“Dumping Grounds” – Those Untold Secrets

“Dumping Grounds”

Those Untold Secrets

by Lisa Cregier

There are those who have ended relationships without anyone ever knowing the real truth as to why. Here are the confessions of a few souls who agreed to share their “exit episodes” but only under the banner of anonymity.

Tom: “A few years ago I wanted to break off my engagement with a woman with teenage children. I couldn’t stand the stares of scrutiny or suspicion that greeted me every time I walked in her door. I got tired of their attitudes toward me and her always giving excuses for their behavior.  In order to get out of the relationship without a lot of drama, I ‘confessed’ to her that I was attracted to her girlfriend, which was a big lie, but it worked because she called the engagement off and I moved on.”

Daria: “I had to stop visiting my girlfriend’s home because I was starting to admire her husband, and I was dreaming up schemes to seduce him. Eventually, because I was so attracted to him and felt guilty about it, I ended our friendship because I felt so guilty about my thoughts.”

Cathy: “I’m a patent attorney and my ex-husband was a successful doctor who was a private drunk who slapped me around and treated me like dirt.  I never told anyone about his abuse.  When I finally divorced him, I told everyone I left him because I found out he was gay.  I was too ashamed to admit that I was a scared abused wife.”

Celine: “I was the real ‘other woman’ when I was pretending to be the best friend and…the confidante. When they divorced, I celebrated with the husband, and consoled the wife.”

Marla: “When I caught my boyfriend cheating on me, I ended the relationship and paid a friend with a towing service to tow his car across town to a vacant lot. He thought it had been stolen.  It took the police two weeks to find the car.”

Sandy: “After learning my husband, who is now my ex, was seeing a girlfriend of mine behind my back, I left him and paid some teenage boys to put a long garden snake in his car on the front seat. I did this because he had such a fear of snakes.  He almost had a heart attack when he saw the snake and ended up wrecking his new car when he jumped out while it was moving.  I had my revenge and I was satisfied.”