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I Caught My Husband with My Sister. Then It Got Worse. | Confess World
I never thought my life could unravel this badly. My sister lost her husband… and then took mine. What started as grief support turned into a nightmare of betrayal, manipulation, and heartbreak. I caught them together, was told I wasn’t loved, found out I was pregnant, and then watched my entire family turn against me.
This is my story—raw, painful, and real. It’s about the devastating ripple effects of betrayal, how desperate we become trying to hold on to love, and the brutal cost of ignoring red flags.
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My sister Lisa lost her husband about a
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year ago. It was a tragic time and in
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the aftermath, she naturally reached out
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to our family for support. My husband
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Rick, always a compassionate soul, was
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there for her. They started hanging out
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a lot, sometimes without me, which at
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first I didn't think much of. Grieving
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people need space, right? But then I
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came home one day and found them
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sleeping in our bed. They weren't facing
0:28
each other and they were fully clothed,
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but still. It was our bed. My bed. I
0:35
remember the surge of discomfort,
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confusion, and a deep unsettling
0:39
feeling.
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I confronted them angry, asking what was
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going on. Neither of them seemed to
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understand why I was upset. They acted
0:49
as if it was completely innocent.
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Regardless, it made me deeply
0:53
uncomfortable, and I asked Lisa to
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leave.
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I thought that would be the end of it. I
0:59
truly did. Well, the very next day, my
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husband invited her over without saying
1:03
anything to me. I remember opening the
1:06
door to find her standing there, tears
1:08
streaming down her face. Before I could
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even react, she ran into his arms.
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And then, before anyone said anything,
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she did something that completely
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floored me. She demanded I leave the
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room. She had something to say, she
1:23
claimed, but didn't feel comfortable
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telling me with me present.
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I teared up, my mind reeling, a cold
1:30
dread creeping into my stomach.
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I went into the other room, barely
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registering what was happening, my heart
1:36
pounding with a terrible premonition.
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And then I heard it, Lisa moaning. I got
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up, my legs feeling like lead, and
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walked back into the room. What I saw
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next shattered my entire world right in
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front of my eyes. They were making out.
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My husband, my sister in our home, I
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couldn't breathe. I ran out, desperate
2:01
to escape, feeling like I was going to
2:03
vomit right there and locked myself in
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my room.
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An hour later, Rick walked in. He
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wouldn't even look at me. He mumbled
2:12
something barely audible and went and
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sat on the bed.
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I was so consumed with rage that he
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wouldn't even meet my eyes that I almost
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left right then and there. I finally
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managed to ask him, "What the hell is
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going on with you and my sister?" He sat
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there for a few minutes, silent while I
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was crying my eyes out, the tears
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blurring my vision,
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until I finally yelled at him to answer
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me. He whispered two words that ripped
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through me.
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I love her. At this point, I completely
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lost it. I started screaming, "How could
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you do this to me? Do these past 10
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years mean nothing to you?" I literally
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dropped to my knees, pleading, "How
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could you betray me with my own sister
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and then tell me you love her?"
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He was quiet the entire time, letting my
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anguish fill the room until I finally
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stopped yelling, exhausted and raw. Then
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he spoke again. He said that he had been
3:12
regretting not experimenting with other
3:13
women before we got married and that he
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shouldn't have married the first girl he
3:17
was with. I was stunned.
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"Did you even ever love me?" I asked, my
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voice barely a whisper. "He said yes,
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but that after spending time with my
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sister, he realizes she is who he wants
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to be with." I had no words. My entire
3:35
life was falling apart in front of my
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eyes, and I was terrified. In that
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moment of absolute despair, a desperate,
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almost subconscious thought surfaced. I
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dropped a bombshell on him. I told him I
3:47
might be pregnant. It was the truth. We
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had been trying for a while and I was
3:53
late. His reaction, however, was not
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what I expected. He didn't freak out. He
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said that he would support me. But then
4:01
he delivered the next crushing blow. He
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said that he was leaving me to go be
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with my sister. He apologized to me and
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told me I deserved better than him and
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that he would do whatever he could to
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help me and the baby. And then came the
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ultimate insult. If I agreed to divorce
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him, he would give me everything.
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He just wants out of our marriage. In
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that moment, I felt like I hated him and
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never wanted to see him again. So, I
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screamed at him. Fine, just get the f
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out. You ruined my life. I hope you are
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effing happy, you piece of crap.
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And then he had the audacity to try to
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hug me. I flipped out and pushed him off
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of me, recoiling from his touch.
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Someone knocked on the door then,
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interrupting the nightmare. He told me
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that he still loved me and we would
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figure everything out. And then he left
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just like that. I decided to call my
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parents and tell them what happened,
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needing some anchor in the chaos. My
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mom, instead of comfort, dropped another
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bombshell on me. My sister had told her
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a while ago that she had feelings for my
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husband and wanted to be with him. My
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own mother knew and hadn't told me. At
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that moment, I was sitting on the
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computer numbly looking up lawyers in my
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area. I woke up this morning feeling
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like complete crap, an emotional and
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physical hangover.
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I didn't want to get up. I finally
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dragged myself to get a pregnancy test
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and thank God I was not pregnant.
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It was bittersweet because we had been
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trying to get pregnant for a while now
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and I never thought I'd be so glad to
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see I wasn't pregnant. The thought of
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bringing a child into this absolute
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mess.
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It was too much. A little while later, I
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left the house to get groceries, my head
5:46
still spinning. When I opened my
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mailbox, there was a letter in it from
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Lisa. After I got home, I opened it and
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read it. It was an apology of sorts. She
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said that she was very vulnerable after
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losing her husband and after spending so
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much time with my husband. She started
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to fall for him. She thought she
6:08
wouldn't ever love anyone else again. So
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when she realized she loved my husband,
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she knew she couldn't let him go. She
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actually wrote that no one else can fill
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the hole in her heart except him. Lisa
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promised they never physically did
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anything before that kiss I caught them
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in. and she went on to say she needs me
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in her life and that she hopes I can
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forgive her. I can't write any more
6:31
about this right now. I was a mess. Rick
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also called me a little while ago. I
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didn't pick up the phone, so he texted
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me. And guess what he said? He told me
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that he still loves me and that we can
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find a way to work this out. I don't
6:45
know what the that means since he
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just left me for Lisa. Now I'm really
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confused because now that I'm not
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pregnant, I actually want to be. And I
6:55
want my marriage to not be over even
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though I hate him for what he's done to
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me. Why would he text me that? Is he
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changing his mind? I'm so utterly
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confused. I wish these past few days
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never happened so there would be nothing
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wrong still. I know I shouldn't forgive
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him if he wants another chance, but 10
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years of marriage, we were going to be
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parents.
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I'm so confused and hurt I can't even
7:20
think straight. I talked to my mother
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again and this time she informed me that
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she has known about my sister having a
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thing for my husband for quite some
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time. She didn't want to tell me she
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said because she was trying to get my
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sister to give up the idea and she did
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not want me to be hurt. She apparently
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got my sister to agree to let it go a
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few months ago and never heard anything
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more about it. So she thought it was
7:44
over. The level of deception in my own
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family, it's sickening. In the letter I
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got in the mail, I did not want to write
7:53
it all down because it was very painful.
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But a few days has passed and I am ready
7:57
to share some more information.
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In the letter, Lisa apologized for her
8:02
behavior, but also went on to blame me.
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She said that I flaunted my happiness in
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front of her with my husband.
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She wrote she couldn't stand to see how
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happy we were and how he genuinely loved
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me and she had no one.
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She also went on to say that my husband
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told her he never really loved me and
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that she was who he really wanted to be
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with and asked me to not contact him.
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She wants me to go through her if I want
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to say anything to him and that she will
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bring over the divorce papers in a few
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weeks. My head spun trying to process
8:36
this. I have had a few days to process
8:39
this information, but the more I think
8:41
about it, the more confusing it seems to
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me. And then I got more information
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today.
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Lisa is pregnant. She says it's Rick's.
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Rick called me as soon as he heard my
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father informed me. I picked up the
8:55
phone only because I wanted to hear how
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he could lie to my face and tell me
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nothing happened between them before
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that kiss.
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He told me that he was so sorry, and he
9:05
didn't want it to happen this way. that
9:07
my father wasn't supposed to tell me. I
9:09
started crying and asked him how he
9:11
could get pregnant with Lisa when we
9:13
were trying for a baby. Then he said
9:15
something that stunned me so much my
9:18
head is still spinning from it. Rick
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told me he could still get me pregnant
9:22
if I wanted. I screamed at him. Why the
9:25
foss would I want to be pregnant with
9:27
your child when you are a piece of crap?
9:30
He then tried to explain himself. He
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said that he wanted to be with both me
9:34
and my sister and that he thinks he is
9:36
polyamorous. I was so shocked that I
9:38
started laughing. A hysterical
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disbelieving laugh. After I stopped
9:43
laughing, he tried to say something
9:45
else. Then I heard Lisa enter the room
9:48
and ask who he was on the phone with. He
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said, "Nobody." And hung up. A little
9:55
later, my sister texted me and told me
9:57
she would bring over the divorce papers
9:59
in a week and expected me to sign them
10:01
on the spot as my husband is giving me
10:04
everything. She then gave me a heads up.
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They are getting married next month and
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I am invited to the wedding if I agree
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to pretend like I was never even
10:14
romantically involved with my husband. I
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am literally at such a loss right now.
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Who the is this man? And where is
10:22
the one I married? Why the after
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all this crap, do I still want to be
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with him even though I know I can't be?
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I just want the man I've been with for
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the past 10 years back. I hate Lisa and
10:37
no longer consider her my sister. She
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has ruined my entire life. But what do I
10:42
do about my husband? He just texted me
10:45
right now saying he still wants to be
10:47
with me, loves me, and wants a baby with
10:49
me. Why is he doing this to me? Why am I
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even considering it? I am deeply ashamed
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to write this and admit it. But after
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Rick hung up that call, the offer got
10:59
more and more tempting.
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I started thinking about it, becoming
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enraged at my sister for doing what she
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did to me, thinking that I could get
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back at her by doing it, throwing it in
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her face that her new boyfriend doesn't
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love her more than me. After all, I was
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so angry that I heavily considered doing
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it. The more I thought about it, the
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more I wanted to out of sheer petty
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revenge.
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Don't get me wrong, I also wanted my
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husband and my life back. But the
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thought of seeing my sister's newfound
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happiness and smuggness over me come
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crashing down gave me a pleasure that I
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never would have imagined. My sister
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tried very hard to keep my contact with
11:38
Rick limited. I think she was afraid he
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would come back to me if she didn't. She
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was only able to accomplish this for a
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few months. Rick tried to contact me in
11:48
numerous ways during this time, but it
11:50
was always very brief. I was still angry
11:53
and non-receptive to his advances, but
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he started becoming more and more
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aggressive, telling me how much he loved
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me, how much he missed me, and how much
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he still wanted me. I even tried
12:05
blocking him on certain social media
12:07
accounts, but he kept trying on others.
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I know I should have just blocked him on
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everything, but I just couldn't. The
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more he tried, the harder it was for me
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to say no. Unfortunately, this resulted
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in us getting back together.
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I told him I wouldn't stay with him
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unless he left my sister. He swore to me
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up and down he loved me more than
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anything, and that facing losing me made
12:30
him realize it, and that my sister was
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nothing to him. Everything was amazing
12:36
between us again. It was like old times,
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and like my sister didn't even exist
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when he was with me. Yet every night he
12:45
would go back to her. Stupidly, I
12:48
decided to believe him when he said he
12:49
was just waiting for the right time and
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excuse after excuse about how bad he
12:53
felt for her. Things felt so much better
12:56
when he was back with me. I didn't want
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to lose him again. Unfortunately, I
13:02
ended up getting pregnant because I did
13:04
not recont continue my birth control
13:06
from when we were trying for a child
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before any of this happened. At the
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time, we were both ecstatic and
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everything seemed like it was a dream
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come true. I had my husband back. We
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were having a child and my life was no
13:20
longer in pieces.
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I was so happy that I turned a blind eye
13:24
to everything obviously messed up about
13:26
the situation.
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I didn't want to see it. I just wanted
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to stay happy. It wasn't long before
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Lisa found out and my entire family
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turned on me. My parents told me how it
13:38
seems like I did this just out of
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retaliation and to hurt Lisa.
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They weren't completely wrong, but I
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mainly just wanted my old life back.
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Long story short, Lisa went absolutely
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berserk. She threatened to unalive me
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and sent me a long list of neverending
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harassing texts, emails, and calls. I
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endured hell from her and my family for
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months until I had to get a protective
14:02
order. This only resulted in my family
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hating me even more.
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Now, none of them will speak to me. And
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Rick, Rick has been issued an ultimatum
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by them. Cut me off or be cut off from
14:15
the family himself.
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He hasn't decided on what he is going to
14:18
do yet, but it seems like he is leaning
14:21
towards cutting me off as he has been
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communicating with me less and less
14:24
these past weeks. Not to mention, there
14:28
has been mounting pressure from the
14:29
family for him to finalize the divorce.
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But it hasn't happened for various
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reasons. The last thing he told me was
14:37
that he feels badly, but that he loves
14:40
her and passive aggressively insinuated
14:42
that I tempted him into trying to get
14:44
back with me, which is complete bull
14:47
crap because he was the one who kept
14:49
pursuing me. He even said that I
14:51
shouldn't have gotten pregnant because
14:53
now I've made his life so much harder.
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How I let myself believe he was the man
14:57
I married again is beyond me. Now all I
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see is how clouded my judgment has been
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and the utter mess I've gotten myself
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into.
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How I wanted to be happy again so badly.
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I destroyed my life even more trying to
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get that back. I'm 8 months pregnant and
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scared. I don't know how I can raise
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this baby alone. I really don't want to
15:21
give her up for adoption. And the pain
15:23
of losing my husband twice is
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unbearable.
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Even though I know it was because of my
15:28
own stupidity,
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I still love him and can't believe
15:32
everything he has done to me. Losing my
15:35
entire family over this has also been a
15:36
huge kick when I'm at rock bottom. Most
15:40
of our mutual friends have distanced
15:41
themselves from us because no one wants
15:43
to take sides. But it's obvious they are
15:46
all quite disgusted with the way things
15:47
have turned out. I have no one left now.
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This story is a heartbreaking cautionary
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tale about the devastating ripple
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effects of betrayal. the allure of toxic
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relationships and the desperate, often
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self-destructive ways we try to reclaim
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what we've lost.
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It's a raw look at how easily we can be
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manipulated by our own desires for
16:08
happiness and revenge and the profound
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cost of losing not just a partner but an
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entire family.
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What are your thoughts on this truly
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tragic situation?
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