'He was angrier than me when he saw her': Woman sets boundary after finding husband’s ex-wife fresh out of the shower after she lets herself in to visit their daughter

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Isabella Penn
Mar 1, 2025 10:00 PM EST

Boundaries exist for a reason, but apparently not everyone got the memo. This woman came home from work expecting a normal day, only to find her husband's ex-wife fresh out of the shower and casually wandering around their house in nothing but a towel. Talk about awkward. What are you doing in this situation?

The ex-wife apparently had a key because their daughter spends a lot of time at their house, but this time it didn't just seem like she was visiting. She was making herself way too comfortable. To make things even weirder, the husband was asleep the entire time, completely unaware that his ex was roaming the house like she owned the place. So, the woman took matters into her own hands, and rightfully so. Because seriously, who thinks it's okay to one, shower in someone else's home without asking the owner of the home and two, wander around in nothing but a towel?

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  • "AITAH for taking away the keys of our house from my husband's ex-wife?"

    A couple of days ago, I came home from a work meeting and was unpleasantly surprised to find my husband's ex-wife wandering around the house, fresh out of the shower, with only a towel wrapped around her body. I felt absolutely hysterical,
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  • though I didn't show it. She had the keys because her daughter (who is also my husband's daughter) spends more time at our house than at hers, so she occasionally comes to "visit" her. This time, I didn't hold back. I demanded that she give me the
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  • keys and told her she wasn't allowed to come over while I was not home. My husband was asleep in the bedroom and had no idea that his ex-wife was even in the house. When I asked my stepdaughter why her mother had stayed, she simply said that
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  • she wasn't planning to leave until her dad woke up. My mind. immediately interpreted that as an attempt at seduction. In short, I took away the house keys and told her that it wasn't necessary for her to come see
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  • her daughter on weekdays when my stepdaughter went to her house already on weekends. If she needed to come over for something important, she had to ask for permission. She called me crazy, but my husband backed me up, which was the only
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  • reason she eventually left without making a scene. Today, I started wondering if maybe I overreacted and handled things immaturely, but at the same time, I don't want her around my 4-month-old baby when I'm not home.
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  • EDIT: to avoid more accusations, I checked the entire chronology of the cameras at home and my husband was sleeping with our baby all morning, he didn't even know she was home but he was angrier than me when he saw her and even insisted that we report her.
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  • Loud-Indication-2655 If I came home to the husband's ex walking around in a towel someone would be leaving in an ambulance.
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  • LabInner262 NTA. That's a big overstep. Change the locks. Make sure the locks are changed in case of duplicate keys.
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  • lapsteelguitar H I no. If she needs access to the house that badly, she can call the police and get in that way. Seduction or not, there is no reason for her to be showering in your house. And unless there is something wrong with the stepdaughter that you ar not sharing, that does not qualify as an excuse.
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  • axcl99stang NTA. GET THE F OUT OF MY HOUSE, YOU DON'T LIVE HERE
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  • Fatkitty22 NTA. There is no logical or reasonable reason that an ex-wife should have keys to the home. Their mutual daughter is almost an adult and certainly you can find a neighbor to give keys to in case of an emergency.
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  • Interesting Wing_461 You were much nicer than I would have been. She would have been kicked out with the towel wrapped around her. I can afford to lose the towel.
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  • Quiet_Village_1425 NTA. You didn't overreact but I would be suspicious of your husband. Might want to keep an eye on him.
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  • Vegoia2 Thats very scary, wonder if she did this and you never caught her.
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  • Analisandopessoas Your husband's ex is not interested in her daughter's life, she is interested in winning over her husband. Trick the locks, set limits.
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  • According to the commenters, this woman let the ex-wife off way too easy, and we couldn’t agree more. If someone pulls a stunt like this once, who’s to say they won’t do it again? Let’s just hope this is the end of the story and we don’t end up back here for an update. If we do, something tells us it’s only going to get messier.

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