That weekend, OP talked to his wife’s ex when he visited his children. The ex confessed that he only came to spend time with his wife.
“He says [they are] technically not divorced [because] he never signed [the] papers, so she is his wife,” recalled OP.
Shocked, OP asked him if his wife had mentioned anything about child support. He revealed that he had paid her $15,000, and she never asked him to give up his rights. This made OP curious.
He wanted to find out what was happening between them, so he installed a tiny hidden camera in his living room facing the main door.
Three days later, a notification popped up on his phone while at work. It alerted him to the live camera footage of his wife opening the main door for her ex.
OP saw them becoming intimate, and then the man sat on the couch while OP’s wife left and reappeared after changing her clothes. He guessed she was leaving for the school lunch.
What he witnessed next was unbelievable.
He saw the man grab his wife and plead with her to do something for him. He watched them get cozy again, but it was more intense this time.
The woman left a few minutes later, and her ex slept on the sofa. After a few hours, OP received another notification and saw his wife heading towards the bedroom with her ex.
He immediately decided to go home to catch them red-handed.
They didn’t notice him enter the house, so he barged into the bedroom. His wife’s ex headed out of the house after he caught them.
Meanwhile, his wife explained that it was a one-time mistake. She apologized, but OP wasn’t ready to listen to anything.
He showed her the camera footage, which caught her off-guard and rendered her speechless.
After that, OP asked her to pack her bags and prepare to leave his house. He also called her father, asking him to pick her and the children up. Since his father-in-law didn’t like him, he refused to believe his daughter was a cheater.
So OP cropped the camera footage to the part where his wife was getting intimate with her ex and sent it to his father-in-law.
“I told him to view and call me back if I was wrong. Never heard back,” he stated.
What Do Redditors Think?
OP posted his story on Reddit because he was worried about his relationship with his stepsons. He asked other Redditors if they had been in a similar situation and how they maintained their relationship with their stepchildren.
Redditor superherostitch suggested that the children could participate in the divorce by sharing their opinions.
“Sounds like the kids are bonded too, so don’t lose hope that you’ll still be a big part of their lives,” the Redditor added.
“I have a feeling that your wife was hiding him for longer than you think,” Redditor mobiak stated. The user advised OP not to give any money to his wife as child support because she might spend it on her ex instead of the kids.
The Redditor also asked OP if his wife was still begging him for forgiveness. OP replied that he didn’t speak to her after that day because he was busy with his daughter’s graduation ceremony.
He planned to talk to her after getting in touch with his lawyer.
Most Redditors were shocked to read OP’s story and felt bad for him. They shared their advice, hoping it would help the man decide what to do next.
What are your thoughts on this story? Why do you think OP’s wife kept it a secret that her ex never signed their divorce papers?
How would you have handled things if you were in OP’s place?
