'I was convinced he was cheating - when I found out the truth, it was too late'

A woman who suspected her husband was being unfaithful had a nasty surprise after ending the marriage, the Mirror reports.

She was left heartbroken after being told that her husband was talking to other women on dating apps and exchanging naked photos. But in a shocking twist, she later learnt it was actually a neighbour who was behind the dating profile which was used for 'catfishing'.

In an anonymous post on Reddit, she slammed the neighbour for robbing her family of "our love and happiness". She revealed that she hasn't been on speaking terms with her husband in over a year - but she's hoping to save the relationship now she knows the truth.

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She took to Reddit's Relationship_Advice forum to explain her devastating situation and revealed they are currently "not on speaking terms". In her anonymous post, she explained that she had received a message on Facebook last September telling her that her "husband was talking and exchanging naked photos with other women on Tinder".

She then saw screenshots of the images of her 'husband's' exchange with the woman, the wife then downloaded Tinder and came across her 'husband's' profile - which also said his location was "nearby".

However, things took a turn when she decided to confront him. She wrote: "I was convinced that he was cheating, and we had a terrible fallout that evening which led to my family coming over to calm the situation, but instead, it escalated when my brother punched and grabbed hold of my husband.

"The neighbors called the police and my husband was asked to pack a few things and stay elsewhere for a while. We separated shortly after, and he has since moved to Sydney to be closer to his ailing father but sees our kids for a weekend twice a month. It has now been 14 months since the woman separated from her husband and she was finally moving on, only for the neighbour's wife to knock on the door."

She then found out that her neighbour had been catfishing a woman online - when someone pretends to be another person online - and had been using her husband's photos to do it. The post further detailed: "[The neighbour] downloaded these photos from a Macbook that we lent him during COVID, and some of these photos were of intimate nature...and of me. The police are currently dealing with this."

The stunned wife admitted she now wants to make amends with her ex-husband but has no idea how to approach it as she's worried it may be too late. She said: "I am so scared that we might be down too far the rabbit hole and that he will likely push for a divorce, even though I know that we love each other deeply, but this took a massive toll on our mental health, finances and the wellbeing of our three kids.

One Reddit user suggested: "Your husband experienced something that you will never understand: A false accusation, an assault from your brother, spousal alienation….I am afraid there is no going back for you. You chose to not listen to him when he said it was not him."

While another said: "You two got screwed over, not just by your neighbour, but also by your brother…being married is being part of a shared family. The fact that your family got in the middle of it and bodily hurt him would make anyone think twice about getting back in."

The woman then took to the same post a few months later to issue an update. She said that they had sat down and discussed everything, and revealed he still wanted to go through with the divorce. "It was decided that our marriage was beyond repair and that we should go our separate ways.

"He is currently in therapy and has requested that we have a clean break with no further contact in the future - I intend to respect his wishes and will continue to communicate through his lawyer on matters that concern our kids."

She then said her brother had apologised and was "extremely remorseful" and added: "It is a series of unfortunate events that has changed many lives and robbed my family of our love and happiness."