I was an observer to a situation similar to this. A distant friend that was in my book club and a mother to a girl the same age as mine did something similar to her best friend. The two couples lived in the same co-op. They went camping together and hung out all the time.

She started having an affair with her friend’s husband. Her friend would complain to her about the marriage troubles and lack of sex life. My friend was the reason why and she sat there and listened.

They had an affair for 6 months before it was found out. The two of them married and blended the families together, 2 kids from each side. The cheaters thought it was just great. Obviously, it devastated the other spouses.

When the woman came over to my place to tell me something she told me they broke up but didn’t tell me why, just that she did a bad thing. Her ex refused to move out of the co-op and she thought it was mean. 🙄

When I found out the truth as our neighbourhood was gossipy and our school was small, I cut all ties, quit the book club and let the circle know I can’t support what she did. We haven’t spoken since.

I heard that she complains that the marriage is hard and the kids went into counseling. Some people remained friends and others didn’t.

I think it was so awful and they are both terrible people.