LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A 32-year-old Reddit user has taken to the platform to recount her sad discovery and experience after planting a hidden camera to check on her husband and new nanny.
A month after discovering the affair of her husband, she shared her story on the social media platform.
The woman, who is a nurse, stated that she was suspicious of her husband having an affair and said he did nothing to ease her mind when she asked him about it.
According to her, she decided to throw a test in order to make her own findings, which on the long run, was shocking and heartbreaking.
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She further revealed that her husband worked three nights a week and came home to sleep during the day. Adding that, with her profession and her husband working nights and sleeping during the day, they both hired a 17-year-old babysitter to care for their three-year-old daughter.
The woman also talked about her challenging situation with her husband, adding that it did not help that her husband was not doing anything to ease her mind.
“I felt I was going crazy because something was off, and he refused to ease my mind and answer questions I had,” she said.
According to her, the only way she could get answers was by installing a camera in their home.
For the first several days, nothing happened, yet her suspicions of her 35-year-old husband’s affair were soon confirmed, she disclosed.
On the fourth day, the woman saw her husband and the babysitter in a passionate embrace behind the couple’s daughter’s back as she watched TV. The woman admitted to feeling many emotions, including guilt at wanting to keep her job when her husband complained she was pushing him aside.
The woman’s husband who is said to have burst into tears when she confronted him, asked her to listen to him, but instead, she took her daughter and went to stay with her mom.
The woman shared that her husband had asked for forgiveness and was left all alone because the babysitter had left soon after the affair came out. The husband accused the babysitter of initiating the affair.
While her husband begged for her forgiveness, the woman said she felt done with him. She revealed how he’d managed to make her feel guilty for not dressing up or making an effort with him.
The woman further stated that she feels she is partly the cause of what happened, and even though her husband was asking for a second chance, her heart raced as she didn’t know how to deal with everything. She also wrote that her husband’s family defended him.
Following the woman’s account of her ordeal, many users have taken to the comments section to share their opinions and advise.
A user, @PeteyPorkschops, opined that there was no way the babysitter could have seduced the woman’s husband and instead felt he had taken advantage of a young girl. she further advised the woman to do what was best for her and her daughter rather than thinking about what her cheating husband would want.
The woman, however, replied saying her husband blamed her for everything wrong between them.
Advising the woman to get a good lawyer, a user, @billliboop, urged her to disbelieve everything her husband said, as he seemed like a master of manipulation. The same person told the woman not to bother with counseling as they didn’t believe it would help the couple.
She further advised that she keep the video of him cheating and said if she decided on a divorce and her husband acted up during the proceedings, she could play the video for the judge.
Another Reddit user added that the cheating husband was gaslighting her and said she should focus on teaching her daughter how to avoid situations like this one when she is older and potentially babysitting.