My wife had a ‘sleepover’ with a stranger 7 years ago

Mary Carter
3 min readAug 3, 2024

Late confession rocks marriage

Picture this your partner of many years suddenly confesses to having a “sleepover” with a stranger seven years ago. That’s exactly the nightmare my friend is living right now.

Mike, as I’ll call him, dropped this bomb on me a few days ago. His wife, after a night of heavy drinking, decided to “clear her conscience.” What followed was a story that sounds like it’s straight out of a badly written teen movie.

According to her, after a concert with her sister, she met a guy, there was an attempt at a kiss (which she claims she rejected), and then, for some inexplicable reason, she ended up sharing a bed with another stranger in an impromptu “sleepover.” All this while her sister was in the next room, having her own “party” with another stranger.

Mike is, understandably, devastated. “How can I ever trust her again?” he asked me, his voice choked with emotion. And now, seven years later, he finds himself questioning the entire foundation of his marriage.

The story gets even more complicated. Apparently, Mike’s wife got lost heading back to their Airbnb after the show, and this second man “helped” her. That’s when…

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Mary Carter

I share candid reflections on love, sex, and life's ups and downs, no holds barred and no taboos.