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r/Bestof Is My Wife Making Me a Cuck?

2025-10-29 Comedy
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From Suspected Affair to Unilateral IVF Pregnancy and Co-Parenting Chaos

Discover the extraordinary progression of a relationship crisis, moving from infidelity alerts to a legally contested pregnancy and the complex aftermath of separation and joint parenthood.

Short Summary

  • Resolve a workplace relationship scandal involving alleged flirting, secret meetings, and a coworker's intervention.
  • Uncover the dramatic reversal when the wife used frozen embryos to unilaterally conceive despite pending marital dissolution.
  • Trace the legal battle that resulted in a significant settlement and updated clinical consent procedures.
  • Understand the narrator's ongoing struggle to parent a child while managing a deeply dysfunctional post-breakup relationship with his ex-wife.

This narrative tracks a husband’s response after receiving anonymous tips about his wife’s behavior during office drinks. The investigation into suspected infidelity escalates into divorce proceedings, which are abruptly halted when the wife proceeds with an IVF transfer without the husband's consent. The final updates detail the financial settlement, the birth of the child, and the narrator’s attempts to establish co-parenting arrangements despite severe ongoing relationship volatility and mental health diagnoses.

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Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hJo9o8qFqrblXu1Plkv8L Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rslash Discord: https://discord.com/invite/VD6eYD3 0:00 Intro 0:10 Naive man "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC By Attribution 3.0

Top Comments (10)

@Rj-ij6ko 2025-10-29

I love how Op’s wife is basically saying “i know its clear im cheating on you…but you not trusting me is SOOOO controlling” Poor Op:(

1.5k 17 replies
@princeofddr 2025-10-29

The second the ex-wife claimed that her Bipolar disorder absolved her of any consequences, was the very second that OP should've cut ALL contact with her.

860 12 replies
@onyxdragon1179 2025-10-29

There's a point where naivete stops being that and becomes idiocy... OP is a good example of that.

805 5 replies
@SteviiLove 2025-10-29

Sorry but there's no way the ex jumps right into a relationship with the guy who ruined her last relationship if they weren't already cheating because how else would she know they would make a better couple if there was zero intimacy, emotional or physical.

572 10 replies
@TiaguinhuxD 2025-10-29

Not a single friend in OPs life to help him OMGGGG

423 6 replies
@andrewascher5888 2025-10-29

That therapist might have been actually insane. "Yes, your wife cheated lied and gaslighted you, but have you considered how much of that is your fault?"

334 6 replies
@meiradoeshavealife 2025-10-29

Hearing this story is like watching a person who sees someone trying to break into the house to rob them, and while upset and in disbelief that someone is attempting that, they open the door, invite the robber in, offer them tea, point to the most valuable belongings, pack them in a bag and give to the robber and then give them some leftover lasagna while waving them goodbye. You just can't feel sorry for someone so hell bent to sabotage their own life.

332 1 replies
@greebybow5219 2025-10-29

I cant believe this guy didnt immediately hire a PI to gain evidence, this dude played every card wrong, setting himself up for disaster

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@vagabondbarbarian8961 2025-10-29

What an amazing couples counselor. All they managed to do is help the ex-wife convince OP that he was the real problem all along, what a joke.

102 2 replies
@zeethusofdaybreak1584 2025-10-29

TLDR "I gave a bad person another chance and it screwed me over.... am i the idiot???" YES. Dear god you got screwed over by the same woman twice...

79 4 replies

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