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She Cheated After 5 Months of Marriage... So I Got Revenge! | True Story
Aug 11, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories She Cheated After 5 Months of Marriage... So I Got Revenge! | True Story After 30 years of marriage, I discovered my wife's secret life — a betrayal that shattered everything I thought I knew. This isn't just a story of cheating. It's a story of choices, heartbreak, and how I found the strength to rise above it all. From secret recordings to confronting the other man’s wife… this is my story. One you won’t forget." 🔔 Subscribe for more true stories that hit hard 💬 What would you have done in my place? Let me know in the comments. 📌 Based on a real-life story of love, betrayal, and personal redemption. 🎧 Best experienced with headphones.
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The typical high school romance lasts
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about 3 weeks, but Katie Thomas and Greg
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Hollander were different. They met as a
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freshman and sophomore, and for 40
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years, their story was a whispered
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legend.
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For 30 of those years, I, Thomas Marsh,
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was married to Katie. And for 30 years,
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I was content.
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We had a daughter, Joan, a home, and a
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life built on a solid, if predictable,
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foundation.
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What I didn't know then was that Greg
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was the ghost in our house. Katie often
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told me how Greg, a year her senior, had
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promised to make a fortune on an Alaskan
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pipeline job so he could come back and
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marry her. But the letters stopped
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coming. Greg had found the nomadic
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pipeline life fulfilling. Convinced his
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Kathy was waiting for him. But life
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moves on. Katie went to college, got her
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degree, and at a party at 24, she met
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me. I was 29, steady, and I fell for her
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instantly. It puts me in a difficult
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situation, I said, a lump forming in my
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throat. I had two choices. Tell her to
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turn it down and risk resentment, or
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give her my blessing and hope a long-d
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distanceance marriage could work.
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I'll support you, Judy. We can make it
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work. In that moment, her beaming smile
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made me feel like a hero. I convinced
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myself I was doing the right thing, that
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our love was strong enough to withstand
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the distance. Looking back, she never
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gave me a real choice. She had already
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decided. For the first 2 months, it
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almost worked. We were on the phone
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constantly, talking more than we had in
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years. I bought her a Bluetooth earpiece
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so we could chat while she worked. I
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told myself I'd made the right decision,
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putting her career before my own needs.
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Then two months ago, everything changed.
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Judy called to cancel her trip home,
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citing an urgent need to hire new staff.
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I was understanding.
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I was on the verge of closing a major
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deal that would make my family
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financially secure for life. A deal so
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big it would put me in the top 10% of
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wealthy Americans.
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The payout would give me the freedom to
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travel and spend more time with her. I
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decided to keep it a secret, a surprise
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for when I saw her next.
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The radio silence during that week was
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the longest we'd gone without a proper
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conversation.
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We exchanged texts, but the busyiness of
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our lives left no room for meaningful
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connection.
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While scrolling through WhatsApp, I saw
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her story. A picture of her hugging a
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dark-haired blue-eyed man named Henry, a
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new hire. The caption read, "Dark times
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reveal angels. A cold dread filled me. I
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decided to fly to California to surprise
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her with the news of my success and my
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suspicion. At her office, the
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receptionist, a mutual friend, seemed
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confused when I asked where Judy was.
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She didn't tell you, she said, then
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quickly backtracked. "Oh, I mean, she's
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not here today." The look on her face
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confirmed my fear. I took an Uber to the
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address I'd been given. As I stood at
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her apartment door, a bouquet of flowers
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hidden behind my back, I heard her
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moaning. A man's voice followed. Keep
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going. My heart shattered. 5 and a half
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months. That's all it took. I drove back
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to my hotel. My mind a whirlwind of rage
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and pain. For the next week, I trailed
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her in a rental car. Work, yoga, her
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apartment. She was predictable, and her
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time was spent mostly with Henry. I
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called and texted, but her pleas for
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space to sort out her professional life
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were a transparent lie. The betrayal was
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complete. That's when I stumbled upon an
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old Reddit post, a long, furious email
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titled, "A picture is worth a thousand
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words. It was from a man named Ben. He
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had discovered his wife Amy was cheating
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on him with her boss, Josh."
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Unlike me, Ben went nuclear. He hired a
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private investigator, got explicit
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photos and videos, and sent them in a
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mass email to every family member,
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friend, and coworker.
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The email was a litany of hurt and rage,
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a public shaming of his wife and her
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lover. He wrote about the emotional
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torment, the betrayal, and the lack of
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respect.
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I read every word, my own anger mirrored
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in his. He had executed the perfect
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scorched earth revenge. I was tempted to
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follow in his footsteps, but something
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about the email felt wrong. A desperate
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plea for validation that I didn't want.
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The collateral damage Ben had inflicted
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on his wife, his family, and his career.
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Even Josh's wife and kids felt too
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messy, too destructive.
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I wanted to be whole again, not just
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satisfied. Ben's method was a path I
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would not take. I returned to Judy's
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apartment with a different plan. Instead
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of a public spectacle, I would confront
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her with irrefutable proof.
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I quietly unlocked the door, my phone
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already recording. I walked into her
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bedroom and filmed for a full minute as
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they thrashed around in bed. "When I
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revealed myself," she scrambled for a
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sheet, her face a mask of horror. "We're
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getting divorced," I said, my voice cold
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and steady. "Sign these papers or this
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video goes to your colleagues and
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family," she begged and pleaded.
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promised to resign, swore it was a
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one-time mistake, but every word was a
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lie. My father had taught me that it was
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impossible to look someone in the eye
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and lie. Judy proved him wrong. I
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couldn't look at her without seeing her
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with Henry.
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The deal was done. She signed the papers
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and I sent the video to her parents.
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That was my version of revenge. My rage
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was not yet sated. I still had Henry to
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deal with.
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I flew back to Michigan and learned that
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Henry was also a married man.
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I knew I couldn't go after his career or
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family, not after reading Ben's email.
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Instead, I decided to seek out his wife,
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Amy, to tell her the truth. I rented an
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apartment near Henry's, and for a few
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days, I just watched. Amy was nothing
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like Judy. She was kind, genuine, and
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had a captivating smile.
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We met at a coffee shop and over several
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conversations, a genuine friendship
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formed. I learned she was unhappy in her
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marriage, that Henry was distant and
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neglectful.
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I realized my initial plan to seduce her
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for revenge was a monstrous idea. She
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was an innocent party in all this, just
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like me. I finally showed her the video.
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She watched in stunned silence, her face
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crumbling with each passing second.
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It was hard for me to watch again, but I
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knew she deserved to know.
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Amy was easily convinced. We developed a
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plan for her to confront Henry, and I
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left town, knowing I had empowered her
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to make her own choices. I wasn't there
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for the confrontation. But I made sure
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he knew I was behind his troubles.
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The last I heard, Henry was being
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deported. 5 months have passed since the
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divorce.
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Judy is staying in a motel, working at a
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nightclub. a sad and fitting end to her
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corporate ambitions. She showed up at my
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door, puffy eyed and distraught, begging
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for forgiveness.
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She swore it only happened one time.
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But I knew she was lying. I had learned
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from my mistake. I sent the video to
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everyone who knew her, including her
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former friend at the office. She had to
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face her actions. I, on the other hand,
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am healing.
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I took a vacation to the Dominican
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Republic and I'm starting to build a new
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life for myself. I will never forget
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what happened, but I have found a
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different way to move on. Ben's story,
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the one I found online, ended with him
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finding happiness, too, but not before a
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year of public turmoil and legal
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battles.
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His ex-wife Amy, eventually remarried,
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but she was forever haunted by her past.
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She became a nun-like figure at work,
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wary of all men.
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Josh and his wife Sunny managed to
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reconcile, but it took years of
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counseling and a strict prenuptual
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agreement.
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In Judy's story, the last I heard, she
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was still trying to pick up the pieces.
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What she and Henry did was a brief,
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reckless act of lust, maybe 12 times in
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total, amounting to about 9 hours.
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Was it worth the years of suffering, the
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destroyed marriage, the broken families?
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