I'm the other woman - this is what I really think when I'm with your husband

Women who have had affairs reveal what they were really thinking while sleeping with someone else's husband - and the bitter truth has left thousands aghast.

An Australian woman was recently cheated on and wanted to investigate how the 'other woman' in a similar situation felt - so she asked for their side of the story on an online forum.

'I've felt mutual attraction with men I later found out were married. Knowing a man is married is an instant brick wall. I couldn't be the source of someone's misery. I wonder how some women can. Is it coincidental or sought out?' She said.

Many revealed that they knowingly dated married men 'because they could' - with some confessing they had no regrets about the matter.

Others claim they were 'conned' into the situation and had no idea their partner was lying to them.

Women who have had affairs reveal what they were really thinking [stock image]

The Aussie woman's Facebook post received hundreds of comments. 

'To the ones who knew the guy was attached but continued to see them, I'd really love to understand and get a perspective. Were you conned? Did it work out? Were there regrets? Do women seek out married men and why?' she asked.

Several claimed that cheating did not faze them at all - with one saying it's been going on for five years. 

'I am the other woman,' one admitted. 'I don't care if people want to be harsh, I have heard it all before. We knew each other before it started. I knew he had a wife. There are no feelings involved, especially on my end, I don't want a relationship with him.

'It's not exclusive, he knows I sleep with other people. It's been five years and we still talk daily. He usually comes to my house we go out and do things together. We have gone away on holiday together! It works as we have no obligations.'

'I've slept with guys who have had partners. In all honesty, I didn't really care and it was just sex. It wasn't ever going to go further,' another shared.

'I was the other woman for two and a half years. We're in Australia and his wife lives in Malaysia. I don't personally believe in marriage and never have. We were not meant to be monogamous,' a third said.

READ MORE: I've been with my boyfriend for six years - these are my 10 'controversial' relationship rules that have kept us together 

 

Some revealed that they did it for closure or because the attraction was too strong. 

'We were friends with benefits before he met her. I felt awful and still do. I have a weird attraction to him, but I want an actual relationship. Knowing and doing is never a good thing, but we are humans with emotions that get the better of us,' one said.

She added, 'I am not sorry - it was a life experience. I needed closure. As in past I was the one cheated on, so guess I got to experience the other side! I don't regret it.'

A woman shared the real reason she kept going back.

'I didn't know he had a girlfriend at first, and when I met her at a mutual friend's wedding and she said he had proposed! I was shook, why didn't he tell me? Why wasn't he honest? There were no feelings, it was all just fun so why not be honest?

'Why did I keep going back? I liked the attention, I liked feeling special even if I was kidding myself, I liked feeling wanted.

'It did end when she found out and I realised how awful it all was. I won't ever disrespect myself enough to be the other woman ever again.'