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Dear gist with Tee, I don’t even know what to say right now after I found out what my husband did. My hands are shaking, my stomach is in knots, and I feel like l’m about to throw up. I don’t even know why l’m sharing this, maybe just to get it out of my system. I feel like if I don’t, I’m going to lose my mind.

I have been married to my husband for six years considering that we met in our mid-20s, had one of those sweet, steady relationships nothing overly dramatic or passionate, just comfortable. Safe. We were best friends, planning our future. I thought we were solid. God, I really thought we were. But apparently I’ve been an idiot.

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I found out my husband was cheating in the dumbest, most ridiculous way possible. He forgot to log out of his email. I wasn’t even snooping. I wasn’t looking for anything. I was sitting on the couch last night, half-asleep, and he was on his laptop, probably paying bills or checking sports scores or whatever. He closed it when he was done and went to bed before me, like he always does. I didn’t think twice about it.

But then, maybe an hour later, I needed to check my email. My laptop was dead, and his was sitting righ there, so l grabbed it real quick. I figured I’d just open a new tab, log in, check my package tracking, and that’d be it. Except the second I moved the mouse, the screen lit up.And there it was. An open email thread with someone named Samantha.

My stomach dropped. I don’t know why I clicked on it. Maybe I already knew, deep down. Maybe some sick part of me needed to see it with my own eyes. What I saw made my blood run cold.  She had sent my husband a picture not fully naked, but enough to make me feel like the room was spinning. And his response? “God, I can’t stop thinking about the other night. I wish I was in your bed right now instead of at home.”

“At home.” With me. I felt like I was going to throw up. My ears were ringing, my face was hot, and I was just staring at those words, trying to process them. It didn’t feel real. I wanted to close the laptop, pretend I never saw it, crawl into bed next to him and go back to the life I thought I had. But I didn’t. I scrolled. And scrolled. And scrolled.

Months. Months of emails. Of meet-ups. Of “I miss you” and “I wish I could see you” and “I hate sneaking around”. And the worst part? She knew about me. She wasn’t some clueless woman who had no idea he was married. She mentioned me by name. “If you love me, why are you still there?” That last one… that one made my vision blur. If you love me, why are you still there?

I don’t even remember closing the laptop. I don’t remember getting up. The next thing I knew, I was standing at the foot of our bed, looking down at my husband while he slept so peaceful, like he hadn’t just destroyed everything we built together. I wanted to wake him up and scream in his face. I wanted to throw ice water on him, slap him, smash his goddamn laptop against the wall.

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But I didn’t. I just stood there. Because in that moment, I realized I wasn’t looking at my husband anymore. I was looking at a liar. A stranger. Someone I thought I knew, but clearly never really did. I barely slept that night. I just laid there, staring at the ceiling, feeling like I was suffocating. By the time the sun came up, I had already made my decision.

I got up, got dressed, and packed a bag. I didn’t even care if he woke up and saw me. I was done. But before I walked out the door, I went back to his laptop, pulled up his email, and typed one last message to Samantha. “You can have him.” Then I shut the laptop, grabbed my bag, and left. That was 24 hours ago. My husband has been calling but I haven’t answered his calls. I haven’t answered his texts. I don’t even know what the hell I’m supposed to do next.

I recently bought my first home. It’s a big deal for me, and l’ve been working hard to make it my own. I’ve got a couple of siblings, but my sister has always been the type to push boundaries. About a month ago, she came to me in tears, saying she had broken up with her boyfriend and didn’t have anywhere to go.

I felt bad, so I said she could stay with me for a while thinking it would be just a few days. But those few days turned into a couple of weeks, and then a few more. By the time I realized what was happening, she had practically moved in no discussion, no asking if I was okay with it. At first, I didn’t mind too much; I figured it was a rough patch and wanted to help her out.

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But after a few weeks, things started getting really uncomfortable. My sister was leaving her stuff all over the house, not cleaning up after herself, and using my things without asking. She was also making no effort to move out. Every time I asked her about finding a place or making any progress, she’d give me excuses, saying she was “still figuring things out” or “didn’t have enough money.”

But all I saw was her getting more and more comfortable with the idea of living rent-free in my house while I was footing the bill for everything-utilities, groceries, you name it. After a month, I had enough. I asked her straight up when she was planning on leaving. She brushed it off saying she wasn’t ready yet and that I should be more patient.

I tried to stay calm, but it was clear my sister had no intention of leaving. So, I told her flat out that she needed to pack up and go. That’s when things went south. She snapped. I’ve never seen her like this before. She started yelling, calling me selfish and accusing me of being heartless for kicking her out when she was “going through so much.”

Then, she literally shoved me when I tried to grab her suitcase and start moving her stuff toward the door. I wasn’t expecting it at all. I pushed her back to get space, and that’s when she slapped me across the face I froze for a second, trying to process what just happened, and she went off again, screaming at me that I was a terrible brother and that I didn’t care about her. I tried to get her to leave calmly, but my sister was refusing to pack, and it escalated to where I had to call our parents for help.

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My parents came over, and instead of backing me up, they sided with her, saying I should’ve been more patient and understanding. They kept telling me that “family helps family,” and that I shouldn’t have kicked her out, especially during such a tough time.

But I feel like she was taking advantage of my kindness, and I should’ve put my foot down sooner. Now she’s telling everyone I “assaulted” her, even though all I did was try to stop her from causing more damage. She hasn’t spoken to me since, and I don’t think I can look at her the same way again. Did I go too far with kicking her out and standing my ground, or did I have the right to defend my space after everything she did?

Dear Tee, So, I’m sending this to get some outside perspectives and maybe some advice on how to navigate this situation.  I’ve been married to my wife, for almost four years now. We’ve been together for about seven years in total, and our relationship has always been really solid. We met on Bumble back in 2017, and we clicked right away.

She’s smart, funny, and just an all-around great person. Early on, Evie came out to me as bisexual, which I fully supported. I was the first person she confided in, and I helped her come out to her family and friends. Over time, we’d joke about her being attracted to women, maybe point out someone we thought was attractive, but it was always just casual talk.

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When we decided to get married after that, our marriage felt strong, and I didn’t think anything could shake that foundation. We both have always been great at confiding in each other. I and my wife were good at communication and were a safe space for each other. We have had tons of vulnerable conversations and we both supported each other.

But things started to change around a year ago when she started getting close with a co-worker who just started. They hit it off right away, and at first, I didn’t think much of it. To me, this was amazing that she made a new friend and started having a social life, as we moved away from our country. It was much harder for her to meet our friends. I knew this had a toll on her.

But soon enough, my wife and her co-worker bestie were spending more time together, drinks after work, the usual. I didn’t feel threatened, I thought it was just her making a friend. Then, one night, I think it was around October 2023, after a few drinks, the topic of threesomes came up. It was a joke at first, didn’t give it much thought as we were not looking for it and were content with just us.

But her friend messaged me a few days later asking if I was serious. After some back and forth, l agreed, thinking it could be something fun and experimental for our relationship. My woman never really got a chance to explore that part of being attracted to another woman. However, I forgot to point out that her friend is a lesbian.

I was confused how that would work, so that’s why I thought it was a joke. But she seemed serious, she’ll be down for it, but as she has never been with a guy, she said would it be okay if I get to my wife first so I’m comfortable? Looking back, I think she was manipulating me to get close to my wife. I’m such a f***ing idiot

I don’t know exactly when but late 2023. One night, I came home early to find the two of them on the couch, in the middle of something. The two didn’t feel guilty as her friend explained why. However, later my woman knew this was affecting me and said we could stop. We talked about it, but finding out as part of the process from her words, I reluctantly agreed.

A year passed. We did have a threesome in the end. Nothing spectacular, and I did feel pushed out without going into detail. But this was on like a one-time thing. Because they still spend time with each other. And then, my wife’s friend’s lease ended, and my woman asked if she could move in temporarily. I wasn’t exactly thrilled about it, but I agreed.

That was when things started getting complicated. Her friend became a permanent part of our lives, and I couldn’t ignore the fact that she and she were becoming much closer. But it didn’t change how she loved me, she treated me the same. But didn’t spend as much time together as we did and she seemed to be cuddling up to her friend when we watched a film

Then, in December 2024, my wife told me she was pregnant. We’ve been trying for years it’s not been successful until now so I was excited at first!! This is the best news possible & but things took another turn when she told me she had developed romantic feelings for her friend and wanted her to be her girlfriend. She was honest with me about being in love with both of us, and she wasn’t sure how this was going to work but was determined to make it work somehow.

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She suggested counselling as she knew my concerns and wanted to make me happy, but she couldn’t dismiss her love for her girlfriend. Plus, she wants her friend to be involved as a co-parent. I’m honestly a little lost. I want to be there for my wife, and I want to be a good father to our child, but I also don’t know how to handle the dynamics between us now.

I don’t want to lose sight of myself in all this, but at the same time, I’m trying to keep an open mind. Has anyone else dealt with something like this? How do you navigate these feelings when the boundaries start to blur, and your relationship changes in ways you didn’t expect? Any advice would be appreciated.

Dear Tee, I feel like such a loser ever since I decided to take out my 16 weeks pregnancy but I don’t want to tell my boyfriend of my decision. I plan to tell him that I had a miscarriage because he so wanted to have this child.

I am 21 one years old and in the university but my boyfriend is 30 and ready to settle down. I told him to give me two years before getting married which he agreed to. I found out that I am pregnant which is about 16 weeks now but I didn’t tell him because I wanted to be sure of my decision but he found out.

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Now, I have decided that i’m getting an abortion and i have it scheduled already. But i just want to vent and get it off my chest. I want to lie to him about having a miscarriage but on the other hand, it will break him. Don’t get me wrong, I  feel horrible that i’m doing it, but i’m not able to raise a child now.

I am only  21  and I have so much time ahead of me. I tried to keep telling myself that i can push though and make it work. And I know this is the best thing for me to do, than to bring a baby into a world I can’t care for, but i feel so horrible and guilty. I even thought, I would not be able to take it out but I was surprised when I called the clinic that does it and they said they could schedule me in.

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If I tell him I got an abortion, our relationship is over but lying about having a miscarriage will break him but it will make us strong. I haven’t told anyone about getting an abortion, besides my friend who advised to do it and she will be taking me to the place. We live in the US and so its easy.

After this, I will ensure we use a condom all the the time pending when I am ready. I want kids, just not now, that is. What do I do? Do I continue with the abortion?

Dear Tee, I recently found out my dad is cheating on my mom when I accidentally found out several texts between my dad and the women on my mom’s phone. I think she hacked his phone but I don’t if he knows that she knows what he has been up to.

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore my father, he is my hero and my inspiration. My friends keeping telling people that i have one of the best fathers in the world and that he is a nice person. But finding out what he has been doing has been horrid. I hate him and i hate him so much i wish he is dead and i feel guilty for thinking that way.

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But finding out that my dad has been cheating on my mum is pretty horrible and it has changed my outlook on love. My mom and dad are both doctors and my dad is having affairs with the nurses in his workplace and so far he has 5 women that i know of he is cheating with.  The chats are disgusting and i feel like throwing up. it does’nt even sound like the dad that i know.

But I guess that’s what infidelity does to people. I also think that my dad cheating on my mum has resulted in a love child. Because i also found videos of a 3 year old boy who is the son of a woman he has an affair with. The boy looks sooo much like my father than the man that woman is married to.

Some of the women are married and some have kids. One if his women looks very young that you can see she is in her late 20s. When my mum first found out about his infidelities, she had confronted him about it but he promised that he would stop. But the chats on my mum’s phone are recent and I don’t think he knows that she has them.

If they divorce, my siblings and I will be forced to choose between them. And I want to protect them from the fact that our dad is a loser. On the other hand I feel like my dad cheating on my mum will be out in the open soon and until then I have to keep pretending that I hadn’t seen those texts.

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I think hiding my feelings to keep my family together is the best option but everyday i feel like I am torturing myself because i have to smile and act like everything is normal with my dad and feeling sorry for my mom because if I was her I would have kicked that man out of my house already.

I  dont think I’m traumatized and there are people my age who have it worse and i feel like im overreacting. I want to tell my mum that I know and ask her what she will do. But on the other hand, I feel like its not my place. Should i confront my dad abt it?  I dont want that man to ruin my life but I don’t know what to do and I really need some advise.

Dear Tee, first of all, can herpes be cured? I feel like this new situationship infected me with Herpes after having sex. I met this guy in November and we had been talking for about a month.  We did kiss and have sex fast and after a week things were normal between us.

We had a real date planned for later but something came up and we couldn’t go again. But something felt off about that day. For starters, I started experiencing some Herpes symptoms. It started with a rash on my lips and I felt extremely dry all of a sudden.

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I dismissed it but after I read about Herpes symptoms, I noticed that the symptoms had progressed into a burning itchy sensation. I knew immediately something wasn’t right.  Can Herpes can be cured? And can it kill? I am asking because I am worried and sad.

I didn’t go to the hospital to get an official diagnosis earlier because I was heartbroken. He called later and said he wanted to talk about something serious between us then proceeded to break up with me.  He said I’m great and intuitive and I’m beautiful but he isn’t ready for a long-term relationship.

I never said I wanted a long-term relationship since he’s going to college anyway and I didn’t think it would last longer than that. But he cut things off with me and stopped talking to me almost instantly everything stopped. The next day after the breakup, the herpes symptoms increased and I started to feel sick body aches etc.

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Now, I have gotten tested for herpes. And the result came back that I had it in my body in low numbers. But my body had built an immune to it. So immediately I knew what I thought had been confirmed. I feel so terrible because first you break up with me then I find out you’ve infected me with herpes. My whole thing is he rushed everything and forced me into a relationship.

I am sad because the doctor said the Herpes will keep reappearing. I don’t know what to do. Have you had any case with Herpes? Can Herpes be cured completely? Tell us what you think in the comments section.

Dear Tee, I’ve been holding onto this secret for years, and I feel like I need to come clean finally. I don’t know if this will make me feel better or if it’ll just make everything worse, but here it goes. A few years ago, I betrayed my best friend in the worst possible way.

She is my childhood friend, and we were incredibly close shared everything, and supported each other through the toughest times. I trusted them like no one else. There was this one moment where she trusted me with something personal, something vulnerable (can’t share it). She confided in me about something that no one else knew.

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And I betrayed my best friend and that trust in the worst way. I did something I’ll never forgive myself for. At the time, I was dealing with some personal issues stress, anxiety, and a lot of pressure from family and I just wasn’t in a good place mentally. My friend was there for me through all of it. She me her time, her ear, and her heart.

I told someone else about it. Someone who wasn’t even that close to either of us just an acquaintance. I don’t know what came over me, but I thought it was “harmless.” I thought sharing their secret wouldn’t hurt her, but I was wrong. It shattered the trust we had. When she found out, I could see the hurt in their eyes.

I tried to act like it was no big deal. But even deep down, I knew that I betrayed my best friend and it was something unforgivable. We never talked about it. The relationship between us shifted after that. I could tell she started pulling and I didn’t blame her. But I was too proud to admit what I’d done, too ashamed to apologize properly. I just let the silence grow between us, and we drifted apart.

I think about it all the time, especially when I hear about her achieving something or moving on with her life. I never got the chance to apologize or make it right. I don’t even know if she’d want to hear it. I feel like I lost the one person who truly understood me, and it’s entirely my fault. Now, years later, I still regret it every day.

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I have told myself over and over that I should reach out, but I’m afraid that the damage is too much to fix. I don’t know if she will ever forgive me, and I honestly don’t know if I deserve it. I guess what I’m confessing is that I’ve been carrying this guilt for so long, and I just needed to admit it somewhere. I betrayed someone I loved, and I haven’t been able to live with it.

If I could go back in time, I’d make things right in an instant. But now, all I can do is hope that someday, she will forgive me and that I can forgive myself too. I know my friend has made many new connections, and I don’t feel worthy of her friendship anymore. I don’t want to disrupt her happiness by re-entering her life, but I hope she accepts my apology so we can part ways peacefully.

TBN understands that when a relationship ends, people are often obsessed with their ex so much that they fail to understand they are withholding themselves from a better future and better life. Today, we spoke to five people on why they are still hung up on their exes, here is their reply.

Amelia

We dated for five years and in those years, he was the best thing in my life. He was also the happiest and safest, I had ever felt because he made me soften and accept that I do need love and companionship. I was a better person when he loved me and I feel like losing him has taken all that was good out of me. I feel weak and pathetic. My life has gotten so much worse after our break up and I have managed to “do what needs to be done”.  Now, that he is gone, I’m even worse than I started with and I am holding on because I feel if he comes back, my life will be better again. It kills me that he seems so happy and moved on.

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Chioma

I had an online long-distance relationship that started in 2022 and we were together for a year and two months without seeing each other until he ghosted me suddenly. I had already come to terms with him ghosting ages ago and I thought I was never going to hear from him. But he reached out last weekend and confessed that he still has feelings for me and is willing to move to my location for me. I felt like he went from 0 to 100 quickly. It seems now that I am obsessed with my ex. Because I keep thinking about him all the time and wondering if he will come.

Tobi

I think mostly loneliness. I am so used to sharing memes, photos, and what is happening in my life and work with her and all of a sudden she disappears from my life without closure.  It feels like I am mourning someone close to me, except that I know she is alive and going on with her life.

John

I believe because I loved her and when she walked away from me, I felt like life had no meaning.  She knew almost EVERYTHING about me and it was always her and me against the world. Now I am very much obsessed with my ex and I stalk her social media pages. I keep fantasizing about her and it simply hurts so bad. To even think about starting all over AGAIN with someone new fills me with dread.

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Princess

I think I made my partner the source of my happiness and gave up a life of my own. My work was centred around him instead of my passions and hobbies. When we broke up, the source of my happiness was gone and I felt so lost that I didn’t even know what I was doing with my life again. I kept thinking about him and the funny part is, I know he was not good for me but I couldn’t help but think about him.

Nelson

For me, it’s that I don’t accept rejection well and it becomes a representation of that rejection that I feel I need to “fix”. Because I don’t like what it says about me that I’m not good enough, unworthy, or other me are superior to me). Me being obsessed with my ex is also because I have an anxious attachment style as against hee avoidant attachment issues. I am always wondering why she couldn’t commit to me but I am not taking her back if she comes back.

Four weeks ago I passed out at home and was taken to the hospital. And to my greatest shock I am pregnant. Then it was about 27 weeks and I had no clue before then because I still get my period and my stomach was the tiniest it has ever been. No bump and no symptoms.

I have been sexually active and I have always used protection and also was on the pill. But on the night I had my last sex, I had an awful hangover the night after the one-night stand and I had no idea that when you puke after taking birth control it is ineffective. By the way, I am a single parent.

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And I’m not ready for a third child because my two children are both disabled (age 1&2) so I’m in and out of the hospital often. So finding out that I am pregnant is pretty disturbing. My first child attends a special school and the second is on a CPAP machine and multiple meds daily.

He also has been on life support 3 times this year. Which i was lucky enough to find a family who would look after my other child some days, and other days he would visit with me. I live my life on stress. I’m already at breaking point. It was because of this stress that I sought to destress and it ended up like this.

Still, I can’t decide what to do without telling the father. So I called and asked when he would have time to talk. I told him that I was pregnant and he said he doesn’t want to know. But after a while, we met and had a long conversation and have both agreed that adoption would be the right choice. I’ve spoken with an adoption agency who is visiting me this week.

However,  I met up with my friend for lunch and told her about the baby and the fact that I simply can’t handle another child. This my friend has fertility issues and has been trying to get pregnant for years on her own (via sperm donors ). And she expressed interest in adopting my baby and we can go to an agency to get it legalised. On her part, she will support me through pregnancy & birth.

And that she would keep it an open adoption I’m in huge shock And my mind is all over the place. After I told my parents that I was pregnant and my friend’s request. They are telling me it’s a bad idea and I should adopt out to someone I don’t know instead of my friend. Their reason is that it will be less painful in the long run and for me to move on especially if the baby is healthy.

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The baby’s dad says my friend is a great idea as long as his rights are stripped fully and I am starting to think that it’s the best decision.  My baby going somewhere I know she will have a beautiful and amazing life comforts me. I know that my life will be awful and I know many people will never find themselves in my position so I know advice will be short and some people won’t understand my position.

I’m just here to vent because being pregnant in my situation is a lot. Are my parents right?  Am I making the wrong decision in possibly doing this?

Dear Tee, I just find out why my mum chased away my friends and their mum16 years ago. I was 16 at the time and both of my friends aged 16 and 14 at the time alongside their mother was living with us while they went through a divorce. They lived with us for two months until one night.

I was at a sleepover at one of  friend’s house one night only to return in the morning to see them gone. The excuse I got at the time was that the older one being 16 had tried to make a move on my dad in the house. She absolutely slandered that poor girl’s name but somehow I didn’t pursue it.

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Years later I asked my mum about the incident  because I was convinced that I didn’t get the truth but dhe wouldn’t say. So I reached out to her and we met up and I got the true story. I could see the pain in her eyes. She never made a move on my dad. It was the opposite. She told me they’d been drinking on the property then went skinny dipping.

All while my mother was in bed pregnant with my sister. They had made their way into the house and upstairs. Where eventually my mother walked in on them. I let her know I had her back if she ever decided to do anything about it. She said she’d been in therapy for years because of my father. That he did it in such a loving way, it really fucked her up.

I know my mum knew what my dad did to a minor who had just lost her family was not okay but why would she cover it up? She and my dad are still together to date and now  that I am a mum,  it’s all I’ve been able to think about. They still don’t know that I know the truth. It’s reawakened the rage in me.

Especially all of the teenage rage they made me shove down for so long. Because if anyone did that to my daughter, or if I caught my husband in that situation, HELL NO. It was easy to shove down before because I learned from the best. 

I want to bring it up to my mom but she would just get angry and talk shit. She’d probably say the past is the past and I need to let it go. That people can change. But I know he hasn’t changed due to events over the recent years with his anger and control issues. He’s a very big narcissist who believes he can do no wrong whatsoever.

And my mother is so far up his ass. It makes me wonder if the 16yo was his only victim. If she was, and if he’s never done it again, would that be okay? Is this forgivable? Because I don’t feel like it is.I want to tell the whole family, but I feel like they’d just downplay it and make me seem absurd. Cut me off and turn my siblings against me. They’ve done it before when I called them out on other things. So, here I am. Just needing to get it out I guess. What would you do?