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So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML

Before FI and I were together, I was speaking/ flirting with a guy via Facebook, that I didn't know was in a relationship. We worked together, and I knew he had a habit of being a cheater, so I thought maybe he wasn't being honest about things, but his relationship status wasn't visable and I took his word for it. We never had sex, there was just flirting for about 2 weeks, and one episode of drunken making out/groping that never went anywhere, because I wasn't sure that he was being honest...just had a vibe. Looking back, I think I "knew", but just didn't want to admit it. 

About a week after the drunken night of groping, he was tagged on facebook in someone's engagement pics-surprise, surprise! They were going to be getting married literally 3 months afterwards. I texted him and told him that I knew, and to never talk to me in that way ever again, that I wouldn't have a part in cheating, etc. We worked together so I knew we'd see each other, but I made it clear that the flirting would stop- and it did. He told me it was for the best, that he didn't want to screw up marrying this girl, because he did actually love her, etc, and that was that. He married the girl, we remained civil, even friendly, but there was never any sexual talk or flirting ever again. I truly believed that he had just screwed up, and was sorry, and so I never contacted the girl to let her know.  


Fast forward 3+ years later, his wife decides to go through all of his facebook messages and finds these emails from before they were married, and emails me, telling me that she is now pregnant and doesn't know if she's going to stay with this guy, and she acknowledges that its not ALL my fault, but I'm a whore and she'll "pray for me" because there has to be something wrong with my soul for me to be a party to cheating. 

Now I know she doesn't have any reason to believe just ME saying that we didn't sleep together, but its very obvious from the messages that we didn't have sex, because he was talking about not getting to yet, how I left him frustrated, etc. and I was just halfheartedly just saying oh, sorry, etc, because, like I said, I was suspicious....

So my thing is, I'm completely appalled that she would consider leaving the father of her child over something that happened before they were married, that never resulted in sex.

 Maybe I'm just the most understanding woman in the world (don't think so) but if I found that out, I would acknowledge that getting married and saying "I will never have sex with anyone ever again"  is a huge thing for guys, and they get tempted to have one last fling. I would be pissed for sure...but leave him? Don't you vow for better or worse? If she'd found out before the wedding, I could understand calling it off, but knowing that he walked down the aisle, said "I do" and they've had almost 4 years of a happy marriage, and she had to go THAT far back to find something on him? 

So...anyways...have any of you all ever found yourself in that situation, where you were a party to the cheating, or blamed the other woman? I'm just trying to wrap my head around this, honestly, because I feel like she should be focusing on HIM, and why she feels the need to go through years of emails...

Oh, and here's the kicker. I feel guilty! I feel literally sick with guilt over this, because I knew his history, and I should have known that he was cheating, I had the vibe, but still participated up to a certain extent. 

Re: So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML

  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_apparently-im-home-wrecking-whore-fml?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:e113fb6f-e005-42fa-a4c1-f372e058deb7Post:f2fffafd-e26d-4183-8894-af60817e016a">So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML</a>:
    [QUOTE]getting married and saying "I will never have sex with anyone ever again"  is a huge thing for guys, and they get tempted to have one last flingPosted by seesawgirl[/QUOTE]

    Say what?
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    [QUOTE]In Response to So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML : Say what?
    Posted by tawillers[/QUOTE]

    <div>
    </div><div>I've been told by...quite a few guys that even though they love someone with all their heart, its difficult knowing that they will never get that "thrill" of a one night stand, ever again. That ego boost, I guess. I get that. I'm not saying its right, just that I understand.</div><div>
    </div><div>Obviously, I'm not condoning what he did at all, but as far as I know, after I told him off, he stayed faithful. Thats what I'm assuming, unless she's emailed tons of other women that he may or may not have been involved with over the years. </div>
  • She's a bitch. To him, to you, probably to everyone she meets.

    Look, I've been the other woman. Actively. With not a shred of guilt - partly because they weren't married, and partly because she was an abusive bitch who would, oh, I don't know, go through FOUR YEARS of old emails to find something to fight with him about. 

    Don't respond. Don't tell him she emailed. Delete it and do nothing, because this is not about you. 
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  • That sounds like a terrible situation but I do feel as though she somewhat brought it upon herself going back years ago and looking through stuff.  She does have the right to know what happened and her FI should have told her because if that was a dealbreaker they could have addressed it than.  I don't think you should get involved in it because it isn't your problem, whats done is done and you can't change that.

    I just REALLY think he should have told her straight up what had happened BEFORE proposing to her so she could have made an informed decision of if she wanted to spend the rest of her life with this guy.
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML : <strong>I've been told by...quite a few guys that even though they love someone with all their heart, its difficult knowing that they will never get that "thrill" of a one night stand, ever again</strong>. That ego boost, I guess. I get that. I'm not saying its right, just that I understand. Obviously, I'm not condoning what he did at all, but as far as I know, after I told him off, he stayed faithful. Thats what I'm assuming, unless she's emailed tons of other women that he may or may not have been involved with over the years. 
    Posted by seesawgirl[/QUOTE]

    Then you've talked to quite a lot of scum bags.
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML : Then you've talked to quite a lot of scum bags.
    Posted by ElleB87[/QUOTE]

    <div>Thats really hilarious. One of these "scum bags" is our officiant/premarital counselor.  Another told me that anyone assuming differently is kind of like women thinking that their husbands don't masturbate to porn anymore. Its not like...an overwhelming urge that can't be controlled, but for some men, it is there. </div>
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: So, apparently, I'm a home wrecking whore. FML : Thats really hilarious. One of these "scum bags" is our officiant/premarital counselor.  Another told me that anyone assuming differently is kind of like women thinking that their husbands don't masturbate to porn anymore. Its not like...an overwhelming urge that can't be controlled, but for some men, it is there. 
    Posted by seesawgirl[/QUOTE]

    I stand by my statement
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  • DG1DG1 member
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    I'm with Elle on it being such a big deal to commit. WTF.

    As for this chick? She is looking for an excuse to leave him. Maybe he's continued to be a douchebag. Or maybe she just wants out for some other reason - pregnancy making her panicky or whatever. But it doesn't have anything to do with you. Sleep well, because you didn't do anything wrong.

    ETA: I'll go ahead and add my standard take on women who blame the other woman for the cheating. The other woman never promised them anything!! If my husband sleeps with someone, it's really he who wronged me, not the other woman. In general, it's still probably not the best idea to sleep with men who are married or in a supposedly seriously-committed relationship, but the buck stops with the cheater and no one else.

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  • In your shoes, I don't think I'd be too invested in this chick, her H, or whether they stay together.  To quote Dwight Schrute, "Beeswax, Not Yours, Inc."  It's between them now.  Ignore the crazy wife.
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    [QUOTE]I'm with Elle on it being such a big deal to commit. WTF. As for this chick? She is looking for an excuse to leave him. Maybe he's continued to be a douchebag. Or maybe she just wants out for some other reason - pregnancy making her panicky or whatever. But it doesn't have anything to do with you. Sleep well, because you didn't do anything wrong. ETA: I'll go ahead and add my standard take on women who blame the other woman for the cheating. The other woman never promised them anything!! If my husband sleeps with someone, it's really he who wronged me, not the other woman. In general, it's still probably not the best idea to sleep with men who are married or in a supposedly seriously-committed relationship, but the buck stops with the cheater and no one else.
    Posted by DG1[/QUOTE]





    See, this is how I feel too. It's never a good idea to do that kind of stuff, breaking up a happy home, but really, if it hadn't been me, it would have been someone else. He did the pursuing, it would have been totally different if I had actively gone after a committed man. It's just been my own personal standard not to get involved with that crap, for this exact reason.
  • Wives don't go through 3+ years of FB messages because everything's happy in Paradise. Their marriage is already in trouble, and she's just having trouble coming to grips with it. She might be a bitch, she might just be lashing out irrationally at you because she can't deal with her anger toward him right now. Given that you basically thought he was a big cheater then, even without evidence, don't you think it's likely he's still cheating now?

    I wouldn't email her, just try to ignore it (save the email in case she's really crazy and comes after you). If you really do want to email her, give her nothing but the plain facts of the case, without trying to sound defensive or without overly bashing her husband.
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    [QUOTE]<strong>Wives don't go through 3+ years of FB messages because everything's happy in Paradise. Their marriage is already in trouble, and she's just having trouble coming to grips with it.</strong> She might be a bitch, she might just be lashing out irrationally at you because she can't deal with her anger toward him right now. Given that you basically thought he was a big cheater then, even without evidence, don't you think it's likely he's still cheating now? I wouldn't email her, just try to ignore it (save the email in case she's really crazy and comes after you). If you really do want to email her, give her nothing but the plain facts of the case, without trying to sound defensive or without overly bashing her husband.
    Posted by BTCarolus[/QUOTE]



    This exactly. There are obviously other problems in the marrage.

    Just stay out of it. Dont email her back, leave it alone.

    She was just probably upset and over reacting upon finding those emails between you and her then Fiance.
  • You're a scumbag if you want to have sex with anyone but the person you're married to?
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