How low would you go to catch your husband cheating? I'm flying without a net here, because it never occurred to me to try. My jaw was on the floor when we saw this week's story on Coffee Shop Confessions. The mom this week was so sure that her husband still carried a torch for his ex-girlfriend that she faked a Facebook profile and sent him dirty messages. When I tweeted my shock, someone wrote back that Facebook is now implicated in 40% of divorce cases. 40%? I couldn't believe it and turned to my good friend Google to check it out. The numbers vary, but there are plenty of articles out there claiming social media as a factor in a third of all cases, 40%, 50%, etc. Apparently our desire to share the ridiculous minutiae of our lives is so intense it supersedes propriety. Of course I wouldn't know anything about that, having willingly starred on a reality show for years! Wherever the information comes from, social media creates a fertile field of opportunity for divorce and custody lawyers.
What kills me about this week's episode is this -- the wife chose a real human being. She didn't lift a picture of a swimsuit model and make up an alter ego. She started a profile for a genuine person from her husband's past. How is she going to get away with this? What's the woman going to do when she finds out? What will the husband do if he finds out first? What would you do?
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Should my wife ever (and she wouldn't!) decide to see if she could trap me with social media, it would take me a long time to discover any change. Occasionally I will look in on some old friends that I keep in touch with from time to time. I will look at the pictures my children post.
But the one time I got a mail message from someone with a flirty or inviting overtone was from a person who had me mixed up with someone else. Frankly, I was glad to tell her so.
I have seen how Facebook can enable people to hurt others. I don't wish to be a part of that.
"Its" (without an apostrophe) is always a pronoun. It means possession, as in "his," "her," and "its."
Just sayin'. I am the president of the Society for the Preservation of Its.
There is no apostrophe necessary in a plural, such as "parents," "houses" or "antelopes."
Fixing the apostrophe problem, one person at a time.
I just don't understand some people. I've yet to have a jealous feeling and I've yet to ignore my intuition. If you think your husband is cheating, he probably is...but if you're the jealous type, then you need to check your emotions because that's not healthy. Regardless, why play games? That annoys the crap out of me! Either confront him and get a divorce, or get past your insecurities and move forward.
This lady is equally wrong for playing games as her husband would be for cheating. Grow up people!
I'm not naive, I'm just not jealous! I go with my feelings all the time and don't just take people's word...
know it hurts but some are setting themselves up for a lot of unhappiness later than the actions of cheating spouse could have brought on.
I have read research that says most 2nd marriages fail, so we have people who just keep hoping and searching for something/one better but never find it, thought momentarity think they have. The grass is alwyas greener on the other side until you get there. I sincerely wish for all who seek to find happiness but we have to be ready to temper our punishment, be patient and forgive.
Men have always cheated and now women cheat just as much too. It is a shame and something some have to try to live with. In no way am I saying it is right to cheat but, we have become a generation of "if it feels good do it" in almost all things.
Have a good day.