How do you even wrap your head around finding a romantic package hotel reservation when your wife is supposed to be miles away, sitting at her sick mother’s bedside?
You’re at home, literally surrounded by the boxes for your brand-new dream apartment, and suddenly it hits you that you were the one planning for the future while she’s been living a secret double life.
This 31-year-old man and his 30-year-old wife tied the knot four years ago. A month ago, they bought their dream apartment, and he’s been obsessing over organizing everything for the renovation.
He and his wife share a computer at home, and one day, he noticed she had left her email open. He didn’t think anything of it, as he’s proud of them not keeping secrets from one another.
“At least that is what I thought until a notification popped up for a hotel reservation in my hometown. She told me two weeks ago she was going there for a few days to visit her mother, who has been feeling unwell lately,” he explained.
He didn’t ask any questions about his wife’s trip, because it wasn’t suspicious. But the email was, since it was for a luxury boutique hotel located in the downtown section where her mom lives, and her mom has a guest room.
He was wondering why his wife would have booked a hotel room instead of staying with her mom, because it made no sense.
Especially once he realized the check-in time matches the dates of his wife’s trip to see her mom, and the reservation was made for two people.
“I sat there staring at the screen for like twenty minutes just trying to find a logical explanation. Maybe she wanted to treat her mom to a spa day or something,” he said.
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“But then I saw another email from the same hotel confirming a ‘romantic package’ with champagne and late checkout. My stomach just dropped.”
“I feel like a complete idiot because I have been so focused on our new life and the apartment that I didn’t notice any red flags. She has been a bit distant lately, but I blamed it on the stress of the move.”
Now he’s at home, sitting among all of their boxes, and coming to the realization that he’s trying to play house with a woman who is obviously cheating and could be planning her exit strategy.
His wife is still at her mom’s place, so he hasn’t said anything to her yet. He looked at how his wife paid for the hotel room, and she used a credit card he didn’t know was active.
I think he should get together divorce papers, fly out there, and show up at the hotel, and confront his wife while she’s in there with her affair partner.
Or, he should put her belongings in boxes and have the hotel deliver her another bottle of champagne with a message that he knows what she’s up to.
What advice do you have for him?
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