It’s a stomach-churning horror having your most loving gesture met with your worst nightmare. If your attempt at a romantic surprise led you to walk in on your partner cheating on you with their boss, would you try to hear them out, or would you waste no time dialing a lawyer?
This 32-year-old man’s 29-year-old wife has a job in their town working at a tiny office. His wife has held this position for the last five years and absolutely adores her job.
Since her company isn’t that big, he’s gotten to know all of her coworkers quite well. His office is located close to his wife’s, so he frequently drops by to see her on her lunch breaks and brings her flowers. How sweet is that?
“This week she has been working on a big project and working later each night. I’ve been taking care of the kids and making her dinner for when she gets home,” he explained.
“Last night I thought it would be fun to surprise her with dinner at her office. I made a nice meal, got dressed up a little bit, [and] dropped the kids off at my parents.”
He did not let his wife know that he was going to swing by her office, as like he said, he wanted it to be a surprise so he could put a smile on her face.
He thought that if he missed her and she was on her way home by then, he could just meet her back at their place, and they still would have time to share a nice evening together.
After he arrived at his wife’s office, he noticed it was just her car and one other one he didn’t recognize sitting there in the parking lot.
The front door to the building wasn’t locked, so he let himself in. When he walked in, he was surprised to see that the office was super dark and that no lights were on.
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“I heard them as I was walking to the offices and knew what was going on, though [I] didn’t want to believe it. I turned the corner and saw them together,” he said.
“She saw me and started to say something, but I just turned and walked out. I went back to my parents and told them what happened and that I’d be staying with them for a while.”
By the way, his wife was hooking up with her 40-something-year-old boss when he walked in on them. His wife has since attempted to call him, but he’s ignoring her.
He doesn’t know what he should do or how he can begin to fill his kids in on what is going on. He’s furious, lonely, and heartbroken as he sits in his childhood bedroom trying to come to terms with it all.
Ugh, I feel so bad for him! Step one: keep on ghosting his wife. Step two: call a lawyer ASAP. Step three: don’t leave his mom and dad’s house and go home, unless his lawyer says otherwise.
His wife absolutely should not be forgiven for what she did to him. There is nothing else for him to do except untangle their shared lives and find a way to move ahead without her.
What advice do you have for him?
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