My Husband of 22 Years Started Taking Out the Trash at 3 AM – So One Night, I Followed Him

At 3:12 a.m., I woke to find Dave gone and the bed cold. When he came back, he said he was just taking out the trash—at that hour, which was unusual for him. Over the next few nights, the same thing happened. The trash disappeared, but I grew suspicious.

One night, I stayed awake and saw Dave slip out and cross the street to a blue house. A woman in a red silk dress appeared, and they embraced and kissed passionately. My husband, the man I thought I knew, was a stranger.

I confronted him the next day, but he denied everything. Determined to catch the truth, I set up my phone and recorded him visiting the woman, Betty, multiple times.

When I finally confronted him with the video, he couldn’t deny it. After 22 years of marriage and kids, he was cheating. I filed for divorce, and he moved in with Betty—only for her to dump him weeks later.

I walked away free, finally able to reclaim my life.