes his daughter to dance class, not his wife, and so she frequently sees S. She’s known S for close to a decade, and they always got along great.
Then, one day after she and S dropped their girls off for dance class, S asked her if she’d like to grab a coffee with him instead of sitting in the waiting room for the class to finish up.
This turned into a routine thing, and now every single week for the last 8 months, she and S have grabbed coffee while their daughters enjoyed their dance class, though she has never told her husband about this.
A couple of months ago, she sadly lost her dad, and her husband didn’t care at all or show her any compassion.
She ended up turning to S, and she cried into his arms on multiple occasions. S wound up asking her how her home life was, and she confided in him that she is so lonely at home with her husband.
“I’ve lost feelings for my husband, and probably did a long time ago,” she admitted. “And have fallen for S hard. I feel wrecked with guilt. Confused. Hurt, sad, but all of that goes away when I see his face.”
“I want to add here that in no way has S ever been inappropriate to me. He’s never acted creepy, never said anything suggestable, never caught him staring; nothing at all that would suggest he has alternate motives. But I’m ashamed to admit, the only reason we haven’t kissed or [been physical] is because he’s never made a move. I’m scared because the way he makes me feel I don’t think I would say no or pull away.”
Sometimes, she’ll go home and wish that S had made a move and showed some kind of interest, and she knows that makes her a terrible person.
She also knows this sounds absolutely crazy, but she’s finding herself trying to come up with excuses to run into S outside of dance class.
“I want to tell S how I feel, but I don’t want to look like a fool,” she said. “I don’t want to scare him. What if it blows up their marriage?”
“What if our kids can’t see each other? What happens to the friend group if this gets out? It’s a…mess. I don’t know what to do because we will still see each other a lot. My husband would never take our daughter to classes, so I’m stuck with that. I always do the nursery runs. How can I get over him if he’s everywhere?”
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