Man Wants A Divorce Unless He Can Sleep With 26 Women After Learning His Wife Cheated Before They Got Married
There's no better way to upset a seemingly happy marriage than by finding out that someone in the relationship has been unfaithful. Cheating leads to hurt feelings, trust issues and often divorce.
A man who found out during a party recently that his wife of 18 years had cheated on him while they were together, but before they were married, is trying to save his marriage. His idea is to match her affair for affair.
His wife enjoyed herself during college, and while in a long-distance relationship with him, she hooked up with 26 men. He believes that it's now his turn.
A man wants a divorce unless he can sleep with 26 women. (Image Credit: Getty)
The two began dating while in high school. They made the decision that he would go to a different - better university - when it came time for them to head off to college. They maintained a long-distance relationship and he visited her almost every weekend.
"Last week, we were at a party with some mutual friends reminiscing about growing up, and one of her friends let it slip that she was wild at university. I almost missed it but when I looked over at my wife, her face was pale, and she was giving her friend 'the look,'" he said.
"I decided not to make a big scene of it at the party or while we were driving home, but she could tell something was wrong by the way I kind of shut down after that."
When they got home, he made sure their two sons, 12 and 15, were asleep before pressing his wife about what her friend said about her college days. His wife eventually admitted that she did a lot of clubbing and had several hookups that included a few friends with benefits situations.
The Betrayed Husband Wants To Reconcile, But Has Some Terms
His wife "maintained that she was just an immature kid back then, so I shouldn’t hold it against her." He took off that night and stayed in a hotel while his wife constantly called and texted trying to convince him that it was "no big deal."
He thought about it for a few days, met with a divorce lawyer friend, and ultimately decided that he wanted to reconcile with her. But first he wanted to know the names of the men she cheated with and how many times she hooked up with each of them.
He gave his wife a pen and a piece of paper and had her write down all of them. The number came to "around 26 men ranging from 1 to 30 encounters."
"Then, I explained to her that I do want to reconcile. However, I have terms. Since she believes that sleeping with others in a committed relationship is totally fine, I would be sleeping with 26 women the same number of times she had just admitted to at times of my choosing without informing her," he continued.
"This was a non-negotiable condition of our reconciliation and that if she disagreed, to tell me right then and there or I would have my lawyer start drafting the paperwork. At first, she just looked at me bewildered before beginning to shout and cry about how it’s different now that we’re married, and I would be cheating."
Either Way This Marriage Might Be Over
He didn't agree with that and said, "I told her that since I’m telling her about it in advance, that it’s not cheating and that if she agreed to preserving our marriage, I would interpret it as consent."
His wife didn't like his idea and tried to change his mind. He isn't flinching. She either accepts his terms or he's going to go through with the divorce. He gave her a deadline to decide.
"The way I see it, I wouldn’t have married her if I had known she had cheated," he added.
It's hard to argue with that. It's also hard to argue with this guy's approach to reconciliation. A divorce would be way too easy. He's thinking outside the box here.
Let's exact a little revenge before the wheels eventually fall off, and we end up getting divorced anyway. There's no chance they reach their 25th anniversary, is there?
Whose side are you on here? Is the wife correct that it's no big deal? Or do you come down on the side of the betrayed husband? Let me know sean.joseph@outkick.com.