10 years of marriage jeopardized after husband sneaks off to a company trip with a flirty CEO, wife finds out and considers divorce: “I want to take off my wedding ring and send him a photo”

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Apr 18, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Marriage is a long and arduous path. There will be ups and downs, there will be fights, disappointments, and you may not always see eye to eye. After the honeymoon phase, you stop seeing everything through rose colored glasses. The things you initially thought were endearing may start to get on your nerves, you could look at them with disgust even. It's never easy to go through the ebb and flow of transitions of love with your partner. It's like experiencing a whole different relationship, a whole different you. Getting in touch with yourself in a way that diminishes your partner could be a strange, foreign feeling, but it is just something that ebbs with time. 

In the story below, the protagonist is a woman who thought she had the perfect, trusting relationship with her husband. They always saw eye to eye, and she never thought he could betray her. After 10 happy years of marriage together, he turns everything around on her and betrays her trust. He puts another woman before her, even though he knows how uncomfortable his wife would be. Read the full story below for all the juicy details.  

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    AITA for asking my husband not to go on a trip with a woman who openly flirts with him, and feeling betrayed when he did anyway?

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    Hi everyone, I'm a 32F and I've been married to my husband (let's call him Joe) for 8 years, together for 10. In all that time, we've always prioritized each other's emotional well-being. If something hurt one of us, we didn't do it again — no matter what. We valued having a happy spouse more than being "right."
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    Because of this, my love and trust for him grew immensely. I was certain he'd never do anything that would break my heart.
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    But here I am, heartbroken and disappointed.
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    Joe owns a company, and we work together. Financially, we're in a great place. Recently, through Joe's father, we got the chance to bid for a major government contract a massive opportunity. Due to its scale, several companies are teaming up, and one key company
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    involved (without whom the deal won't happen) is led by a very attractive, flirty woman. She's the CEO and has openly flirted with Joe in front of me.
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    We both noticed her behavior, and in order to avoid misunderstandings or conflict, we decided to work on the bid together. Things were okay until one meeting where, during a break, she touched Joe's arm and said something like, "If I had a
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    husband like you, I'd never leave his side. You're someone every woman wants, but sometimes even that's not enough - someone else might steal your mind."
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    I snapped and responded, "I'm not following him — he just never leaves my side." She brushed it off as a joke, but I know it wasn't. I saw the look in her eyes and women just know.
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    Later, I talked to Joe about it. He admitted she was crossing a line and that he was uncomfortable, but didn't react strongly to avoid jeopardizing the deal. I wasn't thrilled, but I tried to understand.
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    Then today, I found out that I was excluded from a 3-day site visit for the bid a trip requested by that woman. Only five people are going, and Joe is one of them. When I heard, I told him I was extremely uncomfortable with this, and asked him not to go. I
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    begged, actually. I said the deal wasn't worth this. We're financially stable and don't need this contract.
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    But he went anyway. Even after everything I said, he left without me.
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    Something broke in me. I trusted him with my whole heart. I truly believed he'd never choose anything over my peace of mind. Now I feel like he did. He left me behind. And it hurts so deeply that part of me doesn't even care anymore if he comes back, if - he ends up with that woman - | feel numb.
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    A part of me says, "Come on, 10 amazing years — don't throw it all away." Another part wants to take off my wedding ring, send him a photo, and file for divorce.
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    So... AITA for asking him not to go? And how do I even begin to deal with these emotions?
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    munch_munch_c... • 12h ago Sounds like she purposely excluded you and he fell for it
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    • G... 11h ago • Edited 6h ago I see no reason why you can't share a hotel room with your husband on a business trip. You can be occupied seeing sights or whatever when they're conducting actual business.
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    When I was married we did this all the time, including with kids sometimes, and it was no big deal.
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    I think you have to decide whether you want to go, and try to do a bit of spying before you announce your presence, or tell him either he's home tonight or he's no longer your husband. If it were me I'd want to see for
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    myself how he was behaving, because not knowing would eat me alive. You're already not trusting, may as well find out for sure....
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    tired_anger • 12h ago Nta. She disrespects your relationship blatantly AND he allows it "for the deal" and proceeded to ignore your discomfort. Instead of addressing your insecurities and anxiety, he still went. I'd
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    be LIVID at such disrespect towards my partner, ESPECIALLY with them right there.
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    He's a for not addressing your anxieties and reassuring you better.
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    I've got BPD, it's incredibly hard for me to feel secure when in a scenario like that. I feel secure with my partner, knowing that they'd put ole girl in her place politely yet with an established venom.
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    He didn't address your concerns in the way a loving secure partner would and that's a problem.
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    . No-Bus-5200 • 11h ago If he's calling, you may want to answer him to see what he has to say. The conversation may give you an idea of how to proceed going forward
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