Category: Abandonment
Be Free, Unfold the Swans
Dear Chump Lady, When is a not-a-chump, a chump? See, seven months ago, my partner of 21 years, husband of a mere 17 and a …
How Do They Flip So Fast?
Hi CL, I’m guessing by now you’ve heard it all but here’s my story: My soon-to-be-ex-husband and I have a one-year old together, we never had …
Five Months Pregnant and He Announces He’s Getting His ‘Needs’ Met Elsewhere
Hi Chump Lady, A little about my situation: I’m five and a half months pregnant with my and my boyfriend of four years’ much wanted …
Will He Commit After the Baby Is Born?
Hi Chump Lady, My soon-to-be-ex started acting distant mid-March (2022) and moved to a spare bedroom. Two weeks later I discovered his affair: He was …
The Affair Partner Is Daughter’s Coach
Dear Chump Lady, My very handsome husband of 15 years (we have 3 kids ages 14, 13 and 11 and one on the way due …
Left Her with 4-Month Child So He Could Be ‘Happier’
Hi Chump Lady, On my last first birthday without soon-to-be-ex husband, I am all filled with emotions. My husband and OW had an affair while …
‘My Husband Got Engaged’
Dear Chump Lady, My husband got engaged. (This statement does not contain a typo, although even a search engine tried to get me to add …
He Left to Join the Circus
Dear Chump Lady I think my friends are getting sick of my rants about my abusive ex and sometimes I just don’t know when my …
Mother-in-Law Says: ‘Let Girlfriend Take Over’
Dear Chump Lady, It’s 4 months now after D-Day (got a text message at the death bed of my mum in May with heartfelt birthday …
Need CN’s Powerful Words of Support
CN, today I’m not my usual snarky, sassy self. I’m running “WishinforHappiness’s” letter and ask you that you send some comfort to one of our …
He Doesn’t Know If He’ll Come Home
Dear Chump Lady. He left December 5th out of nowhere. He went to work and showed up with a u-haul. He told me for weeks …
Therapist Says Not to Tell Anyone Her Husband Cheated
Dear Chump Lady, Do you think chumps should tell their family and friends that the reason they are separated from their spouse is because he/she …
I Don’t Feel Mighty. I Got Left.
Dear Chump Lady, Being the sleuthy sleuth I am, I discovered my husband of 15 years’ “emotional” affair (um yeah…her husband hired a private investigator …
Did He Cheat Because He’s Depressed?
Dear Chump Lady, Please help me sort through this mess. Help me get angry! My husband and I were together for 6 years and married …
Controlling the Narrative
Dear Chump Lady, My now soon-to-be-ex husband of almost 30 years cheated on me twice — that I know of. The first one and the …
Returning to Caretake a Cheater Late in Life?
Dear Chump Lady, Yesterday I was speaking with a friend of mine who is now 82 and she mentioned she had moved to the nearby …
‘I Can’t Talk to My Kids About Their Father’
Dear Chump Lady, I am having a problem. I was chumped 5 years ago this month. I am in a good place now, remarried, etc. …
‘How Could He Walk Away from His Wife and Kids?’
Dear Chump Lady, We married 6 years ago and had 2 kids. I found out about his STBX’s porn addiction shortly after we were married …
Cheater Throws Them Out, OW Moves In
Dear Chump Lady, It’s been a little over three months (March) since my husband of 7 years informed me that I needed to leave our …
UBT: A Letter from the “Baby”
Dear Chump Lady, I have one that I would LOVE to go through the Universal Bullshit Translator. As a chump I so want to believe he is truly …
