Category: Cake Eating
Dear Chump Lady, Why must cheaters add insult to injury?
Dear Chump Lady, I am about 5 months out from D-Day. My husband and I were married for 6 years and together for a total …
“What do I tell my crying children?”
Dear Chump Lady I have been reading your site for weeks now after discovering (after several years of suspicion) that I am an enormous chump …
Dear Chump Lady, I feel trapped
Dear Chump Lady, I need to vent. I have no one to talk to and I feel trapped. I can’t talk to friends or family …
Recidivism?
I usually bridle at the reductionist criticism “once a cheater, always a cheater.” We’re not the final word on anyone’s character. While I don’t believe …
Dear Chump Lady, 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 …
Dear Chump Lady, She knew in her heart he was a cheater
Hey Chump Lady, A Belgian man met me in 2017 and told me he was leaving his wife of 25 years and wanted to “change …
I Haven’t Been Happy for a Long Time
The other week someone asked me to decode, “I haven’t been happy for a long time.” (Also sometimes expressed as “WE haven’t been happy for …
UBT: I Will Return with a Fuller Love
There’s nothing like a good serving of cake to make cheaters really appreciate their chumps. Shana submitted this gem to the Universal Bullshit Translator and says …
Dear Chump Lady, Am I an insensitive jerk because my husband wants to date?
Dear Chump Lady, Am I being unreasonable for having a problem with my husband’s ongoing relationship with a woman he tried unsuccessfully to seduce? One …
Dear Chump Lady, He keeps returning and crying
Dear Chump Lady, From the time I caught them coming out of Motel 6 holding hands and reeking of sex… (The affair partner tells they’re …
Dear Chump Lady, The OW must be really great for my wife to give up everything
Dear Chump Lady, You wrote on your post Ego Kibbles that: “Part of that problem is the cheater – they’ve got a hole in their …
I Love You, But I’m Not In Love With You
“I love you but I’m not in love with you” (ILYBINILWY) is classic cheater-speak. Chumps misunderstand this statement as a definitive goodbye — “Toodles! I’m leaving …
Dear Chump Lady, The cheater wants to take family photos
Dear Chump Lady, We have a newborn. He left and filed divorce when I was 5 months pregnant after I caught him on a hook-up …
Dear Chump Lady, He loves me, he’s worried about me… he left?
Dear Chump Lady, I don’t know why I feel so compelled to write a complete stranger at 3 a.m. about this. I pretty much know …
“I Haven’t Been Happy for a Long Time”
The other week someone asked me to decode, “I haven’t been happy for a long time.” (Also sometimes expressed as “WE haven’t been happy for …
Dear Chump Lady, My husband died. Then I discovered his double life.
Dear Chump Lady, My husband died unexpectedly about a month ago. I was devastated and my world fell apart completely. I thought he adored me. …
Dear Chump Lady, He won’t stop texting the OW in front of me
Dear Chump Lady, I am a relatively new chump. My soon-to-be-ex had what he claims was an “emotional affair” in 2011. I haven’t ever really …
Dear Chump Lady, I don’t think my cheater is like the other cheaters…
Hi Chump Lady, I am having a terrible time trying to make my cheater fit into the disordered, mindfuck, etc. category everyone talks about here. …
Dear Chump Lady, I’m a cheater and my wife is such a chump
Dear Chump Lady, I know I’m not supposed to read this site, as I am a cheater, but I have found it very interesting and …
The Unlikelihood of True Remorse
There’s an article over at HuffPo on how a cheater should tell their spouse they’ve been having an affair. There’s some discussion on tell versus …
