Being cheated on is a horrible experience that nobody should wish even on their very worst enemies. Your partner hasn’t just broken your trust, but they’ve also broken your heart. And while some couples do find ways to heal and move forward together, many other relationships end up breaking down beyond repair.
User u/OkCheesecake7067 sparked a very open, honest, and vulnerable discussion on AskReddit after asking everyone who has ever been cheated on to share their stories. Scroll down for these internet users’ tales about how they found out that their significant others were unfaithful.
#21
I came home to change clothes for my second job, and there was a hotmail account open on the computer. I didn't have a hotmail account, so I looked closer. I sent myself a copy of all of the mails and went to work.
I called a friend and asked to borrow a rifle. He asked what I needed it for. I told him. I asked if I could still borrow it. He said "Absolutely!" I thanked him and let him know I'd be over after I got off work. He said, "Ok! But before you go, I'm going to advise against this course of action." and then he proceeded to explain why my plan wasn't going to work out as I'd hoped.
Best. Friend. Ever.
I called a friend and asked to borrow a rifle. He asked what I needed it for. I told him. I asked if I could still borrow it. He said "Absolutely!" I thanked him and let him know I'd be over after I got off work. He said, "Ok! But before you go, I'm going to advise against this course of action." and then he proceeded to explain why my plan wasn't going to work out as I'd hoped.
Best. Friend. Ever.
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23points
#22

He's a photographer and it's not unusual for him to travel to do photoshoots.
I took the SD card out of his camera one day, to download some photos he had taken of our then, 3 month old daughter. Found photos and videos of him having s*x with other women that he was doing photo shoots of.
Yeah. I trusted him so completely that he got too lazy to even try to hide it anymore I guess. I never would have touched his camera before our daughter was born. I just wanted to print the photos...
I took the SD card out of his camera one day, to download some photos he had taken of our then, 3 month old daughter. Found photos and videos of him having s*x with other women that he was doing photo shoots of.
Yeah. I trusted him so completely that he got too lazy to even try to hide it anymore I guess. I never would have touched his camera before our daughter was born. I just wanted to print the photos...
23points
#23

Their best friend's livejournal. Only reason I was aware of it is because my wife used to make fun of it with another one of her friends for being so cringe. It was very cringe, that is why I would read it also. So I had it bookmarked and would occasionally catch up on it when I was bored. The girl was talking about her friend sleeping around on her husband at home and that it made her angry because he was a good guy or something. I knew she only hung out with like 3 people and was easy to deduce which one based on other stuff. Luckily I was more upset about the splitting and losing of material things in the divorce than the wife.
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22points
#24

He flat out told me all the gory details. He was shocked when I told him to get out of my life and to never contact me again. Apparently, that was not the reaction he was looking for.
22points
#25

Worst one was when I found her journal and in it was a list of the men she'd slept with. My name was two up from the bottom and we'd been dating for over a year. One of the names below mine was her male friend that she swore nothing had ever happened with.
21points
#26

Blue is my favorite color. If I can buy something in blue I will, including lighters. Find a black lighter in her car and asked about it. She said it must be mine because she doesn't know anyone who smokes. Didn't saw a word to we got home. Went and collected 4 blue lighters and showed them to her then the black one saying I only buy blue, who's is the black one from. Confessed everything.
21points
#27

She would always place her phone on tables faced down, and when she was using it near me she would angle her phone out of sight whenever an insta notification popped up, so I decided to see why.
20points
#28

I was doing his discussion questions for his college class and went into his email to find something pertaining to the question.
Found so many Craigslist emails (that’s where we met) of him soliciting s*x from other women. He cried and cried and cried and said it was just the chase that he’d never do anything. So my stupid 18yo a*s believed him.
Then he did cheat on me, dumped me, and stole all my depression medication.
Then after we broke up he was soliciting blowjobs from gay men and trans women “I’m not gay but I’ll give you a handy. I just miss enthusiastic blowjobs.” And I forwarded those emails to his parents.
Found so many Craigslist emails (that’s where we met) of him soliciting s*x from other women. He cried and cried and cried and said it was just the chase that he’d never do anything. So my stupid 18yo a*s believed him.
Then he did cheat on me, dumped me, and stole all my depression medication.
Then after we broke up he was soliciting blowjobs from gay men and trans women “I’m not gay but I’ll give you a handy. I just miss enthusiastic blowjobs.” And I forwarded those emails to his parents.
20points
#29

Got home from a 48 hour shift, went to look for the key to our fire safe in the nightstand. Found a note that said “thanks for last night and this morning, you really are something special” signed by the travel nurse that had started working on her floor a few weeks before.
We had been together for 7 years.
We had been together for 7 years.
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20points
#30

Saw her discord with pics of them together on what was supposed to be a girls weekend.
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20points
#31

After being convinced I was mentally unwell for being paranoid she was cheating and was getting therapy/medication for it, went on her phone to see she was worried about being pregnant about the guy I was told ‘not to worry about’.
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19points
#32
I was on pizza delivery. The address looked familiar. This was before to smart, smart phones. I get in the neighborhood and like huh right next to the girl im seeing. Walk right up to her door for the delivery. Knock thinking hey why is my gf ordering pizza when she knows I could just bring her one after work. She opens door in bath robe w a guy also pretty close to naked. I laughed and dropped the pizza. And walked away. My cell was immediately blown up, saying how sorry she was. I took my manager to the beach that night and she ptty f****d me in the back of her car.
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19points
#33

The bf knocked at the door asking for her!
17points
#34

When he stopped giving me hugs, I had a feeling something was wrong.
We were together for about 8 years, married for 3. It’s a crazy story—we were in an a*****e situation with someone else, and he was my rock. It was brutal finding out he was cheating on me with that woman.
We were together for about 8 years, married for 3. It’s a crazy story—we were in an a*****e situation with someone else, and he was my rock. It was brutal finding out he was cheating on me with that woman.
17points
#35
It was the way he talked about his male friend.
„Everybody thought we were gay in high school“,
Then months later „sometimes we shower together“,
And yh eventually we got there.
He’s openly dating men now,
But also still has a new alibi gf for his family.
„Everybody thought we were gay in high school“,
Then months later „sometimes we shower together“,
And yh eventually we got there.
He’s openly dating men now,
But also still has a new alibi gf for his family.
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17points
#36

She broke things off when she got pregnant, sure it was someone else's baby. Turns out I was 1 of 3 possible dads, fast forward a couple of years and after some paternity tests, we found out it was actually mine.
16points
#37

When I got onto my boyfriend's Snapchat, I discovered that he communicates with many girls and even invited them to check in at the hotel.
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15points
#38
She commented another guy's name on a post of FB. The post was along the lines of "I was I was with you this New Years Eve". She was with me at that time. I guess she didn't know FB would put her comment in my newsfeed.
I borrowed her phone a few days later and my paranoia got the best of me so I checked her FB messages. Not only did I find conversations with the guy but multiple others, most of them explicit in nature.
I borrowed her phone a few days later and my paranoia got the best of me so I checked her FB messages. Not only did I find conversations with the guy but multiple others, most of them explicit in nature.
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15points
#39
Found she was going away for 3 weeks and neglected to mention it was to be with the other guy. She wanted me to still be around in case it didn't work out.
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15points
#40
I was doing LDR while she planned to move to London, I flew to where she and my family lived very last minute as my sister had given birth to my niece (I booked my flight 4 hours before it took off). My GF at the time was really funny about the fact I was there and made a point that she wasn't changing her plans because of it, which was fine as I wanted to spend the night with my family.
Later that night I had agreed to take her and her friend home as late night Taxis are like gold dust there, she got in the car an instantly I noticed that the makeup on her nose had rubbed off. Now, I knew from experience that if we were kissing the same patches of her makeup would start to rub off.
I confronted her about it the next day, she admitted that she had a FWB she would see on nights out while I wasn't there or she wasn't at mine.
Looking back, there were multiple red flags from that relationship I missed or ignored because I was being manipulated.
Later that night I had agreed to take her and her friend home as late night Taxis are like gold dust there, she got in the car an instantly I noticed that the makeup on her nose had rubbed off. Now, I knew from experience that if we were kissing the same patches of her makeup would start to rub off.
I confronted her about it the next day, she admitted that she had a FWB she would see on nights out while I wasn't there or she wasn't at mine.
Looking back, there were multiple red flags from that relationship I missed or ignored because I was being manipulated.
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14points


