Woman gives cheating husband four-word ultimatum after catching him in the act

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She's given him an ultimatum - and a deadline (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A wife has left people stunned with her response to catching her husband cheating. The unnamed woman caused a stir online after sharing her story and the bold four-word ultimatum she's since given her spouse.

The woman claims her husband of 12 years has been having an affair with a part-time cashier from their local supermarket and she found further proof of the relationship within their bank statements as he's been spending a lot of money on the other woman. After collecting the damning evidence, she claims she confronted her partner and gave him two options - and a strict deadline in which to make up his mind.

Taking to Reddit to rant, the wife claimed she told her husband they could either have an "open marriage or divorce". Along with this ultimatum, she said there would be some rules and boundaries he would have to agree to, no matter which choice he made, out of respect for her and their children.

She wrote: "I gave him an ultimatum. Either an open marriage or divorce I caught my husband of 12 years cheating on me. I do know the girl because she is a part-time cashier at the local grocery store. He has been spending a lot of money on her. I got the proof and confronted his a**. He did what most cheaters do. Deny and gaslight. When he couldn't make up more lies he finally caved and started with his big man tears of 'don't leave me baby', 'I swear I will change'. I gave him options. Either we open our marriage, and keep our home, and keep our children and they will grow up in a house and not shift every weekend, you can keep your side chicks as long as you do not bring them into our home, we will have set of rules and boundaries."

She continued to share more information, saying: "I laid out all the boundaries and conditions: 1)He cannot spend money from our joint account, he can spend money from his personal expenses however, in case of emergency, he will put his family above his side chicks. 2) Never bring them home or into our space where we have our kids. 3) No family members or friends. 4) Always use protection and regular STD checkups. 5) We will tell each other about the dates and when are we going, who are we with. We do not have to share pictures of our partners. 6) If he gets a woman pregnant, it's the end and if I get pregnant by another man, I will either get an abortion or put the kid to adoption or if the father agrees he can keep the baby and I will sign away my rights and yes he is more than welcome to divorce me and I will not push him for child support for another man's child.

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Woman gives cheating husband four-word ultimatum after catching him in the actShe confronted him with proof (stock photo) (Getty Images)

"Or, we will get a divorce. We will split everything evenly, the house is in my name so, I will keep the house. We will only contact through parenting app. No bad-mouthing to our kids. If our kids want to know the truth later in life we will tell them. We will have a healthy co-parenting relationship. He can have as many girlfriends as he wants but he shouldn't force our children to accept them. It's for our kids to decide." The post ends with the wife claiming she gave him 48 hours to pick an option and there were 12 hours left of the deadline at the time she took to Reddit. She added: "We will see what he decides. If he cannot then I will make the decision for both of us. My decision is divorce."

Over 6,000 people have upvoted the post with over 1,900 replying, with many shocked she gave him a choice and some urging her to just get a divorce. One person said: "He's not going to follow your rules. Just get a divorce and be done with it. It doesn't help your children to be in a family like you're proposing. In fact, it could make them very jaded about marriage. They'll be much happier if their mom is happy….even if that means divorced." Someone else agreed, pointing out: "He's already shown he can't follow the rules." While another simply wrote: "Damn."

The woman has since shared an update claiming that the deadline came and went and he refused to select either option, so she has chosen for him and wants a divorce. She explained: "I told him to pack his stuff and get out. He begged and pleaded. I stood firm. He said if several couples make it work and whatnot but I am not a doormat who will waste several years of her life building a foundation that was already broken. I have contacted my lawyer. I will serve him within this week. I already had the divorce papers ready but I didn't serve him because I gave him the option of what it is going to be. Soon, our family will know. And I will not hear anyone who says to give him a chance. I did and he failed. I don't believe in cheating makes relationships stronger crap like that one guy in my comments told me. I know I cannot even look at him the same way. I am done being weak and making excuses for him."

Courtney Pochin

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