I Asked a Coworker to Pretend to Be My Boyfriend at My Ex-Husband’s Wedding, but He Teased Me and Said, ‘No One Would Date You’ – So My Fake Date Wiped the Smile off His Face

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Max and I had been married almost thirteen years.

I was staring at it like I wanted to throw it through a window.

We had two daughters, ten and three, and apparently thirteen years was long enough for my husband to decide my body had violated some agreement I hadn’t known we’d made.

“You don’t look the way you used to,” he’d told me.

That was before I discovered Claire.

My body had violated some agreement I hadn’t known we’d made.

His personal trainer.

When I confronted him about the affair, Max didn’t apologize.

He shrugged.

“Well, what did you expect? Men are visual. And Claire, she’s perfect.”

I remember standing in our bedroom while he packed.

“Well, what did you expect? Men are visual. And Claire, she’s perfect.”