40 Stories Of Unfaithful Lovers Who Were Caught In The Act

I briefly became the “other” woman without knowing it while grieving my sibling’s unexpected passing. I met a fun, busy guy, which suited my desire for something non-serious. After four months, I discovered he was married with small children when a coworker asked about his wife at a bar. I confronted him privately and then ghosted him, unable to handle the fallout due to my own stress and grief. Though I considered contacting his wife, I chose not to play relationship police. Five years later, I still feel terrible for her and sometimes wonder if I should tell her, but I’m unsure if it’s the right move.

In the early 90s, before the internet, my fiancée Meg went to Belgium for an internship while I stayed back to set up our future home. Two weeks before her return, I discovered my childhood neighbor Claire working at a nearby coffee house. Claire was also engaged to a man named Ben, who was interning in Belgium. Claire soon learned from her Aunt Sue, who had seen Ben in Prague with a woman named Meg, that Ben and Meg had been seeing each other throughout their internships. I confronted Meg, who admitted to the affair. Claire had already thrown Ben’s belongings on the lawn, and I picked Meg up from the airport only to tell her our friends knew what she had done and that I never wanted to see her again. Remarkably, Meg and Ben later married and divorced after he cheated on her. The universe works in mysterious ways.