{"id":3086,"date":"2023-07-26T02:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deardaughterofgod.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2023-07-26T02:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:34:34","slug":"help-im-the-other-woman-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/2023\/07\/help-im-the-other-woman-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Help! I’m The Other Woman Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I am a married woman having an affair with a married man.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I never believed it could happen, but it did”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most affairs are never planned – they just happen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one wakes up one morning and says:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today I plan to have an affair”!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then, affairs happen, and this was for real.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I froze as I heard that voice! I knew that voice like my own name!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uche!!! He stood there looking as good as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t believe he still had the ability to make my heart go flip flop<\/em> after so many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But of course, I gave him a casual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hi, Uche”<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>

“Gloria!!!”<\/em> <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He enveloped me in a big hug and swept me off my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t help feeling a bit embarrassed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How have you been?”<\/em> <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We both chorused, laughing like little kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I noticed he had his wedding band on, so I relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am fine”<\/em>, I quipped. “And how is madam?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

“She’s well o”<\/em>. “And you too, how’s oga?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

“He’s doing great, God be praised”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

“So, what brings you in to Nigeria?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

“I now live here.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t believe it, Uche lived right here in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh Well… I caught myself quickly, he’s married now and so am I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We exchanged social contacts and I left the mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the drive home, I remembered the last time I saw Uche. He had travelled for his Masters in the U.S. and the relationship of 3 years just sort of drifted apart. It was so difficult keeping in touch with the time difference and his classes. We never really did break up the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hmmm…Uche”<\/strong> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The man everyone thought I’d marry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was in the past now, as I focused on the road on my way back home, where my husband of 6 years and two daughters waited for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Musa opened the gate of the house, I saw a flashing red light on the passenger’s seat next to me, indicating I had a message on my phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You still take my breath away…It was lovely seeing you again”<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That was Uche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put my phone in my bag and I rushed in to get dinner ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinner served, kitchen cleaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fell straight into bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Be Continued…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oluseye Ashiru<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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“I never believed it could happen, but it did”<\/p>\n

Most affairs are never planned – they just happen.<\/p>\n

No one wakes up one morning and says:<\/p>\n

“Today I plan to have an affair”!<\/p>\n

But then, affairs happen, and this was for real.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[148],"tags":[625,615,626,627,103,316,628],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marriage-matters","tag-affair","tag-building-mom","tag-fiction","tag-intimacy","tag-marriage","tag-motherhood","tag-the-other-woman"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}