Woman Plans Her Divorce from Cheating Husband for 6 Years, Resulting in Her Leaving Him with Over $200,000 of His Money and Assets

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Nov 1, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

Usually, when a woman finds out that her husband is being unfaithful to her, the first thing she will want to do is leave him and never look back. Unfortunately, for some women leaving is not that easy, especially not for stay-at-home mothers. Having no financial stability to fall back on when leaving your spouse can understandably make women question whether or not they should leave at all, which is exactly what happened to the woman who wrote this story.

Luckily, this brave woman carefully and patiently planned her way out of her horrible marriage, in a way that would benefit her the most financially. Waiting for her husband to grow their savings account, finding her own job, and even losing weight were things that OP (original poster) worked on for 6 long years before finally deciding to divorce her cheating husband.

Scroll down to read the full story and what happened eventually. After that, click here for a story of a mother-in-law who refused to cook for her son and his vegan wife. 

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    I haven't filed for divorce yet. He has no idea of my plans. I'm excited. I finally get to leave him after 6 almost 7 years. Now I can walk away with at least $200k and we have martial assets now like the house and the car he also paid off for me. Now I have my education and my own career.
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    my husband doesn't know I'm about to divorce him
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    This has been my plan for 6 years. This is by far the craziest thing I've done and I can't believe I suffered all these years staying with this man just so I can survive financially
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    The start of our marriage was wonderful. We had two babies. After the second pregnancy he cheated on me with a very close family member. He gave me a
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    lazy apology and on top of that he complained about my body. He also told me I was built like a refrigerator mind you I was four months postpartum at the time. I
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    secretly saw a family lawyer, to sum it up for you I would be sved leaving him. We only had $25k and that being split up is basically nothing for me. No
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    martial properties. No car. I didn't have a job. Literally nothing. I was a SAHM. I applied for hundreds of jobs during the time and couldn't find employment anywhere so leaving was a bad
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    decision for me financially speaking especially with 2 small babies. Also, alimony and child support wasn't going to be enough for me to live off of or survive with two babies with
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    So I let him believe that I forgave him and I continued being his wife The very first time he cheated on me it was with my cousin. Then he cheated again, he had a one
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    night stand with a random girl he met on a night out. I got so mad, I cheated back on him out of anger, ofc he never found out I cheated... at least I'm smart about it unlike him
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    During the time in our marriage, I worked on getting my independence back. My husband paid for my trade school, it was a very expensive program but he paid for everything
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    We moved and we bought a house with his income. He grew his money too during all this time. So he made far more money now than he did when I originally wanted to leave him. I
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    started working recently. I have a career now! I'm so happy about that I haven't filed for divorce yet. He has no idea of my plans. I'm excited. I finally get to leave him
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    after 6 almost 7 years. Now I can walk away with at least $200k and we have martial assets now like the house and the car he also paid off for me. Now I have my education and my own career. I been working on my weight loss.
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    I lost 66 pounds he paid for my tirezepatide. I had a brst reduction and a breast lift. I look amazing, I don't doubt I'll probably get remarried eventually. Everything in my life is FINALLY set and going the right way
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    ETA: laughing at the people mad at me for cheating back on him. What did you expect to happen? I stay loyal to my husband while he f other girls? lol you guys think I'm going to just go without s... for almost a decade. Hilarious
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    instructions_unlcear • 2d ago • I hope you have a beautiful and gentle life with your children. after all this is over. Wishing you extra sunshine in the early mornings and good health for your family without him. I hope your husband gets what he deserves. He sounds truly horrible.
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    RuKitten Me5585 • 2d ago • You know at the beginning I was ready to start thinking, "man that's really something to stay with someone for so long just to milk more money and assets out of them.." But then you mentioned
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    how he cheated on you the first time with your cousin, showed no remorse whatsoever, body shamed you when you were going through the first few months of postpartum, cheated on you
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    again... honey you milk that man like a farmer would milk a cow. Milk him for all he's worth. You withstood the storm and now you Are the storm.
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    Commercial-Carrot477 • 2d ago I'm in a similar boat. I can't leave. Child support and alimony will not be enough, I financially can not leave. I've been applying to jobs over and over. Everyday. I just try
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    to do things to make me happy to pass the time. Good luck to you on your new endeavors. This gives me hope.
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    SeaworthinessFun3703 2d ago • Wow. Your cousin? You played the long game and will win. Congrats. All your hard work will pay off. Double check with your lawyer. Make sure you get alimony too. And are considered the primary parent.
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    EmpireStateOfBeing • 2d ago • I would do it soon because you know how those reddit post becomes viral now. There is enough identifying info that he could recognize who is being talked about. Better yet, I'd delete this post and re-post it and the outcome after you've filed.
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    NancyLou Marine • 1d ago • Please tell me you hit the 10 year mark for marriage so you get half his social security, too?
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    MercyFaith 18h ago May your life be bright and wonderful and may your husband get what he deserves.
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