I had decided that karma was simply taking too much of her sweet time; I decided to take matters into my own hands.
He had been a womanizer his entire life; upon meeting him, I could not have known this. It is a similar situation with any creature of the night. Their true colors -- their true intentions -- do not begin to appear until you believe that you are safe...
Three months into our relationship, and a random phone check revealed that he was on a dating app -- not just one, but two!! 馃槺馃槧
"Can I ask why you still have Tinder on your phone?" I casually asked him this later on, but the reality was it had taken me hours to even work up the courage to confront him on the matter.
I was immediately taken aback as his laughter filled the room. "Oh, that? 馃槃 It's not a big deal, I just forgot to delete it after we got together."
"You've messaged women, asking if they want to come over..."
Again, there was little hesitation on his behalf. "It's just something I do when I'm bored. As a joke." Then, he effortlessly concluded, "It's a guy thing 馃槒"
The apps would eventually disappear; his behavior, however, did not. Almost 2 years into the relationship now, and I'm soon to discover that he's been messaging an old Friends With Benefits. I attempted to confront them both on the matter, only for both of them to deny the accusation: "You're delusional. You have NO idea what you're talking about."
A month later, Friends With Benefits was sending me screenshots of their conversations -- explicit content of her included.
This man had married his high school sweetheart with no intentions of committing to her (she had misinterpreted a friendship ring for a wedding one, and he just went along with it). They had a child together before he decided to cheat on his wife with a dancer. Here I was, bending over backwards for him, and he had lied to my face -- twice!
I had decided that karma was simply taking too much of her sweet time; I decided to take matters into my own hands.
So I downloaded the dating app, I began messaging a man, and we committed karmic retribution together~ 馃槝 To this day, my now ex-boyfriend still believes that what I did was worse because he "hadn't ACTUALLY cheated, physically," and the man I messaged is now my husband 馃槃 We have 2 beautiful daughters together.
While this is creative nonfiction -- everything that happened is the truth -- I do not condone ever taking this approach to solve your problems! I am eternally grateful to have met my husband how I did, but if you are ever in an unhappy relationship, please just leave...
Anyway thank you so much for reading! Good luck everyone, and enjoy the weekend 馃檹