Life Lessons/Love

The Man I Had An Affair With is Still With His Wife

“I’m only there for the kids.”

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Heart Affairs

4 min readApr 8

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The man I had a tumultuous four-year-long affair with had been adamant that he was only staying in the marriage and home with his wife for the sake of his kids.

He said he didn’t love his wife. Not like in the way he loved me. He said she knew he…

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