Dating/Religion

I Went To Church To Find A Good Man— But I Discovered Something Else Instead

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Heart Affairs
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7 min readMay 31, 2022

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After my divorce and subsequent affair with a married man, I went through a strange period where I developed a crush on the kind of man I may not have ordinarily been attracted to — or at least I thought so.

Most of the men I had previously been with up until this particular point in my life were what most women would describe as bad boys. You know, the villainous daredevil types with lots of charisma and no bank account.

In reality, these bad boys often turned out to be wild, insecure maniacs with absolutely no plan for the future — and no plan for me either. Alas, I got wrapped up in their whirlwind of chaos.

After my experiences with both my ex-husband and my ex-married lover, I think I was incredibly lost. I was searching for…something.

That’s when I found myself starting to crush on a man at work. But he wasn’t just any man. He was intently religious and wholeheartedly dedicated to God. God, church, and the bible were the only things he ever spoke about.

He was good-looking and intensely charismatic. I worked in the office and he worked in the warehouse — so every day I would see him when he…

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