Being the Other woman can be a traumatic experience. Many women have been in this situation one time or another - either dating a married man, or a man with a very serious girlfriend.

I have created this page so real women like you (or men) can share experiences with each other, sharing stories that hopefully will let each other know that 'you are not alone'.

Share your story here, we want to hear it. (Read Stories by Others - click here)

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Your story can include pretty much any real-life experience you have dating a married man. Tell us how you get through it.

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Real Life Stories from "The Other Woman"

Read stories by women going through the same situation:

being lonely most of the time..  starstarstarstarstar
i am currently involved with married man for 3 years now and i just give birth this year for my beautiful son....but i am not hearing any words from him....

I'm at a loss.  starstarstarstarstar
I’ve been dating a MM for about 3 months now. At first it started out as a one night stand. We work together and everyone from work went out to a bar. Needless ...

The Other Women and Loving It  starstarstarstarstar
You may think I'm crazy for saying that, but oh it's so true. I met this man at my job one year after starting to work there. We met talked on the phone ...

Was Both Woman   starstarstarstarstar
Its not easier being ethier woman was in a reationship with a cheating man altho he was not married he was in a long term realtionship no kids together ...

I was so sure  starstarstarstarstar
I started dating a married man 2 years ago. Since I had been on the receiving end of that kind of pain when my ex husband cheated on and left me for another ...

Will I endure the pain to spare his family's pain ?  starstarstarstarstar
11yrs. Wow. so many years of the most wonderful friendship I have ever had. Such a compassionate man. Absolutely everthing in common. We were not once ...

I hate myself.  starstarstarstarstar
Yes I have been the other woman, for 5 years I was the other woman. I wanted so badly to believe he loved me and not her. I wanted so badly to believe ...

ime free......  starstarstarstarstar
just to say to every woman...i to was with a married man for 2 years, if he had had his way it would have gone on and on..course..he is getting the VERY ...

Don't know how to leave...  starstarstarstarstar
I'm so lost! I don't know what to do!! My story will be a little long so please don't mind...
The first time I met this MM was around Nov 2006, he is ...

Men lie  starstarstarstarstar
We were both married and I was ready to leave my husband for him. This man was a Marine and I was Navy. He would jog to my BOQ room almost everyday where ...

Facts of being with a MM - PROVEN  starstarstarstarstar
I have broken up with my MM for almost 4 months now, and believe me, it has been hard, VERY HARD, but I am proud of myself.

My situation has proven ...

He's Back...  starstarstarstarstar
I dated a married man almost 25 years ago for 3 years (I had sex with him the morning of his wedding.) He did leave his wife, but it didn't work out between ...

Honest (to me) Married Man  starstarstarstarstar
It all started out as a holiday romance, he was honest about his wife and he said he would never abandon her at this point in their lives...he says he ...

The Other Women- true pain  starstarstarstarstar
I met him over a year ago online...We met & talked all the time about everything including our marriages & basically how unhappy we both were. I fell ...

My heart is broken and he feels nothing  starstarstarstarstar
We met at work, I was a trainee in a serious relationship with a boyfriend and planning to get married to him by the end of the year. A month in a new ...

My story of being the ow   starstarstarstarstar
I've been with my married man for four years.When we first met I was married so it was different for me it was just for fun. Then after I say a year me ...

God Complex  starstarstarstarstar
Well that was his story i suppose i should have known better but for some reason i fell for him hook line and sinker.

Yes the story of me and my wife ...

Its here and it hurts!!  starstarstarstarstar
I have been seeing my married man a little over two years.. He was my boss at a cargo company, he and i started by working together he was the best i have ...

hurt  starstarstarstar
i have been seeing a married man now for 18 months..he is a very kind and considerate man...i have feelings for this man very deep feelings and i think ...

I found his picture and his wife under the bed  starstarstarstar
I have been the other woman, been going out with this guy for like 4 months and he's been married to his wife for 3 years. Separated for 6 months (so he ...

Hurt   Not rated yet
I met a man at work, he is a wonderful charming and honest man. We both have problems in our marriage. Although his was a bit different from mine, it ...

21 Years Younger Than me  Not rated yet
Plus he is a Cop (Detective) and A Baptist Youth Minister ...Wow. You know, you just don't wake up one morning and say, Hey, I am going to sleep with a ...

Not Every Affair Is Bad  Not rated yet
I have been married to a man who had brin surgery 8 months after we married. He became vegetative but eventually he is very debilitated but stabe. I have ...

Gone  Not rated yet
I met my MM 18 months ago at a work conference. He told me he was separating from his wife after Christmas (2008) and from that day on we texted and emailed ...

Will I Die of a Broken Heart  Not rated yet
I think this is an exception to the rule...I met him in 1981. He had just come back from a trip around the world. He had completed his Masters at University....

Online Disster  Not rated yet
I am a MW. Met a MM on Facebook, about 2 1/2mths ago. It began with emails, web-chatting, texting, and a few phone calls.
Things heated up instantly with ...

My Life  Not rated yet
15 years ago I was involved with a married man. I was very much in love with him and he with me. Our relationship lasted about a year before I decided ...

Both Married - im his PA, what a cliche  Not rated yet
The first day i met him was my interview, i liked him immediatley and the feeling seemed mutual. I knew it spelt trouble.

The MM: Married 5 years with ...

I see a married man every now and then  Not rated yet
I meet this man about seven months ago,He is a nice guy the hold time I spent time talking to this man he never said anything about his wife not even mention ...

OMG I am in Idiot  Not rated yet
So yeah I thought we were different. He was married and I was married, neither one of us were extremely happy nor we were unhappy. We just came together,...

Older woman dating younger married man  Not rated yet
Seriously this is insane, I am 36 and he just turned 28 and we have worked together for 4 years when we started talking more and I sent an email for whatever ...

I've worn both pairs of shoes and neither were a perfect fit! Otero v. Aragon  Not rated yet
I just got out of a relationship of two years with a married man. When I read the first few sentences of this article I was amazed at the excuses they ...

In the middle of it all  Not rated yet
Let me begin by saying that I take responsibility for being in this situation. I went to him after receiving what I thought were very strong messages ...

In the middle of it all  Not rated yet
Let me begin by saying that I take responsibility for being in this situation. I went to him after receiving what I thought were very strong messages ...

I was blinded by him  Not rated yet
The bottom line is, these relationships rarely work out.. I told myself over and over that my situation was different, that me and him would beat the odds....

17 years and still counting  Not rated yet
What can I say? It's been 17+ years, on and off, living near one another, then worlds apart from one another, and then almost next door to one another,...

Stupid Girl  Not rated yet
My story begins years ago and I won't bore with all the details. The root issue here is self worth. Whether you are the woman being cheated on and you ...

Why me?  Not rated yet
Why me? I have always been the good one. Born and raised in church and the daughter of a former pastor. I wasn't looking for love, but it found me...so ...

the scarlet letter  Not rated yet
I'm 19 years old my story could shock many people.
I was 16 years old when i met this man and his whole family. He is a former pastor in a church,I know ...

my married man story  Not rated yet
I have been seeing my MM for a year and a half. He has been married for 8 yrs, no kids. We were all friends before this started. We were hot and heavy ...

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