I stopped at a gas station I rarely use and saw my boyfriend’s mother kissing a man in her car. He was not her husband. She did not notice me, and I…
Confessions & Secrets
Temptation, difficult choices, and relationship stories that refuse to end neatly.
He Proposed a Future Before Telling Me About His Ten-Year Relationship
In my forties, after bereavement and a difficult earlier relationship, I reconnected with a man I had dated in college. Andrew lived in another state.…
I Didn’t Love Her. I Just Wanted to Feel Loved.
She thought I wanted a relationship. I wanted someone to want me.
We Had Agreed to Explore. We Had Not Agreed to Lie.
My husband and I had been married seven years. We had discussed sexual exploration, including encounters together and intimate messages with others.…
I Went to a Brothel, Then Left. The Decision Still Came Home With Me.
I was sitting in the lounge of a brothel, attempting to decide whether being there counted as cheating. It was an impressively narrow question from a…
My Wife Offered a Hall Pass. I Wanted to Know What She Meant.
After a long period of little sexual contact, a wife tells her husband he can sleep with other people. He loves her and misses their earlier intimacy.…
I Wanted My Belongings Back. I Did Not Need an Update on His New Relationship.
I had been with him for two years and was spending much of my time at his place while dealing with health problems. Then I walked in and found another…
The Other Man Came to My Door. The Camera Did Not Answer Everything.
After my wife’s affair came to light, our home became a place for difficult practical arrangements: collecting belongings, deciding when to meet, and…
I Discovered His Affair Three Months Into My Pregnancy
We had been together three years, and I had thought our marriage was unusually easy to talk about. Three months into my pregnancy, I was still…
She Said It Was Only Chatting. We Still Needed to Discuss the Messages.
In December, I asked my wife about messages with another man. She said they had been chatting and admitted that some conversations were flirtatious.…