Big Black Dog
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- May 20, 2009
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I've been married twice. My first marriage ended in divorce because of the wife's infidelity. I was in the Navy way back then and went off on a cruise thinking everything was just fine. I had no reason to think otherwise because I trusted her totally. While on this cruise, the normally frequent letters seemed to be very far and few between. I'd call from overseas when the ship was in port and I had no reason to believe there was anything going on. When the ship pulled back into our homeport, she was not on the pier waiting with all the other wives and children. I took a cab home only to find that the "new" boyfriend had moved in and all of my stuff was neatly packed up and in the garage. I was totally in shock because I was blindsided without any clue as to the incoming punch. After a bit of checking around, the ex-wife had been having an affair with the doctor she worked with for several years and not only the boyfriend but some other sailor too. I had never cheated on her and couldn't understand how or why she would have done this. It was a very quick divorce. Funny thing is she didn't marry the guy that had moved in with her but a couple of years later she married a guy that was 15 years older than she was! All of this happened over 21 years ago and i haven't seen the ex-wife in over 18 years. Our two kids tell me things now and then but usually we don't discuss her. I'm told that she isn't very happy with her life. I'm very happy with mine. I ended up marrying a terrific lady and have become very successful financially in the last 20 years. The ex-wife and her hubby lives in a trailer in a trailer park outside of a large town in South Carolina. She doesn't have a pot to piss in. The moral of the story I suppose is the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.