Women who have had affairs reveal why they chose to sleep with someone else’s husband – and the bitter truth has left thousands horrified.
A 21-year-old woman who recently ended her relationship with a married man reached out to others in a similar situation to share their stories.
The young woman shared on Reddit that the affair made her feel “powerful” at the time, but guilt and shame began to set in.
Many revealed that they knowingly dated married men “because they could,” and some confessed that they had no regrets about the affair.
Others blamed him for being “young and reckless” and have since atoned for his actions.
Women who have had affairs reveal why they chose to sleep with someone else’s husband
Some shared various reasons why they chose married men.
‘I have major commitment issues and the idea of ​​a low maintenance ‘relationship’ is the dream. In the end I felt like a complete idiot,” said one of them.
“The idea of ​​being so desired that you were willing to sacrifice your living situation and long-term relationship was disorienting,” another shared. “It felt like a drug that I couldn’t get enough of.
“The pounding adrenaline of watching him debate in real time whether he was going to cheat, and then feeling him look at me and decide he didn’t want to, but HAD to.”
A woman told how she “accidentally had” an affair with her boss.
‘I had just started a new job and ended up falling completely in love with my married boss. I knew it was wrong and tried to keep my distance, but we had several business trips together, which resulted in a lot of 1:1 time.
“I was in a really dark place. My love life was barren, I felt rejected, I gained weight, and my self-esteem plummeted. But I had an attractive, successful guy at work who told me that I’m smart, beautiful, and that any guy Anyone who didn’t like it was an idiot.
‘Every time I was with him I finally felt alive again and felt like we had magnetic chemistry. He also admitted to feeling the same way towards me. We tried not to do anything but after a year of tension we finally ended up dating.
‘I knew he was married, I knew it was wrong. I never met the wife, but I thought she must be a much better person than me. My colleagues had met her and knew she was beautiful, she was fit and seemed very friendly.”
Affair couple revealed they became addicted to the ‘high’ of keeping a secret
Another revealed that she became addicted to the “high” of keeping the secret.
‘I’m not proud to be the other woman, but I thought I was the baddest bitch on the planet. She spent every other weekend with me, and the week a month she traveled for work, she actually came to see me.
‘I was with him on his bachelor party trip, I was with him the day after his wedding. I thought he was the only person who would love me and that she was more presentable so “of course” he had to marry her. I listened to every line they fed me.
‘On my 23rd birthday and he was with me at his nursing graduation place. I listened to her voicemail that she left him and to this day, almost 13 years later, I can still hear her crying. I knew at that moment that she couldn’t continue and I ended it.