Sometimes, even a rock-solid marriage may fall apart like a house of cards. And a mere accident may become a reason for a quick and painful breakup. Our today\u2019s protagonist is a woman, who has been happily married for 15 years, and she sincerely believed that her marriage was a union that cannot be shaken. But then, she accidentally overheard her husband\u2019s conversation with his best friend, and since then, her life has made a quite whimsical turn.\n

Angela and Mark were happily married for many years.\n\n
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Our reader, a\u00a035-year-old woman named Angela, sent\u00a0us a\u00a0letter where she told\u00a0us her heart-wrenching story. The woman now sincerely regrets that she was so\u00a0in\u00a0love\u00a0with her husband from the very beginning of\u00a0their long\u00a0relationship, that she hardly noticed any\u00a0red flags\u00a0in\u00a0his behavior. Angela wanted her story to\u00a0become a\u00a0warning for people to\u00a0trust their gut and to\u00a0be\u00a0more pragmatic, even if\u00a0they believe that their relationship is\u00a0unshakeable.\n
Angela opened her letter, saying, \u201cHi, Echo Woven! I\u2019m writing to\u00a0you to\u00a0tell my\u00a0story that may seem sad for many people, but\u00a0I managed to\u00a0cope with my\u00a0pain and become stronger and wiser, despite all challenges that my\u00a0life prepared for\u00a0me. So, I\u00a0have a\u00a0husband (soon to\u00a0be\u00a0ex), his name is\u00a0Mark.\n
I\u00a0am deeply in\u00a0love with my\u00a0husband and\u00a0I was sure he\u00a0loved me\u00a0too. We\u00a0got married 15\u00a0years ago and it\u00a0was\u00a0a\u00a0dream come true. Recently, my\u00a0whole world crashed. Right on\u00a0our 15th anniversary, my\u00a0husband unwillingly revealed a\u00a0disgusting secret that he\u2019d been keeping from me\u00a0for all these years. Since then, my\u00a0life has been resembling a\u00a0nightmare.\u201d\n\n
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Angela ignored several red flags in\u00a0her marriage, being blinded by\u00a0love.\n\n
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Angela goes on\u00a0with her story, saying, \u201cUp\u00a0until recently, my\u00a0husband had been an\u00a0almost ideal partner, and our whole marriage was a\u00a0dream come true. Mark was always kind and sometimes funny and silly, and he\u00a0was the person who made me\u00a0feel loved.
\nThere were some red flags that\u00a0I should\u2019ve noticed before, but\u00a0I was so\u00a0overwhelmingly in\u00a0love with Mark, that his sometimes strange behavior was left unattended. His weirdness showed up\u00a0whenever financial matters were discussed in\u00a0our family.\u201d\n
\u201cI\u00a0make a\u00a0decent income and my\u00a0parents are successful in\u00a0their business. I\u00a0can say that\u00a0I earn nearly enough to\u00a0be\u00a0considered a\u00a0wealthy person. I\u00a0have good savings and if\u00a0I have a\u00a0wish, I\u00a0can quit my\u00a0job tomorrow and be\u00a0set for life. I\u2019m a\u00a0Chief Executive in\u00a0a\u00a0huge agrarian company and\u00a0I make $700K working 65\u00a0hours a\u00a0week. Mark is\u00a0a\u00a0customer service assistant in\u00a0a\u00a0bank, and he\u00a0makes $50K working 40\u00a0hours a\u00a0week.
\nA couple years ago, he raised a question that he needs some extra money to be allocated for him from our family budget, and he said that it must be the fixed monthly sum of $1,500, which he would spend on his \u2018personal needs\u2019. I found it strange, but I easily agreed, because, again, I loved him so much, and I would agree to almost everything he would suggest, without any suspicions or doubts.\u201d\n\n
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Angela accidentally found out a\u00a0terrifying truth about her husband.\n\n
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Angela continues her story, saying, \u201cDespite some really awkward financial moments in\u00a0our family, we\u2019ve lived happily together for 15\u00a0years. Right on\u00a0our 15th wedding anniversary, I\u00a0came home earlier than Mark expected me\u00a0to. He\u00a0was already at\u00a0home, and\u00a0I came 3\u00a0hours before my\u00a0expected time, because\u00a0I brought him a\u00a0special present for our big date. We\u00a0agreed beforehand that we\u00a0would celebrate together, without all these parties and guests, so\u00a0I was surprised when\u00a0I heard the voice of\u00a0his best friend coming from our kitchen.
\nI\u00a0thought Mark had invited his friend to\u00a0help him to\u00a0arrange some surprise for\u00a0me, but then\u00a0I heard them both discussing our relationship, and my\u00a0heart froze at\u00a0what I\u00a0revealed. Mark\u2019s friend congratulated him on\u00a0his \u2019successful marriage\u2019 and he\u00a0was telling how lucky he\u00a0was to\u00a0be\u00a0married to\u00a0a\u00a0rich woman, who would cover all his financial needs. Mark then replied, \u2019Yes, I\u00a0don\u2019t need to\u00a0worry about anything, including financial support to\u00a0Pamela.\u2019\u201d\n
Angela wrote, \u201cMark\u2019s rude words and a mentioning of some \u2019Pamela\u2019 made me feel sick in the stomach. I felt stressed, frustrated and wanted to cry instantaneously. I lost control over myself and I coughed, making it obvious to them both that I was there, and I heard everything they were saying.\u201d\n\n
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Angela was broken, but didn\u2019t lose her mind over her husband\u2019s betrayal.\n\n
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Angela wrote, \u201cI\u00a0confronted Mark and his friend about everything\u00a0I heard and made them tell the truth. Turned out, Mark had a\u00a0mistress, Pamela, for all these 15\u00a0years of\u00a0our marriage. He\u00a0was in\u00a0love with this woman and never really loved\u00a0me. He\u00a0asked me\u00a0for this monthly sum of\u00a0money for his \u2019private expenses\u2019 and he\u00a0gave this money to\u00a0Pamela.
\nHe\u00a0married me\u00a0because my\u00a0parents were wealthy, and then\u00a0I started making a\u00a0good income on\u00a0my\u00a0own, and this was the only reason why he\u00a0stayed with me\u00a0for all these 15\u00a0years. When I\u00a0found out the truth, I\u00a0felt like\u00a0I almost died, it\u00a0hurt immensely, and\u00a0I could barely speak.\u201d\n
\u201cTwo weeks passed and\u00a0I made a\u00a0crucial decision. I\u00a0filed for\u00a0divorce\u00a0and\u00a0I planned my\u00a0little revenge for everything that Mark has done to\u00a0me\u00a0and my\u00a0soul. I\u00a0knew that Mark had a\u00a0decent sum of\u00a0money in\u00a0a\u00a0safe in\u00a0his room. I\u00a0never asked him about the purpose of\u00a0this money, I\u00a0only knew that he\u00a0was putting off money from his salary on\u00a0a\u00a0monthly basis and that the sum was around $700K, which was equal to\u00a0my\u00a0annual income.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cOne day, I\u00a0took all this money from his safe and donated the whole sum to\u00a0charity. I\u00a0then penned him a\u00a0letter where\u00a0I explained that he\u00a0was lying to\u00a0me\u00a0and robbing me\u00a0for a\u00a0long time, literally. I\u00a0explained in\u00a0my\u00a0last letter to\u00a0him that\u00a0I donated his savings to\u00a0kids, who were left without parents, and this was a\u00a0very significant deed for\u00a0me. Because I\u00a0was feeling like an\u00a0abandoned child, whose beloved people betrayed them and left them alone, full of\u00a0pain and tears.
\nNow, I\u2019m almost divorced, and\u00a0I feel free and complete. I\u00a0am thankful to\u00a0my\u00a0destiny for whatever a\u00a0lesson it\u00a0taught me\u00a0by\u00a0bringing me\u00a0and Mark together. I\u2019m ready to\u00a0be\u00a0happy, and I\u2019m proud of\u00a0my\u00a0decision and don\u2019t regret my\u00a0cruel, but at\u00a0the same time, amazing revenge to\u00a0my\u00a0lying husband.\u201d\n\n
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And here\u2019s yet another story of\u00a0a\u00a0woman, whose husband showed his true colors after her wealthy dad passed.\u00a0Read more to\u00a0find out how the witty woman taught her spouse a\u00a0lesson he\u2019ll never forget.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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