Her Husband Confessed To Having A Drunken One-Night Stand With A Random Woman, So Now She Wants To Leave Him
People can have very different reactions to the news that their spouse has cheated on them. They either find themselves willing to compromise or they want to exit the relationship immediately.
A woman is experiencing the latter after her husband, who she believed would always be faithful, admitted to having a one-night stand.
She and her husband are in their mid-30s and have been together for almost 11 years. They have two kids who are both under 5, and she feels their marriage has been wonderful.
Her husband is great at communicating, showing affection, being respectful, and proving his loyalty. But recently, his commitment faltered.
“My husband works a lot more since getting a new job, and he has been stressed lately,” she detailed.
“I try to help him, but there’s not much I can do. I thought he would be okay, but a week ago, he didn’t come home on time. When he did [return], he was late and went straight to bed.”
The next morning, her husband was “unusually quiet,” and the typical chatter that fills their home every day had ceased, which made her feel extremely uneasy.
Finally, after asking him what was wrong, her husband confessed that he had a one-night stand the night before.
Her husband told her it took place after he went out for a drink with his coworkers, who encouraged him to hook up with a random woman who joined them. He was tipsy and looking for a stress reliever, and at the time, he felt the best option was to sleep with the stranger.
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“He said it was a moment of weakness, and he wasn’t thinking of the consequences until afterward,” she explained.
“He admitted he had no excuses and felt guilty because he never thought he would do something like this.”
Guilt led her husband to tell her everything, and he mentioned he was ready to do whatever it took to fix his mistake, whether that was going to therapy or letting her look through his phone to prove nothing else was happening.
Despite her husband’s attempts to make things right and his surprising vulnerability, she was so heartbroken that she told him to get out right away.
“I want to divorce because I have a zero-tolerance policy for cheating, and he knows this,” she revealed.
“But we’ve been together for almost 11 years, and he’s never done anything like this. I love him dearly; however, how could I ever let him touch me again?”
When she told her mom about what happened, her mom claimed she’d be wrong to split up her family over this one incident and pointed out how it wasn’t the worst-case scenario; her husband could’ve been having a full-blown affair. But he didn’t, so she should try her hardest to forgive him.
Do you think she needs to stay with her husband, or is it okay to leave him?
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