I only found out my husband of 19 years was cheating thanks to his new tattoo… his two-year affair wasn’t the worst bit
A WOMAN has claimed she worked out that her husband of 19 years had cheated on her thanks to his new tattoo.
The upset wife shared how her partner had got the inking a year and a half ago, but hadn’t previously discussed getting one.
She shared on Reddit: “I don’t have a problem with tattoos or anything like that but had never gotten one before or talked about getting one.
“He said he started thinking about it because one of his sisters married a man who had several tattoos.
“It made him realise he wanted one.”
The wife revealed her husband had ended up choosing a lily on the left side of his chest and she wasn’t a fan of the floral design – but nothing was suspicious at that point.
She explained: “I didn’t really like it but I didn’t comment because he is free to do what he wants with his body.
“A little over a year after he got the lily done he went back and had some ivy added around it.”
Things started to get a little fishy after her husband told her she couldn’t come along to his work events anymore.
She explained: “I used to go to certain work events and parties with him because it was normal to go.
“He started telling me I couldn’t because of the pandemic which made sense a few years ago but things began opening back up and events were more normal.
“He finally relented and brought me to one. I met one of his colleagues.
“She works in the same department as him and they have the same title so they work together a lot.
“Her name was Lily.”
After the woman put two and two together, she confronted her husband about his lily tattoo and was told it was just a “coincidence.”
She continued: “I had tried to ignore my feeling about him suddenly wanting a tattoo.
He ended up getting a lily tattooed on the left side of his chest. I didn’t really like it but I didn’t comment because he is free to do what he wants with his body
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“He eventually admitted they have been having an affair for the last two years.
“I was so shocked I was not even thinking about the ivy but my husband said that Lily had a baby she named Ivy and he got the tattoo a few months after the birth.
“He begged me not to get a divorce but I can’t forgive this.
“We have to be separated for a year before we get divorced.
“Our daughter is turning 18 next month.
“There will not be child support ordered for either of us by the time we are divorced.
“The divorce should not be complicated. We both work so the attorney I consulted said there will not be spousal support ordered for either of us and our assets will be divided.
“Part of me is still in shock. He wants to go to counselling but I can’t.
“We have been married for 19 years and I let him convince me my feelings about his tattoo were wrong.
“I never thought I would be 43 and getting a divorce but here I am.”
Many people were quick to reply to the tattoo drama, with one saying: “Good for you for standing up for yourself, I’m sorry you and your daughter are going thru this.”
Another added: “Step 1 – ask him to prove he really wants you back by having him get his tattoo removed.
“Step 2a – Divorce him if he doesn’t remove the tattoo.
“Step 2b -Divorce him after he removes the tattoo.”
A third commented: “Let me just pick my jaw off the floor. DANG. That’s cold, ice freaking cold. Your ex man’s a piece of work.”