{"id":6443,"date":"2025-03-06T13:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/?p=6443"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:52:29","slug":"at-my-lowest-point-my-wife-abandoned-me-for-another-man-and-a-supposedly-better-life-and-three-years-later-she-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/at-my-lowest-point-my-wife-abandoned-me-for-another-man-and-a-supposedly-better-life-and-three-years-later-she-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"At my lowest point, my wife abandoned me for another man and a supposedly better life \u2014 and three years later, she pleaded for a chance to talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
In my weakest moment, the woman I loved left me for a \u201cbetter\u201d life with a man who promised her everything I couldn\u2019t. Three years later, she returned, begging. I had just been diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma, but her news was worse\u2014she was leaving me for another man.\n
As she walked out, abandoning our family, I fought cancer alone, relying on my sister and parents for support. Despite the agony of chemo and radiation, I fought for my kids, Chelsea and Sam. I kept pushing, and after two years, I was cancer-free. My life began to rebuild, and the divorce was final. Melissa disappeared without a trace.\n
One day, while at a gas station, I saw her working behind the counter. She looked different\u2014broken. She admitted that her new life had fallen apart, and now she wanted to come back. But I wasn\u2019t the same person.\n
\u201cYou left me to die, and now you want to return?\u201d I said. I told her she made a choice, and I had moved on. As my kids laughed with their slushies, I walked out, leaving Melissa behind.\n
Later, she sent a text begging for a conversation. I didn\u2019t respond. Some choices can\u2019t be undone. Some betrayals cost too much. I blocked her number, choosing my kids and the life I had fought to build.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my weakest moment, the woman I loved left me for a \u201cbetter\u201d life with a man who promised her everything I couldn\u2019t. Three years later, she… \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n