My husband has been cheating on his cousin for almost our entire marriage
A WOMAN is left distraught after discovering her husband cheated on her throughout their marriage to his cousin.
The 39-year-old revealed her husband, 40, was left in pieces three weeks ago when his cousin was killed in a car crash.
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After looking visibly depressed for weeks, he sat his wife of 15 years down at dinner and told her a dark secret.
On Reddit, the woman revealed: “To summarize a few things: he had essentially been doing sexual things with his cousin since she ‘seduced’ him when she was 13 and he was 16.
“These sexual activities continued throughout their adulthood until he started dating me.”
After their wedding, the woman’s husband stopped sleeping with his cousin for four years until she convinced him to restart things.
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“He told me to take it the way I wanted and that he would accept whatever I did considering our marriage,” she said.
“His cousin was apparently much more than just a sex affair.”
The woman revealed that she was extremely shocked as she never expected her husband to be a cheater.
She said: ‘He never did anything that would have raised red flags, such as being late or leaving another woman’s hair behind.
‘I’m at a standstill and I’m not sure where to go.
“I couldn’t say anything to him after he was so blunt about it.
“I’m still crying now, I don’t know where to go.”
The woman begged Reddit users for advice and received hundreds of messages of empathy.
One person said: ‘He married you because he couldn’t have her.
“He’s not the man you married. You have to respect yourself enough to kick him out of your life.”
A second person said: “This is just so weird on so many levels.
Can I marry my cousin in Britain?
AROUND the world, more than 10 percent of marriages take place between cousins.
In Britain there is no legal barrier to a relationship between two cousins.
That means that if you fall in love with your aunts and uncles’ children, there’s nothing stopping you from eventually tying the knot.
If you are over 18 years old, you can do this without the consent of your legal guardian or parent.
Marriages between cousins were once very common in Europe, especially among the elite.
“I don’t get the feeling he wants to work on your marriage. I don’t even know if your marriage can be saved. I definitely wouldn’t want to stay with someone like that.’
“You literally spent fifteen years living in a reality that didn’t even exist, what a waste of your time.
A third person added: “There are so many things that concern me about this post.
“The fact that he actually thinks a thirteen year old can ‘seduce’ a sixteen year old who knows better, the decade of cheating on his relative and him now being ‘honest’ because she died.
“I don’t really understand his timing, but it’s probably because he wants to relieve his guilt.
“Personally, I think the undertone here is that he is in love with his relative and he needs serious professional help.”
