Cheating

Today at work a couple of our regulars that were recently married came in. This is a charming couple. She works at the casino and he stocks at wallmart. They have three young boys. They struggle to make ends meet and make time for each other and the kids. He's obsessed with some card games and she's understanding and helps save money for him to buy them. He went to a seminary intending to lead a church at one point. They have lots of friends and family and support in the area. This couple was recently married.

So they walked into the store today together. He checks who's playing and she comes up to the counter to chat and wait for him (not at all unusual for them). The first things out of her mouth are. "trying to make things work" likes it explains everything. . . must have been in code, cuz I was clueless.

"Didn't know things weren't working" I say leaving it wide open for her to tell me what's going on. I figure they argued about money or about the kids or any number of things that can easily become an issue in relationships.

"He cheated on me." She states

"What?" . . . yeah that's about the last thing I ever expected to hear out of her mouth.

"You didn't know?" obviously I didn't. "I thought the whole city knew" and then she went on to ask me if I knew some lady, which I didn't but apparently he did this other lady the same night she did most of his male friends some of which would make me barf to even think of in a sexual way. It completly blew my mind. Cheating I can kind of KIND OF understand, but cheating with someone who is doing SIX guys the same night? And then apparently he is mad at his wife for making him get tested for STDs.

Ok I don't think I fully explained these other guys. They are the kind of guy that sends a shiver up your spine when they walk by. They make orcs look smart. . . and clean. Most of them if you could stand being close enough to them you'd want to shove them in a soapy tub and scrub them raw, as long as you didn't have to talk to them in the process. Yeah that's right, even the one guy that continuously gets complaints at our store about his uh. . .odor. My god what kind of man would have even the vaguest interest in a girl who would sleep with that? And on the same night to boot.

If he had fallen in love and cheated with a girl who he conected with. . . I would have gotton that, but after watching someone do your icky guy friends. . . . why the hell would he want to? Especially when he has a wife or really ANY other option including mastubation. I lost all respect for this guy. Which is sad, he could've been cool.