I’m a ‘side chick’ and this is why having affairs with married men makes me feel ‘powerful’

Women who have had affairs reveal why they chose to sleep with someone else’s husband – and the bitter truth has left thousands stunned.

A 21-year-old woman who recently ended her relationship with a married man reached out to others in a similar situation to share their stories.

The young woman shared on Reddit that the affair made her feel “powerful” at the time, but guilt and shame crept into her mind.

Many revealed they knowingly dated married men ‘because they could’ – with some confessing they had no regrets.

Others blamed them for being ‘young and reckless’ and have since atoned for their actions.

A few shared different reasons why they chose married men.

‘I have major commitment issues and the idea of ​​a low-maintenance ‘relationship’ is the dream. It ended with me feeling like a complete idiot,” one person said.

“The thought of being desired so much that he was willing to sacrifice his living situation and long-term relationship was disorienting,” said another. ‘It felt like a drug that I couldn’t get enough of.

“The white-knuckle adrenaline of watching him debate in real time whether to cheat, and then feeling him look at me and decide he didn’t want to, but he HAD to.”

A woman told how she ‘accidentally’ had an affair with her boss.

‘I had just started a new job and ended up falling completely for my married boss. I knew it was wrong and tried to keep my distance, but we had a number of business trips together which resulted in a lot of 1:1 times.

“I was in a very dark place. My dating life was barren, I felt rejected, gained weight and my self-esteem plummeted. But I had an attractive, successful man at work who told me I was smart and beautiful, and that any man who didn’t like me was an idiot.

“Every time I was with him, I finally felt alive again and felt like we just had magnetic chemistry. He also admitted that he felt the same way about me. We tried to do nothing, but after a year of tension we finally came together.

‘I knew he was married, I knew it was wrong. I never met the woman, but thought she was a much better person than me. My colleagues had met her and I knew she was beautiful and fit and seemed very nice.’

An affair partner revealed she became addicted to the ‘high’ of keeping a secret

Another revealed she became addicted to the ‘high’ of keeping a secret.

“I’m not proud of being the other woman, but I thought I was the baddest bitch in the world. He spent every other weekend with me, and the one week a month he traveled for work, he actually came to see me.

‘I was with him for his bachelor party, I was with him the day after their wedding. I thought he was the only person who would love me and that she was just more presentable, so ‘of course’ he had to marry her. I listened to every line that was presented to me.

“On my 23rd birthday, he was with me in lieu of her nursing degree. I heard the voicemail she left for him and to this day, almost thirteen years later, I can still hear her crying. I knew at that moment that it couldn’t continue like this, and I put an end to it.’