Infidelity in itself is already unforgivable. It’s a heartless act that can cause a lifetime of rage, distrust, and trauma in the person who experienced it from their partner.
However, some people are downright cruel enough to take it a step further, so much so that their actions caused a fallout that extended to friends, family members, even children. These are the kind of stories shared in this recent Reddit thread.
These stories prove some people have no shame. Feel free to share similar experiences in the comments below.
#1
There was this pretty famous case where a dude ended up sleeping with a p**n star while his wife was home taking care of their newborn, Then, to keep things quiet he paid the p**n star hush money so it wouldn't affect his campaign. Huge creeper...
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43points
#2
My wife's first husband left her on Christmas eve for a woman half a block down the street. She had no clue, then he was gone. I'm thankful to him, otherwise she would not have been with me for the last 38 years.
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26points
#3
While in the military basic training guy gets a tattoo of his fiance... Yeah.. IYKYK...
Anyhoo - this guy gets "the letter" from her breaking up with him because he's never around.. blah blah..
In the same mail call he gets a letter from his best friend back home saying his girl is cheating on him with his uncle. So he calls the uncle who denies it and says she's cheating on him with his own dad... So he calls his dad and tears into him and his dad denies cheating and says she is actually cheating on him with his best friend... Who wrote the original letter
Turns out she was hooking up with all of them and the best friend got jealous and ratted out his uncle...
Anyhoo - this guy gets "the letter" from her breaking up with him because he's never around.. blah blah..
In the same mail call he gets a letter from his best friend back home saying his girl is cheating on him with his uncle. So he calls the uncle who denies it and says she's cheating on him with his own dad... So he calls his dad and tears into him and his dad denies cheating and says she is actually cheating on him with his best friend... Who wrote the original letter
Turns out she was hooking up with all of them and the best friend got jealous and ratted out his uncle...
22points
#4
I've told this one before, but hey, here we go, again.
I worked in a large office building, for a company with multiple buildings in the Metro.
Some construction at a nearby office caused some engineers to be relocated to our building for about a year. This meant a husband (an engineer) and his wife (a customer service rep) were working in the same building.
One day, facilites was reviewing security footage from the parking lot cameras trying to figure out what had happened to some equipment stored outdoors, and spotted two people obviously going at it in thea car in the parking lot at lunch.
They pointed it out to security, who realized that it was happening pretty regularly.
They, in turn, kicked it to HR. HR looked up the vehicle, and realized that it belonged to the husband & wife.
Our friendly neighborhood HR rep called the couple into his office, and basically said, "hey you guys, this isn't a big deal, but we have cameras out there, and people are driving by, so please stop having s*x in your car at lunch."
The husband insisted that he had no idea what they were talking about it.
HR came back with, "look, it's on video, so denying it is pointless, and could get you into touble. We aren't looking to take any action, here. We just don't want people to see you having s*x in your car."
The husband stuck to his guns.
The HR Rep went to the tape, and showed it in the room, pointing out that it was their car.
"It is," said the husband. "But that's not me f*****g my wife."
It turns out the wife was having a years-long affair with her boss, and this is how the husband found out.
The boss and the wife got walked out of the building later that day.
I worked in a large office building, for a company with multiple buildings in the Metro.
Some construction at a nearby office caused some engineers to be relocated to our building for about a year. This meant a husband (an engineer) and his wife (a customer service rep) were working in the same building.
One day, facilites was reviewing security footage from the parking lot cameras trying to figure out what had happened to some equipment stored outdoors, and spotted two people obviously going at it in thea car in the parking lot at lunch.
They pointed it out to security, who realized that it was happening pretty regularly.
They, in turn, kicked it to HR. HR looked up the vehicle, and realized that it belonged to the husband & wife.
Our friendly neighborhood HR rep called the couple into his office, and basically said, "hey you guys, this isn't a big deal, but we have cameras out there, and people are driving by, so please stop having s*x in your car at lunch."
The husband insisted that he had no idea what they were talking about it.
HR came back with, "look, it's on video, so denying it is pointless, and could get you into touble. We aren't looking to take any action, here. We just don't want people to see you having s*x in your car."
The husband stuck to his guns.
The HR Rep went to the tape, and showed it in the room, pointing out that it was their car.
"It is," said the husband. "But that's not me f*****g my wife."
It turns out the wife was having a years-long affair with her boss, and this is how the husband found out.
The boss and the wife got walked out of the building later that day.
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22points
#5
Those blokes who manage to have an entire second family in another town. I can barely keep track of one group chat and these jerks are remembering two wedding anniversaries.
20points
#6
My coworker just recently left his wife for his affair partner and they're currently going through a pretty messy divorce. All of them are in their 50s and my coworker was married for like 20+ years and I'm pretty sure they have at least one kid.
The thing is, his affair partner was his high school sweetheart before he even met his wife. He considered her "the one that got away." At some point, they reunited as adults and started an affair. And as I understand it, the wife knew about it. My coworker was openly going on dates with this other woman about once a month, swearing up and down that it wasn't an affair and they were just friends, but everyone in their lives knew about it. He was basically cucking his wife for years.
Recently, he decided to finally leave his wife for this other woman, and he can't stop gloating about it. He's constantly talking about how happy he his that he can finally be with the woman he loves, and gushing about how beautiful she is.
According to my coworker, his wife basically was just going to let the divorce happen quickly and quietly, but now she's making more noise and putting up more of a fight. There have been incidents like she superglued the keyhole on his truck door shut and glued the door handles shut. He had to call in tardy to work. She then came to his workplace and drove around the parking lot honking her horn with posters taped onto her car that called him out for being a cheater and called his affair partner some bad words.
And the funniest thing is that my coworker is flabbergasted why she would do such a thing. He says that the divorce was going to be amicable, then, "someone told her how much she could get out of me, so now she's trying to take me for everything she can." Throughout this whole process, he doesn't even seem to get the fact that he's being a heartless jerk and everyone thinks he's a piece of trash and deserves everything he gets.
The thing is, his affair partner was his high school sweetheart before he even met his wife. He considered her "the one that got away." At some point, they reunited as adults and started an affair. And as I understand it, the wife knew about it. My coworker was openly going on dates with this other woman about once a month, swearing up and down that it wasn't an affair and they were just friends, but everyone in their lives knew about it. He was basically cucking his wife for years.
Recently, he decided to finally leave his wife for this other woman, and he can't stop gloating about it. He's constantly talking about how happy he his that he can finally be with the woman he loves, and gushing about how beautiful she is.
According to my coworker, his wife basically was just going to let the divorce happen quickly and quietly, but now she's making more noise and putting up more of a fight. There have been incidents like she superglued the keyhole on his truck door shut and glued the door handles shut. He had to call in tardy to work. She then came to his workplace and drove around the parking lot honking her horn with posters taped onto her car that called him out for being a cheater and called his affair partner some bad words.
And the funniest thing is that my coworker is flabbergasted why she would do such a thing. He says that the divorce was going to be amicable, then, "someone told her how much she could get out of me, so now she's trying to take me for everything she can." Throughout this whole process, he doesn't even seem to get the fact that he's being a heartless jerk and everyone thinks he's a piece of trash and deserves everything he gets.
20points
#7
My wife's great aunt cheated on her husband (in the 60s). She got pregnant from the affair. Her husband and her then reconciled and gave the baby up for adoption and went on to have other children.
50 years pass and the husband who was cheated on passed away. Via an ancestry DNA test, the child (now woman) given up for adoption finds out she has other sisters and brothers.
Turns out she was the biological child of both the husband and wife. The husband died before he found out she was his actual child and she was NOT a product of the affair.
50 years pass and the husband who was cheated on passed away. Via an ancestry DNA test, the child (now woman) given up for adoption finds out she has other sisters and brothers.
Turns out she was the biological child of both the husband and wife. The husband died before he found out she was his actual child and she was NOT a product of the affair.
17points
#8
Right after 9/11, my industry imploded and my company went through significant layoffs. I was one of the lucky ones. I kept my job, but only if I transferred back to our corporate headquarters, which was about 1,000 miles away.
I started the new position immediately, while my ex-wife stayed behind with our kids. The plan was for her to remain there until our house sold and the school year ended. It took about four months to sell the house, and during that time I flew back and forth nearly every weekend.
While I was working away from home to keep our family financially afloat, my ex-wife had affairs with at least two of our neighbors. I suspect there were two others, but I was never able to prove it. When I eventually found out and confronted her, she tried to shift the blame onto me, claiming that I had abandoned her.
Twenty-one years later, I've been happily remarried for 18 years. My ex-wife is on husband number four, having cheated on every one of her previous husbands. I have great relationships with our adult children, who maintain only limited contact with their mother. They're also very close with my wife, whom they describe as the mom they never had.
The best revenge really is living well.
I started the new position immediately, while my ex-wife stayed behind with our kids. The plan was for her to remain there until our house sold and the school year ended. It took about four months to sell the house, and during that time I flew back and forth nearly every weekend.
While I was working away from home to keep our family financially afloat, my ex-wife had affairs with at least two of our neighbors. I suspect there were two others, but I was never able to prove it. When I eventually found out and confronted her, she tried to shift the blame onto me, claiming that I had abandoned her.
Twenty-one years later, I've been happily remarried for 18 years. My ex-wife is on husband number four, having cheated on every one of her previous husbands. I have great relationships with our adult children, who maintain only limited contact with their mother. They're also very close with my wife, whom they describe as the mom they never had.
The best revenge really is living well.
16points
#9
I was in the car (big pickup, the guy was kind of a jerk) in Austin going west on 290 where it joins I-35 South on a flyover. My friend-of-friend was driving. We start to descend, and he sees his wife's car ahead of him as we merge. He pulls up beside her and waves.
In the car is her personal trainer riding next to her with his hand on her knee. She was supposed to be at her mom's.
In the car is her personal trainer riding next to her with his hand on her knee. She was supposed to be at her mom's.
15points
#10
Many years ago I worked with a guy who told me he was sleeping with his wife's younger sister.
When I asked him why the hell he would do that, his answer was simple.
"She does everything my wife won't do."
When I asked him why the hell he would do that, his answer was simple.
"She does everything my wife won't do."
15points
#11
On April 4th, 2020, my girlfriend at the time left our apartment to spend the day with her sister. It was the early days of the pandemic and she hadn't seen her in months.
On April 5th, 2020, there's a knock on the door of our apartment. It was my girlfriend's sister, who decided to surprise us by showing up unannounced because she hadn't seen her sister in months.
Thanks for saving me, Jessica.
On April 5th, 2020, there's a knock on the door of our apartment. It was my girlfriend's sister, who decided to surprise us by showing up unannounced because she hadn't seen her sister in months.
Thanks for saving me, Jessica.
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15points
#12
I have a rather bad cheating story concerning myself. I had just finished major cancer treatment, dose dense chemo and was cleared for a small trip from my doctor, but my immune system was still not completely healed.
My partner was utterly verbally and psychologically hurtful towards me while I was on this trip to thank my girlfriends for helping so much while I am was in treatment (he did not go to one single chemo session).
I thought maybe this was related to the horrible experience of possibly losing me. At any rate, I get back, he is super apologetic, we have unprotected intercourse (I have an IUD) and then right after he tells me that he picked up some random girl in the parking lot of a skanky bar, slept with her and feels horrible about it. He wanted me to comfort him...
So, he had unprotected intercourse with me after cheating on me when my immune system was compromised. My doctor was not very happy about it, had to have all the testing, of course.
My partner was utterly verbally and psychologically hurtful towards me while I was on this trip to thank my girlfriends for helping so much while I am was in treatment (he did not go to one single chemo session).
I thought maybe this was related to the horrible experience of possibly losing me. At any rate, I get back, he is super apologetic, we have unprotected intercourse (I have an IUD) and then right after he tells me that he picked up some random girl in the parking lot of a skanky bar, slept with her and feels horrible about it. He wanted me to comfort him...
So, he had unprotected intercourse with me after cheating on me when my immune system was compromised. My doctor was not very happy about it, had to have all the testing, of course.
14points
#13
My Great Aunt stepped off a ferry in the middle of the sea at night after she found out the man she had 2 kids with was living a double life and was already married.
13points
#14
Guy in [country 1] says goodbye to his wife to go to choir practice. Does not come home. Texts his wife he has been "abducted by criminals on their way to [country 2] in his car" and not to call the police. She of course does. Police in [country 1] notify police in [country 2].
After one and a half day they find him. He tells them a story about the abduction. Police takes him very seriously and checks out every detail of his story. He tells them "he thinks they stopped at a gas station at so and so". When they check the camera footage they see him walking in with a smile.
Turns out he decided this was a fireproof way to nail someone else he met online without his wife knowing. The justice system in [country 2] was not amused. He had to appear in court, pleaded temporary insanity, got a relative slap on the wrist but he was really sweating it until then because jail was an option.
I know this because he is part of my extended family. Would not have believed this otherwise... His wife died a thousand deaths because he went on a deranged perversion of a booty call.
Justice was kind of served. Lost his wife, lost his family, lost his credibility. Unfortunately he is too self absorbed to really care.
After one and a half day they find him. He tells them a story about the abduction. Police takes him very seriously and checks out every detail of his story. He tells them "he thinks they stopped at a gas station at so and so". When they check the camera footage they see him walking in with a smile.
Turns out he decided this was a fireproof way to nail someone else he met online without his wife knowing. The justice system in [country 2] was not amused. He had to appear in court, pleaded temporary insanity, got a relative slap on the wrist but he was really sweating it until then because jail was an option.
I know this because he is part of my extended family. Would not have believed this otherwise... His wife died a thousand deaths because he went on a deranged perversion of a booty call.
Justice was kind of served. Lost his wife, lost his family, lost his credibility. Unfortunately he is too self absorbed to really care.
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#15
My dad used to work with a truck driver who had three kids with his wife. They wanted a fourth child, but no matter how hard they tried, she just couldn’t get pregnant.
Eventually, they decided to see a doctor and get some tests done.
The results revealed something rather shocking: the truck driver was completely infertile. According to the doctor, he had been infertile his entire life and was biologically incapable of fathering children.
The man had been raising three kids, believing they were his own.
You can imagine how that conversation at home must have gone.
Eventually, they decided to see a doctor and get some tests done.
The results revealed something rather shocking: the truck driver was completely infertile. According to the doctor, he had been infertile his entire life and was biologically incapable of fathering children.
The man had been raising three kids, believing they were his own.
You can imagine how that conversation at home must have gone.
12points
#16
My brothers girlfriend out of the blue decided to learn Spanish and took it very seriously. She was obsessed with it. After many years together, her and my brother got married and soon after the wedding my brother adopted her son.
Four days after the adoption, she moved to spain with her recently divorced boss, abadoning her son with my brother. This had been her plan the whole time, she was just waiting for her lover/boss to divorce his wife and needed someone to care for her kid after her mom died.
Four days after the adoption, she moved to spain with her recently divorced boss, abadoning her son with my brother. This had been her plan the whole time, she was just waiting for her lover/boss to divorce his wife and needed someone to care for her kid after her mom died.
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12points
#17
When i was a nurse, we had these coworkers who were best friends. They lived right down the street from each other, their kids were friends, they were always together at work. One was married, one was a single mom. Turns out that on nights where married woman was working and single mom wasn't, single mom was carrying on an affair with the husband. She would check in on how busy the unit was to try to keep track if anyone would be sent home early.
It kind of blew up when it came out. Single mom moved to day shift but ended up leaving altogether shortly after because she got ostracized so hard. The married couple stayed together last i heard.
ETA: Stop using this story to trash nurses. The husband was not a nurse and also cheated. Honestly, we were so busy that it was rare to even have any relationships between staff, let alone torrid Grey's Anatomy-style affairs. There's cheating jerks in every profession (see: stereotypical man banging his secretary trope).
It kind of blew up when it came out. Single mom moved to day shift but ended up leaving altogether shortly after because she got ostracized so hard. The married couple stayed together last i heard.
ETA: Stop using this story to trash nurses. The husband was not a nurse and also cheated. Honestly, we were so busy that it was rare to even have any relationships between staff, let alone torrid Grey's Anatomy-style affairs. There's cheating jerks in every profession (see: stereotypical man banging his secretary trope).
11points
#18
When an ex boyfriend of mine was growing up, his dad introduced a woman to their family (so him, his four siblings, and his mother) as his long lost sister. I can't remember what the back story was but whatever it was it was believable with whatever family history they had going on...either way, this woman went to Church with them nearly every Sunday, was at their dinner table for all major Holidays, and in family pictures...the whole 9...and then when my ex (the youngest of his siblings) graduated high-school his dad literally broke the news to his mom and him and his siblings that this woman was in fact his affair partner. And that he would be divorcing his mom to marry this other woman...which he absolutely did in no time at all (they are still together to this day)... nearly ripped the whole family apart...literally just everyone was at each other's throats. Took years for siblings to evern think about sitting at the same table together and they spent many years celebrating the holidays without either parent because it was just too much. Very very sad. Worst story for sure and I'll never forget it.
11points
#19
My dad had an affair while my mom was pregnant and named my sister after his lover. Mom didn’t find out until way later.
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11points
#20
I'm not sure it's the worst, but definitely the saddest I've ever seen.
When I was still a fairly young married man, there was another young couple at church, good looking guy, pretty and sweet wife, two cute girls... His family was pretty well off, and helped them with a down payment on a nice new big house, new truck and boat, all that stuff that can make a person jealous. He decided to have an extended secret affair with a co-worker and when his wife found out she tried, but just couldn't get over it. He wound up in a ratty apartment, paying a boatload of child support.
When I was still a fairly young married man, there was another young couple at church, good looking guy, pretty and sweet wife, two cute girls... His family was pretty well off, and helped them with a down payment on a nice new big house, new truck and boat, all that stuff that can make a person jealous. He decided to have an extended secret affair with a co-worker and when his wife found out she tried, but just couldn't get over it. He wound up in a ratty apartment, paying a boatload of child support.
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11points