When I had our first child,and I was still in the hospital after her birth, my Husband cheated on me. It was with a woman who had pretended to be my friend,but that was only to get close enough to my Husband to sleep with him. I was a very naive 17-year-old in some ways. :-(
When my daughter was a couple of weeks old this woman kept telling me she thought my Husband and her husband were cheating while they were out doing yard work. Well, my Husband finally got tired of my suspicions and told me that he had slept with my supposed friend.
I can't tell you how devastating it was to hear this right after my body had been forever changed. My confidence was never the same after this.
Anyway, being the person I am, after a year or so, I forgave her, and even babysat for her twin sister sometimes. After a couple of years, she fell out of my life. That is, until last year.
After 38 years, she shows up at my house.I was outside getting the mail, and she approached me. I didn't recognize her,I mean 38 years is a long time. She told me she was living up the block and saw me one day, and wanted to make sure it was really me.
We made small talk and she asked how many kids we ended up having. I told her 6 , because we had adopted and raised our 4 grandchildren, too. The expression changed on her face, a little at that. I can't say I know what the expression was on her face. Then I started in the house. She got out of my way quickly, like she thought I was gonna hit her or something, and I continued into the house.
When I came in, my Husband was asking, "Who was that? " and when I told him, He started calling her very bad words, and said she was trying to stir things up. I kinda freaked out for a couple of weeks after that, because in my heart, I knew something wasn't right. Why would she just show up after that many years? She said she lived up the block, but I hadn't seen her around. I haven't seen her since this encounter either.
I told my Husband I thought he was messing around with her again, but he denied it. Still, I can't help but wonder. 😔
I guess this has been brought back to the front of my mind because my Husband has been working at our daughter's house for a couple of days, and he is usually home all the time. I might be insecure. He doesn't usually work as hard as he has been working at our daughter's, especially without taking one of our adult kids to help. I might just be triggered by his absence, and that is why this encounter has been brought to the front of my mind again.🤔
NOTE- I am having trouble with insomnia because I am used to going to sleep with a full belly. Since I have been intermittent fasting, I have struggled to sleep. I hope that gets better at some point. :-(
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