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No_Owl1523

The past or am I wrong

Im 30(m)and my wife is 26(f). She was previously married for six years and comes from a strict religious background. Around the fifth year of her marriage, she wanted to leave her ex-husband, but her family pressured her to stay and “give it another try.”

Later, I found out that during that time—when she was emotionally checked out of the marriage—she started talking to another guy. It lasted about a month, and they met up 2–3 times. She says it was purely emotional, not physical, and that she just needed someone to talk to since she felt alone and unsupported. She regrets it deeply and even told her ex-husband about it at the time.

However, she initially lied to me about how she met that guy. She was embarrassed to admit she spoke to someone while still technically married, and I understand that—but it’s caused a lot of internal conflict for me. I find myself obsessing over whether it really was just emotional or if something physical might have happened and she’s not telling me.

Posted Oct 14, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC

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