'I ended my marriage over my husband's affair - then I found out the shocking truth'

Infidelity is a dealbreaker for many, but one woman discovered a shocking twist about her husband's affair.

After being devastated to find out her husband was on dating apps, she ended her marriage, but later found out the truth. It turned out that their neighbour was using her husband's photos to 'catfish' women, that is, pretending to be another person online.

Having not been on speaking terms with her husband for a year, she took the neighbour to task for robbing them of "our love and happiness". The wife is now hoping to rekindle their relationship after finding out the truth.

The anonymous woman took to Reddit's Relationship_Advice forum to tell the story. In her post, she said the debacle began when she received a Facebook message saying her "husband was talking and exchanging naked photos with other women on Tinder".

She viewed screenshots of the pictures of their interactions and then downloaded Tinder to find her "husband"'s profile, which said his location was "nearby". The woman confronted her husband when things took a turn for the worse.

"I was convinced that he was cheating, and we had a terrible fallout that evening which led to my family coming over to calm the situation, but instead, it escalated when my brother punched and grabbed hold of my husband," she wrote.

"The neighbors called the police and my husband was asked to pack a few things and stay elsewhere for a while. We separated shortly after, and he has since moved to Sydney to be closer to his ailing father but sees our kids for a weekend twice a month."

The shocking twist came when the neighbour's wife came knocking at her door to reveal the truth. The wife found out that the neighbour had been catfishing a woman online using her husband's pictures.

The post further detailed: "[The neighbour] downloaded these photos from a Macbook that we lent him during COVID, and some of these photos were of intimate nature...and of me. The police are currently dealing with this."

Reeling from the news, the woman opened up about wanting to make amends with her ex-husband, but worried that it may be too late. She said: "I am so scared that we might be down too far the rabbit hole and that he will likely push for a divorce, even though I know that we love each other deeply, but this took a massive toll on our mental health, finances and the wellbeing of our three kids."

One Reddit user suggested: "Your husband experienced something that you will never understand: A false accusation, an assault from your brother, spousal alienation….I am afraid there is no going back for you. You chose to not listen to him when he said it was not him."

While another said: "You two got screwed over, not just by your neighbour, but also by your brother…being married is being part of a shared family. The fact that your family got in the middle of it and bodily hurt him would make anyone think twice about getting back in."

Later on, the woman returned to the post a few months later to share an update. She and her ex-husband sat down for a heart-to-heart, but unfortunately, he still wanted to go through with the divorce.

"It was decided that our marriage was beyond repair and that we should go our separate ways. He is currently in therapy and has requested that we have a clean break with no further contact in the future - I intend to respect his wishes and will continue to communicate through his lawyer on matters that concern our kids."

She added that her brother had apologised and was "extremely remorseful", saying: "It is a series of unfortunate events that has changed many lives and robbed my family of our love and happiness."

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