Husband uncovers wife's affair with his best friend, he and best friend's wife hatch a plan for payback: '[I] discovered 6 months worth of emails between her and my best friend'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 3, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Word of advice: don't document an affair over email. It's bound to get back to you, as this cheater has now come to learn in the worst way.

Her husband began suspecting her of cheating and decided to install spyware that would screenshot every few seconds. I guess jealousy can take people to desperate measures. When he went through his wife's emails, he discovered half a year's worth of documentation between her and his best friend proving that they were having an affair. Well, instead of confronting her then and there, he decided to wait for a more opportune moment. While she was gone for a "conference" one weekend, the Redditor decided to confront his best friend's wife and work with her to get some much-deserved petty revenge.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more tales of petty revenge, check out this post about a guy's Coachella-fueled revenge.

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    How I caught my (now) ex-wife cheating with my best friend. I destroyed his marriage as payback.
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    I was married to my prom queen type high school sweetheart for 10 years. She had become distant, as hard as I tried to be loving and a good husband. I adored her and placed her on a pedestal.
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    There were lots of little signs that indicated something wasn't right. I just had a gut feeling but never suspected her of cheating. One time I walked into the study and she quickly changed the screen on the computer and smiled at me before distracting me with some inane banter.
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    The next day I installed spyware software on the computer that took a screenshot every 10 seconds and captured all keystrokes. After a few days I checked it and discovered that she had a secret Hotmail account and the spyware had captured the password.
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    I went into her account and much to my horror, discovered 6 months. worth of emails between her and my best friend. I read them all.
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    Hundreds of emails documenting their affair. Weekends away together when she told me she was at a conference or training course. Mid week hookups while I was feeding and bathing our two young children before bed.
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    each other's brains out in my bed while I was at work. I was stunned. My world came crashing down around me. I honestly went into shock.
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    For a few days I struggled through it but didn't say anything. She went away on a "course" the next weekend. I knew what she was really doing as I was checking the emails between them.
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    Here's the revenge: I printed off every single email between them for the 6 months. Over the weekend while they were away, I went around to his house and sat down with his wife, who was also a close friend and lovely person. I handed her the ream of paper I had printed and sat there for two hours watching her read all the emails. She was sobbing and crying as she read.
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    As a now humorous side note, she looked up at me and said, do you want to ? Ha ha. I said no but gave her a hug. I didn't want to stoop to their level and give them justification for their behavior.
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    When my wife returned from her dirty weekend away, she walked in and I walked past her with a bag in each arm. She asked where I was going and I said I'm leaving, I left you something on the table. It was the print out of the emails.
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    I walked out the door and never went back. She begged and pleaded for a year but I no longer trusted or respected her.
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    His marriage was done within the year. I'm still happily single, while she is miserable in another marriage.
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    m1cobi 9 hr. ago you got your kids squared away though right?
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    imsooldnow 9 hr. ago What about the kids? I hope you still see them.
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    Bangkok-Boy OP. 7 hr. ago Yes. Absolutely. I had my kids every second week. I gave her the house and the good car. I paid very high child support, health insurance, private schools and more. I have a wonderful relationship with them still. They both came and stayed with my once they were older as the mother is a nutjob and they couldn't stand her.
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