His Wife Cheated On Him, So Now He’s Dating Her Best Friend, Who Was The Maid Of Honor At Their Wedding
This 31-year-old man was with his 31-year-old wife for six years, and they were married for three. Throughout the first three years leading up to their wedding, everything was picture-perfect for them.
But right after they tied the knot, they moved to the other side of the country, and that was the beginning of the end for them.
“She started a new job, more or less changed her entire identity, and constantly told me I was no longer the person she thought I was,” he explained.
“Like I had lost some element of drive or ambition and no longer motivated her. Anyway, I figured out she had been having an affair with me for 6 months and immediately proceeded with divorce.”
“At the time of this discovery (and really the entire marriage), the amount of effort I was putting in was insane. Dictating my entire work schedule around her, setting up counseling sessions, cooking dinner, cleaning, planning trips/vacations, I mean everything.”
So, of course, when he figured out his wife wasn’t being faithful, he knew he had to walk away. He ended up keeping their house and pretty much all of their assets too.
He wrote his wife a check and divorced her as quickly as he could. A year after divorcing his wife, he started dating her best friend.
Before you come to any strange conclusions, he promises that during his marriage, he was only ever friendly and appropriate with his now-girlfriend.
He and his ex-wife hung out with his now-girlfriend a ton, but nothing ever went further than a friendship.
Evgeniya Grande – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
To be honest, he laughs to think about how he ended up with his ex-wife’s best friend, because he never could have imagined that.
Back when his girlfriend learned of his ex’s affair, his girlfriend was horrified and angry. His girlfriend instantly called him to say she was sorry to learn of the sad news, but he told her she shouldn’t let that ruin their friendship.
“She called my ex-wife as well to say the same thing, and my ex proceeded to tell my now-girlfriend how awful I am, that I was some kind of monster, and downplayed cheating on me like it was some one-off accident,” he said.
“I was over there hurting and, for whatever reason, trying to protect her friendship/reputation, and my ex-wife was throwing jabs. It literally made no sense. My now-girlfriend hung up the phone that day and literally has not communicated with her since.”
“Now for the advice, am I freaking crazy? I’ve been to counseling, I’ve talked to a lot of friends/family, and I know…not to get myself into another relationship where I could be taken advantage of. My girlfriend is and has been amazing and has given me no reason whatsoever to be concerned about the health of our relationship. That said, is dating my ex-wife’s LITERAL best friend a horrible idea considering I’m going to be perpetually tied to my very awful, very selfish ex?”
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