“I was married for a couple of years when I left my wife. The relationship I had with my wife was that of a friendship. There was no chemistry and no sex. The woman that I left her for had her own complications. So how did this work out? I will answer that in two ways. First, it sped up a divorce tha…”— Dontjudgemeforever, reddit.com
“I was married to my wife for 21 years and had two wonderful daughters. I was seriously unhappy for the last 11 or 12 years of the marriage and she never saw it, everyone else did but not her. It came to a head when my mother asked me one day when I was going to leave her because I was way too young…”— IdahoPatMan, reddit.com
“The other person and I are married and couldn't be happier. We both came from unhealthy/dead marriages. I do regret how the whole separation/divorce went with my ex but I never regretted leaving and I never will even if things between my now husband and me shouldn't work out.”— andthentherewerefour, reddit.com
“Backstory: My ex and I were best friends for 12 years, dated for 8. We weren't married because it was illegal at the time (gayyyyyy). Near the end of our relationship I did actually ask her to marry me because it was becoming legal in some states. Her response was to write me a letter, telling me sh…”— AskMe_If_ICare, reddit.com
“I got married young at 19, to someone I had been with for a year but friends with throughout school. The marriage was not the best thought out idea (we were both quite immature teenagers who absolutely believed we were the most mature two people on the planet. Hindsight.) though we got along really…”— mtwtfssrepeat, reddit.com
“Met my wife online, married 14 years. She left me because marriage was getting stale as well. Left me, my son and daughter (her biological children, my stepchildren). Held on as long as I could in the house we rented because we had 6 dogs at the time. My children, in time, moved in with their mom be…”— mcatech, reddit.com
“I left an abusive lazy fiance (I was 21 then) for a man who was 59. I saw he had something of interest to me for sale online. I rode my motorbike 120kms to pick up the item one night. He greeted me at the doorway and I found him very attractive! (A sort of thrashed out Matthew McConaughey)... he was…”— Rideronthestorm27, reddit.com
“I was in a bad marriage, wasn't abusive; but toxic and controlling. We didn't agree a lot on things, no similar hobbies, I couldn't spend time with family or friends without him getting jealous. Not to justify what I did, but our marriage was dead. I met someone online through a gaming forum and we…”— Inmysguin, reddit.com
“Marriage was stale, living parallel lives, blah blah blah. Ran into "the one that got away" on FB. Chatting led to flirting led to a tryst in a city between us. It was meant to be a once-and-done, to get it out of our system. What we didn't plan on was falling in love. Knowing I'd want to see her ag…”— Scrappy_Larue, reddit.com
“I left my wife for someone who I felt was my best friend. We tried living together and it was a complete disaster. All I did was compare her to my wife, in retrospect I regret all of it. The emotional toll is something you cannot fully express. A bad situation like that never has any chance of worki…”— ELMachoMetro, reddit.com
“If you’ve forgotten what it feels like to have a crush, let me remind you. It feels like you fucking invented crushes. Having a crush on someone while you’re still in love with your ex, though, is harder to explain. It feels like winning a contest you didn’t enter. Or finding money on the ground and…”— Caroline Calloway, instagram.com
“For once in my life, I don’t have to try to be happy. When I am with you it just happens.”— Unknown, ignitedquotes.com
“I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.”— Jim Croce, open.spotify.com
“I never have to wonder if we’ll stay together. I just know it.”— Mélanie Berliet, thoughtcatalog.com