“My wife and I have been married for almost 10 years,” he told Reddit. “We’re both in our mid-30s.”
When Mollie decided to pursue further education, Philip agreed it was a great idea.
“Our married life was great and we were both very happy,” said Philip. “When she started going back to school, life got busier because she had more on her plate.”
Accepting their change in schedules, Philip brushed off his feeling of unease when Mollie’s behaviour started to change.
“She’d stay out later than normal to study at the university library or she’d meet up with people from class for various projects,” said Philip.
“Sometimes, she’d ‘forget’ something at the office and have to go get it, even though it was late.”
Philip confessed: “I had a feeling something was off but… everything she said made sense… I just thought I was [feeling] paranoid.”
On their shared computer, Mollie forgot to log out of her email account, so Philip saw she had lots of emails from one person.
Philip posted: “I didn’t recognise the name, so I went to her Facebook and Instagram accounts to see if she was friends with this guy. Nope.
“So I Googled him and it turned out it was her professor. He was in his 50s, married and had three teenage kids. It looked like he was happily married.
“I was relieved and didn’t think much else about it. I remember when I was in college, I emailed back and forth with professors all the time.”
Then, one random Thursday returning home from work early, Philip noticed another car pulling out of his driveway as he was about to pull in.
“We passed each other and I immediately recognised the guy… it was her professor.”
Storming into the house, feeling confused, he sees Mollie standing in the kitchen in a towel.
“I immediately asked why her professor had just left our house and why was she in a towel,” Philip stated.
“She told me I was overreacting and nothing had happened. So I went straight up to our bedroom and she tried to stop me.”
Philip added: “When I got to our room, it was obvious what had happened. I told her I was going to contact his wife if she didn’t tell me everything.
“Finally, she broke down and admitted it all. They had been having an affair.”
*Names have been changed.
