Caught Red-Handed: These People Discovered Their Partners Cheating In Brutal Ways
Whether it’s after six months or six years, catching a cheating partner hurts. In the digital age, it’s easier than ever to find out.
Text messages, social media profiles, dating sites—it’s a veritable minefield that leads one to wonder what the philandering partner was thinking? Did they really think they could get away with it?
Here, Redditors reveal how they caught their partners cheating, and how they reacted. It’s not pretty!
1. Weeding Out the Cheater
My ex-husband and his family loved pot, still do. His sister, kids, and nanny were visiting from out of state for a few weeks.
When it was time to fly home they left their stash at my former mother-in-law’s house because they didn’t want to take it on the plane. My ex asked if I would pick it up because I was nearby. Stupidly, I agree.
I don’t partake and I was willing to carry it in my car for him. To my surprise, I found a note from the nanny to my ex saying she was in love with him and she was so happy for the time they had together.
Obviously she thought he would get the stash instead of me. While it was incredibly painful at the time I am definitely living my best life 15 years later.
2. A Stepmom’s Fury
My stepmom did this to her friend that she caught sleeping with my Dad. Just wrapped her long hair around her fist a couple of times and dragged her down the stairs and out of the house naked. Teen me stayed out of stepmom’s way after that—but that was nothing compared to what she did to the babysitter. The babysitter didn’t know stepmom knew and they went shopping one day. My stepmom pushed her in front of a slow-moving car and broke her leg.
Dad got a little angry about that because the babysitter also danced and lived with us so her income went down. Both the babysitter and the stepmom were dancers. Being a teen in that house was crazy.
3. Homecoming Queen (Not)
I was in the Navy and was out on deployment for six months after just recently getting engaged (it's one of those stupid things that young Navy guys do).
One day I got a letter from my fiance's best friend telling me that she caught my fiance and her boyfriend together (this was years before email and smartphones were common).
We write back and forth several times and eventually it comes out how she caught them, how my fiance begged her not to tell me, and that the fiance didn't know that we were corresponding.
I eventually got back to the States and planned to play it off as though I didn't know, but too many of my friends intercepted me with the news that it wasn't just the one guy, but several, and let me know that she knew that I was aware.
Eventually, we met, and the confrontation was minimal and tame. We broke off the engagement without a lot of drama. She kept the ring.
The best friend and I ended up hooking up, at first as sort of a revenge thing, but it turned serious. We celebrate our 31st wedding anniversary this year.
4. You’re Home Early?
We were together for five years, living together for around four. I came home from work early. When I got out of my car I saw her peek through the blinds to see who was outside.
I walked in the door to her coworker on the couch, obviously uncomfortable and clothes messy and her locked in the bathroom.
I wanted to pummel him then and there, but he was a trained mixed martial arts fighter, and I would have left the house that night with more than a broken heart.
I went to a friend’s house for a while. They started dating the next day. It took a while for me to get trust back in relationships.
