What a tangled web we weave when we conspire to deceive. Many cheaters will do whatever it takes to to cover their dirty tracks. Some get away with it. Others come clean...
Then there are those who never meant to get caught, but thanks to an unexpected and probably unwanted "accident," all their proverbial skeletons come tumbling out of the closet. Maybe they left a voicenote on their partner's phone by mistake, revealing things meant for another's ears. Perhaps the side piece wants to be the main dish so they spill the beans. However it happens, drama is sure to follow.
People have been sharing the ways they accidentally found out their SO was cheating, and many of the stories are proof that the truth does eventually prevail. Bored Panda has put together a list of the best tales of cheaters caught with their pants down, or otherwise compromised. Let us know which ones hit close to home by tapping the upvote button.
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#41
I phoned him after being told I was suffering a miscarriage, and a woman picked up to question who I was and why my name was all over her boyfriend’s phone. He blocked me as soon as I hung up after telling her everything and I haven’t heard from or seen him since. This was years ago, I’ve recently lost another baby and my partner has looked after me so well, I don’t know how I survived going through it all on my own the first time on top of discovering my ex had been cheating.
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#42
I was married for about 6 months and something just wasn't right... Finally one day her and I were driving in her car to her parents for an event and once I got there I dropped her off and said I wasn't feeling well, that I was going to go back home instead of staying. On my way home I stopped at a grocery store parking lot and tore her car apart.... Finally found a cell phone hidden behind the trunk liner.
Turned it on and read the text messages. All of the texts she sent to her boss saying she missed him and that she was on her way etc coincided with all of the times she said she was meeting her girlfriends for lunch or something. It was a phone he bought for her. I called the number and he was surprised it was me, her husband on the other end. I chewed him out and he played dumb. I explained he can keep her... I'm done. I called the wife from the same phone and told her I found her phone, don't bother coming home.
It was like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. What I suspectedfor months was finally confirmed. I wasn't crazy. I went to Walmart and bought new deadbolts for the house. It turns out she had been sleeping with her boss for at least 6 months prior to our wedding as well. I'm like why even marry me then? I don't get it.
Man I wish I had access to gps trackers back then like we do now. That would have made things so much easier... hehe. Would have been much better to confront them at his house or at a motel etc. Oh well.
Once we separated... and I filed for divorce, Her maid of honor that was in our wedding reached out to me and next thing I know we're having drinks and began to date shortly thereafter. The soon to be ex-wife HATED that. Bonus.
Turned it on and read the text messages. All of the texts she sent to her boss saying she missed him and that she was on her way etc coincided with all of the times she said she was meeting her girlfriends for lunch or something. It was a phone he bought for her. I called the number and he was surprised it was me, her husband on the other end. I chewed him out and he played dumb. I explained he can keep her... I'm done. I called the wife from the same phone and told her I found her phone, don't bother coming home.
It was like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. What I suspectedfor months was finally confirmed. I wasn't crazy. I went to Walmart and bought new deadbolts for the house. It turns out she had been sleeping with her boss for at least 6 months prior to our wedding as well. I'm like why even marry me then? I don't get it.
Man I wish I had access to gps trackers back then like we do now. That would have made things so much easier... hehe. Would have been much better to confront them at his house or at a motel etc. Oh well.
Once we separated... and I filed for divorce, Her maid of honor that was in our wedding reached out to me and next thing I know we're having drinks and began to date shortly thereafter. The soon to be ex-wife HATED that. Bonus.
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#44
My mom found out about my dad bc he put the blankets back on the bed upside down and he actually did a load of laundry.
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#45
Oddly enough, it was right here on Reddit! When we broke up I didn't feel like I quite had the closure I needed. It felt like I was missing something that led to the break-up. Something didn't feel right.
A year or so prior she had introduced me to Reddit, so we were friends with each other. I don't remember what it was exactly, but I remember seeing some comment dialogue with another Redditor that seemed unusual. I checked his profile and he had been posting about meeting and dating someone who sounded similar to my ex around the time things were going south for us. I reached out to him and after a conversation we determined that we were talking about the same person, he even knew of me and thought she and I were just friends.
I confronted her and she admitted to cheating. It absolutely devastated me at the time, but I slowly picked up the pieces and put myself back together. Ultimately I'm better off now and found my wonderful wife.
On the other hand, my ex ended up cheating on the Redditor as well. I definitely dodged a bullet.
A year or so prior she had introduced me to Reddit, so we were friends with each other. I don't remember what it was exactly, but I remember seeing some comment dialogue with another Redditor that seemed unusual. I checked his profile and he had been posting about meeting and dating someone who sounded similar to my ex around the time things were going south for us. I reached out to him and after a conversation we determined that we were talking about the same person, he even knew of me and thought she and I were just friends.
I confronted her and she admitted to cheating. It absolutely devastated me at the time, but I slowly picked up the pieces and put myself back together. Ultimately I'm better off now and found my wonderful wife.
On the other hand, my ex ended up cheating on the Redditor as well. I definitely dodged a bullet.
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#46
He said he didn’t have a Facebook account, but one day I saw that he had the app on his phone... so I searched him up, and a little stalking later found out:
1. His name wasn’t Sam, that was the dog’s name
2. He had a wife, and the “family vacation” he had gone on a few months back was actually his wedding
3. I was definitely the side chick
The confrontation was... unpleasant. We’d been together for almost two years, and looking back from where I am now I realize he’d always been a manipulator. But I didn’t want to see it for what it was. I eventually left him, but some days I’m not sure I’m over him. That relationship broke me.
1. His name wasn’t Sam, that was the dog’s name
2. He had a wife, and the “family vacation” he had gone on a few months back was actually his wedding
3. I was definitely the side chick
The confrontation was... unpleasant. We’d been together for almost two years, and looking back from where I am now I realize he’d always been a manipulator. But I didn’t want to see it for what it was. I eventually left him, but some days I’m not sure I’m over him. That relationship broke me.
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#47
She dumped me out of the blue. Couple of months later she posted pics of the two of them on a vacation. Year or so later they got married.
It hurts every day.
It hurts every day.
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#48
Had a weird moment where I wanted to play a game on her phone while she wanted to sleep and she kinda wrestled the phone away from me and didn't let me use it. A bit of a red flag but I let it slip by.
A few weeks later we were on vacation and she was basically texting and hiding her phone from me with every change she got. Confronted her about what was going on and she told me she was texting with a guy from her new workplace but I shouldn't worry about it. Saw it as another red flag but let it go again.
First day after we got back from our trip she said she wanted to go out with her colleagues for some drinks (something she'd never done before) and told her to go out and have some fun. She came home with her makeup smeared a bit on her face and ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth immediately.
I was getting really suspicious by this point and installed a sort of a keylogger on her laptop and basically found out she stared going out with the work colleague she told me not to worry about. Ended it the next day. Five years down the drain.
A few weeks later we were on vacation and she was basically texting and hiding her phone from me with every change she got. Confronted her about what was going on and she told me she was texting with a guy from her new workplace but I shouldn't worry about it. Saw it as another red flag but let it go again.
First day after we got back from our trip she said she wanted to go out with her colleagues for some drinks (something she'd never done before) and told her to go out and have some fun. She came home with her makeup smeared a bit on her face and ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth immediately.
I was getting really suspicious by this point and installed a sort of a keylogger on her laptop and basically found out she stared going out with the work colleague she told me not to worry about. Ended it the next day. Five years down the drain.
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#49
2 days before my husband passed away he told me he had been with over 20 men during our 25 year marriage. I
It’s been over 4 years and I’m still in shock and haven’t cried one tear over the loss.
It’s been over 4 years and I’m still in shock and haven’t cried one tear over the loss.
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#50
He went out one night and I noticed he withdrew $500 from an ATM. I asked the next day what it was for and he said it was to get drinks, but he seemed cagey in his answer.
He was acting off over the next few days and I got a weird feeling so I snooped on his laptop and saw an email from an Uber trip from that night. I google mapped the address the uber went, and turns out it was a brothel.
He was acting off over the next few days and I got a weird feeling so I snooped on his laptop and saw an email from an Uber trip from that night. I google mapped the address the uber went, and turns out it was a brothel.
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#51
We were supposed to go out but she said she was sick and wanted to be alone to rest then my friend text me asking when I was going to go to the party(a party I didn’t know was going on) because my gf was there.
Apparently she went with another guy.
Apparently she went with another guy.
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#52
Boyfriend of 7 years and soon to be fiancé received a new work phone and asked me to help him transfer everything over as I am very tech savvy. The data migration tool I used had a window that showed the contents of what was being moved. He and I were sitting on the couch next to each other with my laptop when a ton of explicit messages and images were shown on screen.
I was totally in shock. Not once had I ever suspected him of cheating but come to find out he was having flings with various women while on business trips.
If it wasn't for that, I may have never found out. We had a very happy, healthy, and strong relationship and none of his behavior was ever suspicious. In the end, I left him and I have never had any regrets.
In a previous relationship, I caught my then boyfriend in bed with my roommate after coming home from my grandmothers funeral a day early.
I was totally in shock. Not once had I ever suspected him of cheating but come to find out he was having flings with various women while on business trips.
If it wasn't for that, I may have never found out. We had a very happy, healthy, and strong relationship and none of his behavior was ever suspicious. In the end, I left him and I have never had any regrets.
In a previous relationship, I caught my then boyfriend in bed with my roommate after coming home from my grandmothers funeral a day early.
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#53
I got a Facebook message request from someone I wasn't at all connected to. I accepted it and it turned out to be the SO of someone my husband was cheating with. The guy provided evidence, including recordings of voicemails my husband had left the woman. Complete & utter surprise; we'd been married over 10 years. He'd been cheating on work trips for almost a year. I think the guy just wanted to blow up my husband's life - and he did.
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#54
I used to say "i've never been cheated on."
now i say "i've never been cheated on, to my knowledge".
now i say "i've never been cheated on, to my knowledge".
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#55
My ex wife always had a way of clamming up and becoming miserable if she wanted to tell me something, but wouldn't for days. This time was different. Nearly a week during my Christmas vacation she was the worst. The final days of vacation it came out that she had slept with her ex, Tyler. She ran out shortly after. I'll spare the major details but we're now divorced. Hard to trust anymore, but I only have myself to deal with these days.
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#56
She walked up the stairs all quiet one night, and I just felt something off. I came out in the hallway to catch her and said, "Were you cheating on me?" She replied, "How did you know?" -- I didn't, it was just a feeling.
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#57
My daughter n son in law went for A romantic Valentine's dinner. My ex was at the same restaurant with another woman. He told me he was going to be playing video games with his son. Yeah, what a POS.
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#59
I saw the guy she told me not to worry about change his relationship status. Asked her about it and she became a nervous wreck and told me. Last week was quite something.
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#60
His best friend's wife told me *accidently*, because my ex-husband failed to get his story straight with his buddy/scapegoat, then after the divorce was final he admitted it in a ploy to get me back.
XH told me he had been working late, then met his buddy for drinks. I talked to buddy's wife (we were friends, I was oblivious, I didn't go out hunting for info) that weekend at a dinner party and she mentioned a big decision they'd spent the evening discussing the same night XH was supposedly out drinking with him. It's really that dumb, because he could have just said he worked even later and had a beer at work or when he got home *before me*, and I'd have been none the wiser.
After the divorce, I found out he'd been with "Maria" for months and had managed to keep it from all his friends. His friends only found out about her when he dumped her to try to "call off the divorce" but I was long gone by then, moved 4 states away and started a new life, and he cried to his friends when his stunt didn't work out and now he'd lost us both.
If I'd been smarter, I'd have known *WAAAAY* sooner, because he had messed up and spilled the beans himself early on after he started seeing her, and blew it off as a joke "about his other life". That's how "oh, I was out with Maria *har har har*" became a joke in our (soon to be short lived) marriage. The joke seemed plausible (as just a joke) and funny at the time, because we lived together, worked together, had the same friends, and spent most of our time together (or so it seemed) so when could he have actually found the time to cheat - but he did.
The worst part of it all (at least that part) is that I am *poly* and would have been fine with "Maria" if he'd been honest with me about her. I was having medical issues so his physical needs weren't being met, and instead of talking to me about it like an adult and working it out, he cheated and lied and then divorced me when his own guilt overwhelmed him. We had other issues in our marriage, and I'm glad it ended the way it did and when it did - turned out to be the best thing he ever did for me, but it was all just so dumb and immature.
XH told me he had been working late, then met his buddy for drinks. I talked to buddy's wife (we were friends, I was oblivious, I didn't go out hunting for info) that weekend at a dinner party and she mentioned a big decision they'd spent the evening discussing the same night XH was supposedly out drinking with him. It's really that dumb, because he could have just said he worked even later and had a beer at work or when he got home *before me*, and I'd have been none the wiser.
After the divorce, I found out he'd been with "Maria" for months and had managed to keep it from all his friends. His friends only found out about her when he dumped her to try to "call off the divorce" but I was long gone by then, moved 4 states away and started a new life, and he cried to his friends when his stunt didn't work out and now he'd lost us both.
If I'd been smarter, I'd have known *WAAAAY* sooner, because he had messed up and spilled the beans himself early on after he started seeing her, and blew it off as a joke "about his other life". That's how "oh, I was out with Maria *har har har*" became a joke in our (soon to be short lived) marriage. The joke seemed plausible (as just a joke) and funny at the time, because we lived together, worked together, had the same friends, and spent most of our time together (or so it seemed) so when could he have actually found the time to cheat - but he did.
The worst part of it all (at least that part) is that I am *poly* and would have been fine with "Maria" if he'd been honest with me about her. I was having medical issues so his physical needs weren't being met, and instead of talking to me about it like an adult and working it out, he cheated and lied and then divorced me when his own guilt overwhelmed him. We had other issues in our marriage, and I'm glad it ended the way it did and when it did - turned out to be the best thing he ever did for me, but it was all just so dumb and immature.
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