Trust is the cornerstone of a monogamous relationship, and nothing hurts quite like discovering that your partner has been unfaithful.
It’s not easy to keep such a big secret, and sooner or later, these things have a way of surfacing. And when they do, it can be quite a mess.
Several people came forward on the internet when asked about their experiences, and here’s the tea on the most unbelievable ways they caught a cheating partner.
#41
Roommate left her laptop open on her desk in our gaming room/office. She blogged a lot back in the day when it seemed like almost everyone had a daily journal/wordpress page. She kept up with it after most people had given up on blogging.
Well... According to her and her blog, I was somehow involved in an open relationship with her and my boyfriend at the time. She was writing about her experiences being in an open relationship and how cool it was to have both a boyfriend and a girlfriend at the same time. That was all news to me. For more context, the three of us lived together in a three bedroom home. I agreed to let her move into our guest bedroom just until she could get back on her feet after a rough breakup since she was a mutual friend of both me and my boyfriend.
So, yeah, I found out I was being cheated on by snooping on my roommate's blog.
Well... According to her and her blog, I was somehow involved in an open relationship with her and my boyfriend at the time. She was writing about her experiences being in an open relationship and how cool it was to have both a boyfriend and a girlfriend at the same time. That was all news to me. For more context, the three of us lived together in a three bedroom home. I agreed to let her move into our guest bedroom just until she could get back on her feet after a rough breakup since she was a mutual friend of both me and my boyfriend.
So, yeah, I found out I was being cheated on by snooping on my roommate's blog.
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19points
#42
I met my girlfriend in a bar on Valentine's day. After a rant about not wanting to be tied down, she left to go clubbing with her friends, leaving me sat at a table with another guy she was also dating. He had no idea about me either. Knowing we had both been played, we nodded at each other, and I left.
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19points
#43
I had spotted a text on his phone and questioned it. So he ghosted the affair partner.
After a day or two, she messaged me on social media saying "I know this might be awkward, but I know youre *blanks* kids mum, I'm his GF, but he's stopped replying to texts and calling me, it's really not like him at all, do you know if he's OK?"
Guy was still living with me and our son and acting like everything was fine while he had a whole second girlfriend who thought I was his ex.
After a day or two, she messaged me on social media saying "I know this might be awkward, but I know youre *blanks* kids mum, I'm his GF, but he's stopped replying to texts and calling me, it's really not like him at all, do you know if he's OK?"
Guy was still living with me and our son and acting like everything was fine while he had a whole second girlfriend who thought I was his ex.
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19points
#44
I had suspicions and finally broke down and went through her phone....
... She was chatting with him through Words With Friends.
... She was chatting with him through Words With Friends.
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19points
#45
Me: "Hey you're looking a little fat" (Playfully of course!)
Her: *confesses that she's pregnant*
Me: *Happy noises* "How far along??"
Her: "I've been...seeing...someone... it's probably not yours"
Surprise, surprise it was NOT mine.
Her: *confesses that she's pregnant*
Me: *Happy noises* "How far along??"
Her: "I've been...seeing...someone... it's probably not yours"
Surprise, surprise it was NOT mine.
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18points
#46
Met in opposite directions on escalators. She was in his arms and could only mouth sorry as we passed each other.
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18points
#47
We were driving and she put on a song that was too different from her usual wheelhouse.
That was all it took to get my spidey senses tingling. I tried to act casual like I was curious what made her want to listen to this new song (old song, new to her). She didn't provide a satisfying answer and the more I pressed the more thinly-veiled her excuses became until it was just, "I felt like it."
Checked her phone to confirm, and she was texting the guy from work she'd previously told me not to worry about ~40X a day, which was even more sus because she had to have been intentionally ignoring his texts around me so I wouldn't notice. I didn't realize at the time how far gone she already was for him and tried to salvage things, but the two of them were dating within a month, though they tried to keep it low key for a few months so everyone wouldn't figure out what a 304 she was. Dude is a fool though, she's just going to cheat on him too.
I don't care what you say, you're not going to convince me a 22yo white girl is going to pivot from Billie Eilish to RUSH without an older man introducing her to them!
That was all it took to get my spidey senses tingling. I tried to act casual like I was curious what made her want to listen to this new song (old song, new to her). She didn't provide a satisfying answer and the more I pressed the more thinly-veiled her excuses became until it was just, "I felt like it."
Checked her phone to confirm, and she was texting the guy from work she'd previously told me not to worry about ~40X a day, which was even more sus because she had to have been intentionally ignoring his texts around me so I wouldn't notice. I didn't realize at the time how far gone she already was for him and tried to salvage things, but the two of them were dating within a month, though they tried to keep it low key for a few months so everyone wouldn't figure out what a 304 she was. Dude is a fool though, she's just going to cheat on him too.
I don't care what you say, you're not going to convince me a 22yo white girl is going to pivot from Billie Eilish to RUSH without an older man introducing her to them!
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18points
#48
In college I was dating a guy in a frat, they had this stupid, horrible 'contest' for young women to become the frat's "sweetheart", or an honorary member of the frat. I entered and then found out the entire frat and all the contestants went to dinner a few days later to announce the winner. My guy took another girl and didn't even tell me about the dinner, I found out via the many, many Facebook posts made by his frat brothers.
Definitely dodged a freight train with that guy though. Looking back I can't believe I was ever into him!
Definitely dodged a freight train with that guy though. Looking back I can't believe I was ever into him!
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17points
#49
Broke up with me and as I was going though deleting her socials I noticed a post she made on her snap story that was her and a guy with a post saying "with my king", post was made two hours ago and had only broke up an hour ago.
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16points
#50
My ex forgetting her paper agenda, this was years ago, at my place and then calling to check something for her. Which after asking, turned out to be the day she had been ovulating as she got pregnant. After which I realized we hadn't hadn't slept together in that week, but her visiting a "platonic" male friend that weekend to "babysit his daughter".
I then hacked her email, to find mail conversations with this guy that were far from platonic. Only to confirm my suspicions.
I then hacked her email, to find mail conversations with this guy that were far from platonic. Only to confirm my suspicions.
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15points
#51
When I went to file a missing persons report, the officer told me.
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15points
#52
Wife was working late and I fell asleep on the couch. Woke up and she wasn’t home and I got worried. Drove up to her office and her and coworkers car were only ones there. Walked into their office and caught them in mid stroke on her desk.
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15points
#53
The Honda App on your cars screen gives you a most recently visited place overview that connects to your Google. I went away for Basic and AIT, and at the end of basic training, when we got our phones back for an extended time, it gave me the most visited places. It was another apartment complex I didn't recognize, but Google Maps had a picture of his car there. He had emotionally cheated before, so I kinda knew because none of friends had mentioned living there and it would be a got there at 7 or 8pm and then leaving for his classes in the morning for school without going back to our apartment 2x a week.
GOOGLE STILL TRACKS YOU EVEN IF YOU DONT USE GOOGLE MAPS TO GET THERE.
GOOGLE STILL TRACKS YOU EVEN IF YOU DONT USE GOOGLE MAPS TO GET THERE.
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14points
#54
I went full spy.
I took my work phone and subscribed to a family plan tracking app that allowed me to set a radius around multiple locations and would ping my personal phone when my work phone was moved outside the radius.
I took my work phone, wrapped it in a plastic bag to waterproof it, then duct taped it to a series of small neodymium magnets I got from home depot and stuck the phone to the bottom of my ex’s car.
She had her own place at the time and worked nights so by the time she was off work and potentially fooling around, I was in bed asleep. So, I set a radius around her work and her home and received exact locations in-between.
One night, around 2am, I got a notification that she was leaving her home (after she got home from work) so I watched as she drove to an apartment complex one block away from me.
I walked over there and went up to the one window that was lit up to listen and sure enough… I heard her and a guy talking. I knocked on the door and he answered, so I asked if she was there and he said no and closed the door in my face. I pounded on the window until she came out and then asked her to please leave with me but she said no and went back inside.
That night was a horribly bitter end to a 4 year relationship but it brought me peace of mind after months of knowing, but not having proof.
I took my work phone and subscribed to a family plan tracking app that allowed me to set a radius around multiple locations and would ping my personal phone when my work phone was moved outside the radius.
I took my work phone, wrapped it in a plastic bag to waterproof it, then duct taped it to a series of small neodymium magnets I got from home depot and stuck the phone to the bottom of my ex’s car.
She had her own place at the time and worked nights so by the time she was off work and potentially fooling around, I was in bed asleep. So, I set a radius around her work and her home and received exact locations in-between.
One night, around 2am, I got a notification that she was leaving her home (after she got home from work) so I watched as she drove to an apartment complex one block away from me.
I walked over there and went up to the one window that was lit up to listen and sure enough… I heard her and a guy talking. I knocked on the door and he answered, so I asked if she was there and he said no and closed the door in my face. I pounded on the window until she came out and then asked her to please leave with me but she said no and went back inside.
That night was a horribly bitter end to a 4 year relationship but it brought me peace of mind after months of knowing, but not having proof.
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14points
#55
Wife and I were getting intimate. I felt a string inside her, which was weird, since I’d had a vasectomy a year before, after our second child was born. I said, “what is that string? Do you have an IUD?” To which she paused, then replied, “It’s a science experiment.”
I had suspect she was sleeping with another dude, but I was still so shocked at her bizarre explanation, I just had to laugh. I think I then sarcastically commended her commitment to the advancement of science.
I had suspect she was sleeping with another dude, but I was still so shocked at her bizarre explanation, I just had to laugh. I think I then sarcastically commended her commitment to the advancement of science.
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13points
#56
I woke up in the middle of the night and found her with her cellphone in her hand. She was texting her ex and there was a picture of her son on the screen. I thought it was sweet so I scrolled up to see if there was more. There was not. It was a text message where they were arranging to hook up during her psychiatric visit
Edit; I confronted her about it and she called me out for looking at her phone. So I ended up being the bad guy. All her and my friends agreed. I apparently was in the wrong for looking at her phone.
Edit; I confronted her about it and she called me out for looking at her phone. So I ended up being the bad guy. All her and my friends agreed. I apparently was in the wrong for looking at her phone.
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12points
#57
A guy added me on League of Legends and asked me if the girl I played a lot of games with was my girlfriend (she was). That was a rough day.
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11points


