I joined an extra-marital affairs website – it was both the best and worst decision of my life
2 years, 5 months ago

I joined an extra-marital affairs website – it was both the best and worst decision of my life

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He’d never ever been the type to “play away” – on the contrary actually, he was utterly devoted. I couldn’t come to terms with the busy life I used to have before becoming a mother – going out for cocktails in the city after work, girly weekends away, big glittering events with our corporate clients where I’d get to dress up in skyscraper heels and entertain and flirt – compared to suddenly shoving trainers and tracksuit bottoms on, scruffing my hair back into a messy bun and waiting at the gate on the school run. Rob still had roughly the same life he’d always had – plus a wife who now stayed at home all day, making a hot dinner for him in the evening. He was unhappily married, too – two kids and a wife, he said, who made him feel “like he didn’t exist”.

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