Submitted by Gow87 t3_z32yef in tifu

This was a few years ago now and we're no longer married...

I was out with my team at work, having a few drinks. One round turned into about 8 and I missed the last train home. Being the caring and responsible husband, I thought it best to call the wife and let her know that I'm gonna get a hotel. "Hey honey, just to let you know, I've missed the last train and I'm gonna share a room with a workmate"...

My wife was the jealous type: "Who?"...

Now would be a good time to explain that we had a lot of Nick's so we differentiated by including surnames, in this case, Cole.

In hindsight telling your wife you're pissed, have missed the train home, are having a great time and you're going to go and sleep with Nick Cole... Maybe not my brightest moment.

To compound the problem, her business partner was called Nicole so she very quickly drew the rest of the fucking owl and came to the conclusion that I was banging her business partner behind her back.

But fate had more in store for me. Just as the words left my mouth, when even my shitfaced little brain knew I'd fucked up, but before the start of a verbal onslaught, that was the moment my phone ran out of juice. Like some kind of fucked up power move, I called my wife, told her I'm having a great time, I'm drunk and I'm gonna go sleep with Nicole. Click

The next day at work, my poor little hungover brain was not prepared.

...we're no longer together.

TLDR: Got drunk, told my wife I was going to share a room with a workmate, workmates full name is phonetically identical to her business partners name. 4 years later - divorce.

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shesavillain t1_ixjoilh wrote

4 years later - divorce.. what’d she say after you got back home and explained? Why not add that?

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Gow87 OP t1_ixlbni3 wrote

Because it's not entertaining. I was basically ignored for a few days and treated like a child on the naughty step. Emotional intelligence wasn't really her thing - more a shout scream and then silent treatment type.

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bibbiddybobbidyboo t1_ixlh2bv wrote

Out of curiosity, was she always like that?

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Gow87 OP t1_ixngqxn wrote

Yeap. But her whole family is like that...

I just thought everyone's different and has their own way of dealing with things but now it's a big red flag for me

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Gwyenblade12 t1_ixtjmtd wrote

Naw, always pay attention to your partner’s family as birds of a feather flock together. Besides looks like you dodge a bullet when this hen flew the chicken coop..

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SophieRose24 t1_ixjm4m9 wrote

Your wife jumped the gun just a teensy bit me thinks

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Gow87 OP t1_ixjnsn0 wrote

I think I may have dodged a bullet.

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Gwyenblade12 t1_ixtjub4 wrote

Honestly, yea while you did fuck up the fact she was jealous and gave you the silent treatment is a red flag partners need to talk. From the sound of it if it wasn’t this incident something else would of popped up, and your wife would of done the same thing.

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SophieRose24 t1_ixjo92m wrote

Maybe, maybe not, only time will tell know and i wish you luck my dude.

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fliguana t1_ixjpdt4 wrote

This is gold

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Gow87 OP t1_ixldxtk wrote

It's one of the only moments of my life where I thought I might be in a sitcom 😂

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