It all happen a few years ago, When I made the biggest mistake of my life! Henry Thomas is my name, I'm 36 years of age, and this is the story of how my life went down the drain.
I was married, had been with my wife for 15 years. Then I left her 2 months short of our 10 year wedding anniversary.
We were parents to two beautiful children, Helen and Tommy Thomas, who are in their late teens now, but were only seven and nine years old when I walked out. I travelled for work, stayed in a different hotel at least three nights a week. That’s how I met this beautiful woman named Eve.
We got to know each other over time. We became Facebook friends. We sent messages to each other all day and night. She was also married, also had two kids. We had so much in common, we soon fell in love. I felt like I was falling inlove all over again but little did I know everything would soon come back to haunt me. This was all during a very trying time in my marriage. I wasn’t happy, I didn’t look forward to going home. My wife had put on weight, we hardly ever spoke, she always looked so miserable. Little did I realise that I was the reason she was so down and depressed. I didn’t pay her any attention. I took her for granted. I was too busy wishing my life was more exciting, being romanced online, spending all of my free time thinking how I could get out. I believed she didn’t love me. I convinced myself she never cared about me or my needs, wants and wishes, that all I was a paycheck.
She spent her free time taking care of us -- our kids, making our suppers, doing our washing, making lunches, doing homework, projects, shuttling kids to sport, taking care of the pets they loved so much, their friends, and had a job of her own on top of it all. Every time she spoke to me, all I heard was nagging and whining. But she was actually begging for my attention. A weekend away, a date night, a movie, everything I ended up doing with Eve behind her back and after I left my family, We argued and fought because we felt unheard by the other. And yet that was all we actually had to do – LISTEN – to each other!
I moved to another province with Eve. My now ex-wife got custody of our kids. I saw them every second weekend, the usual 'Dad' set up.
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NEVER GIVE UP
Short StoryA man walked out on his family to do what he wanted but years later he realized what he'd done
