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What could her/his SO's version of the story be? [Details inside].

Asked by rebbel (35553points) January 20th, 2012

I have asked a question on this before (Feel sorry for the third party?) but recently, after having read several questions on the subject on Fluther, I became interested in it again.
This is the (made up) story I used a man as the story teller, but it could have been a woman too, of course:
Hi, I am a guy, married with children for six years.
My wife, who used to be my manager in the supermarket that we both worked at, has been behaving strange lately.
For a few times already the last weeks she had, supposedly, meetings with potential business partners, but when she comes home she smells of aftershave and a couple of nights she didn’t feel like having sex.
Usually she has a big sex drive, by the way.
On top of the smells and the decreased sex drive, an old colleague of us texted me that she heard that my wife was seen by someone, having diner in a restaurant, supposedly with a man.
I should add that she has confessed to me, in the beginning of our marriage, that she cheated on her first husband once.
Do you think she is cheating?
What should I do?

Do we always believe the OP’s version of a story like the one above?

Instead of answering those two last questions in the fictional story I want to ask you what the version of this story from the fictional wife could be?

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Skaggfacemutt's avatar

I have been planning a surprise birthday party for my husband. It wasn’t easy, but I finally got all of his best buddies contacted and we have been meeting at Iggy’s after work to plan. I have been getting home kind of late, and really tired. Now my husband is acting all cold and distant, and I wonder if I should even go ahead with this party.

SpatzieLover's avatar

I’m a devoted mom of 6 beautiful children.
My husband and I have been married for 12 years.

In the beginning, our marriage was perfection. My husband is a devoted dad. He fully participates in our childrens lives.

Lately, something has changed. he’s become confrontational and accussatory. He insists that when I go out I wear what he chooses. Where this interest in my wardrobe came from I don’t know. He used to compliment me on my apppearance. Now, he looks for flaws. That top for a meeting? Why are you having your hair and nails done again?

It’s gotten so bad I’ve requested we seek counseling. He refused. Now, I’ve had to begin lying about where I’m going, because he refuses to allow me to get therapy on my own.

Recently, a co-worker recommended I go out to coffee with her husband. He’s a retired marriage counselor. He gave me some great tips on how I can try to open the door for my husband to come to therapy with me.

flutherother's avatar

Hi, I am a woman, married with children for six years.

My husband, who was once an employee of mine in the supermarket we both worked at, has been behaving strangely lately.

He hasn’t felt like having sex, which is unlike him. I tried to get him interested by applying a new and expensive perfume before coming home. It didn’t work. So much for Chanel, it put him in a bad mood for the rest of the evening.

We even went out for a romantic meal together but that didn’t work either. He wore the jacket and trousers he got for Christmas last year and nobody recognised him.

On top of all this my husband has been in contact with an old female colleague of his. I recognized her number on his mobile phone bill.

My husband confessed to me once that he had cheated on his first wife. I am beginning to suspect he may be cheating on me.

What should I do?

Dutchess_III's avatar

Hi. I’ve been married 8 years and have 3 small, pre-school age children. I’m an exhausted, stay-at-home Mom. Lately my husband has been accusing me of cheating on him. He claims that he’s caught me acting flirtatiously with other men—I have NEVER been a flirty girl, not even when I was single. I don’t go anywhere, I’m always home if and when he calls (this was pre-cell phone days) and above all, I don’t have the time to cheat or flirt…which is something I would never do anyway, and he knows this. Or he should know this. He’s supposed to know me better than anyone else, right? It hurts that he would accuse me of this, especially since he has no evidence of any kind that I’m doing such a thing. It’s all in his mind.

So, what’s up with that? And, oh yeah. There is someone who calls for him and he always takes the call on the extension in the basement. What’s up with that?

6rant6's avatar

I met this guy in a bar. He asked for my phone number and I gave it to him. I was drunk, okay. Not one of my better moments, I know.

I keep stressing over the possibility that he will call and talk to my husband. Yikes! It’s made me very uncomfortable even to be around my husband. I think possibly the guy has already called, because hubby dearest keeps staring at me and telling me I smell funny.

So this guy from the bar texts me that he saw on Facebook that I’m married and wants to know if I want to go off the reservation, so to speak.

So can anybody here watch the kids so I can get a night out?

RareDenver's avatar

Hi I’m a lying cheating whore. The end.

bkcunningham's avatar

I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself, @6rant6.

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