“I Ended Up With Pubic Lice”: Women Are Revealing The Shocking Ways They Discovered Their Partners’ Affairs

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“We had been together for three years. We’d opened a business together. We went through some pretty tough things together as well (my father’s passing away and an unplanned pregnancy). We were halfway across the country to hopefully expand our business, and I woke up one morning in the truest form of anxiety that exists. I had an overwhelming feeling that something was very wrong. I looked over, and he’s asleep with his phone open. I do not snoop, never have. But it was almost like a voice screaming at me to look. It only took FIVE SECONDS (not an exaggeration) to find multiple sexts to and from multiple women, dating all the way back to the beginning of our relationship.”

“I told him at the start of our relationship that if he ever developed feelings for someone else or just wanted to end things, to tell me, and I’d move along. Because we’re adults, right? If you want someone else, then go. But no, he wanted to keep me around for HIS comfort. And you know, the cherry on top — He told me if I’d kept my ‘grubby little hands’ off his phone, everything would’ve been fine?!? What? Yes, fine for him bc I’d still be in the dark about how little he values or respects me. And he’d still have his roster of validating women to chime in with whenever he wanted. Another cherry for ya, he knew my previous partner cheated on me and how much loyalty means to me, told me he’d NEVER do that to me. He totally fooled me. But I’m happier now. I know my worth, and he’s just a sad, little man-child that’s desperate for attention and not a real connection.”

—Anonymous, 41, female, Alabama