My wife and I went through rough patches that robbed us of our happiness. We fought more often than we laughed and loved. We spent sleepless nights arguing over something as small as why she didn’t turn off the light when she came to sleep.

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We couldn’t hold on, so we separated. We went our separate ways for four months until I decided to be the bigger person and call for reconciliation. We attended family counseling and also brought our pastor in to strengthen our spiritual resolve.

Just when I thought all was well and she was coming home with our child, she confessed, “While apart, I slept with someone. I’m bringing this up today so it doesn’t haunt me tomorrow.”

I screamed, “What did you say?”

She responded, “I thought we were never coming together again.”

“Are you still dating him?”
“We didn’t date. It just happened.”

I cried, though not in front of her. I asked for time to regroup and heal from the trauma of knowing someone slept with my wife, and she agreed.

I’m hurt, and I don’t know how this marriage is going to work if we get back together. I wish she had never told me because I cheated too. With someone I was seeing for a while but I haven’t told her because I don’t want to hurt her. I respect her enough to keep that from her.

Why did she tell me? Is it because she doesn’t want the marriage anymore and wants me to just walk away? The cheating hurt like hell. She has our daughter. Why didn’t she consider that before being with someone else? And what gave her the courage to tell me about it? I tell myself I can forgive, but it feels like a lie.

I Was Fine Until I Was Alone In My Room

Do you think telling her that I also cheated will help me heal and forgive? I’m not a saint, but the pain of knowing what she did is too much to bear. I want the marriage. We can make it work if we try, but I know too much, and that is making me doubt everything. Maybe she doesn’t want the marriage. If she did, she would have kept it a secret. Or she is lying? I’m confused.

—Yoofi

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