Everyone has an opinion about who you are and what you’ve done. They like to think they know the whole story, but few people ever will.
They don’t know that you were just a naive girl who fell in love at the wrong time. And gave your heart to the wrong man because nobody ever taught you what good love really looks like.
So you spent your whole life thinking you had to love in secret.
See, I was the other woman.
It’s not something I set out to be or do. In fact, I hated my inability to walk away from the web that wrapped its sticky tendrils around my throat. The web I thought was love.
When you’re the other woman, you think you’re lucky to have found this incredible, rare connection. You fall for him and you fall hard because he presses all of your buttons as if he was made for you. It’s utter bliss — until you discover the truth. He’s married.
The Mamamia team discusses emotional v.s. physical cheating. Post continues after video.
Top Comments
Yes the man is scum for cheating but you don’t have to be his partner in wrong doing. You both should be equally held accountable, you are correct there without double standard: but sorry you did know exactly what you were doing. You paid for everything. Was this not a red flag or the fact that he’s done it before in his 10 year marriage?? If a man wants to cheat, he will find a way, and this includes his finances. Not only that but you knew how it felt to be cheated on and you did that to another woman and 3 kids. Yes we all make mistakes and we can’t choose who we fall in love with but leopards don’t change their spots- he cheated to be with you then left you too. I’m not shocked he did that. The likelihood of a successful relationship as a result of infidelity is extremely low.
I really really struggle to understand why people get involved with married men. How can you see someone betray their wife and children like that and not realise that they are entirely selfish and self serving?