I could look past my boyfriend James being a hopeless lover who needed Viagra. Then I received an email exposing who he REALLY was. Suddenly, it all made sense...
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One night, out of the blue, I received an email with no subject line. Like any email with no subject line, of course I opened it immediately. It turned my world upside down. 'You're a disgrace of a human being. Tell me why you've been sleeping with my husband,' read the first line.
'I'm James' wife and the mother of his seven children. We've been married for ten years and I can't believe you would do this to me.'. Let me be clear from the outset - I'm no mistress, and never imagined being the 'other woman'. But nor did I expect that James*, the man I considered by boyfriend, would turn out to be married with seven kids.
Before we go any further, let's start from the beginning. After my divorce in my late 40s, I jumped back into the dating game and soon realised the pool of available men was remarkably shallow. How do I put this? They tended to be boring, unkempt, revolting and thick as two planks. I can't imagine they're much better today.
But then I met James - online, naturally. He was tall, handsome, funny, generous and kind. We went on a few dates and I had a great time. He made me laugh and the fact we had similar interests certainly helped. I dated a man for four months before finding out he was married and had seven children (stock image posed by models).
The only downside was the sex. I don't quite know how to say this without sounding like I'm being cruel to the man, but it was a huge letdown. To be completely honest, he was a hopeless lover. He just wasn't good in bed and needed to take Viagra to perform, which took the spontaneity out of our sex life.