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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Annalisa Barbieri

My lover says he can’t leave his wife and child for me just yet. Is he being dishonest?

Annalisa Barbieri illustrated

I’ve been having an affair for three months with my co-worker, who is married with a two-year-old. I never thought it would get this far but we have been seeing each other a lot and have developed feelings for each other. When it began, I was conscious that men never leave the wife for the mistress, but as we continued I’ve really started seeing how strongly he feels for me and I for him.

He says he’s always thinking about me, misses me, cannot enjoy his time at home any longer, and just longs to be with me. We finally had the talk a few days ago, and he said he cannot leave his wife right now as we’ve been seeing each other for too short a time (they’ve been together for 11 years). He says he is bored with her and wants to be with me, but he can’t leave his daughter. (I have made it clear I would never ask him to give her up.)

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