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I think my step-dad might be fooling around with another woman.

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I’m not too sure yet, but from what I’ve gathered, it is a possibility that my step-dad is cheating on my mom. My suspicions arose one day in the car while we were all driving to Kentucky to visit family. My step-dad gave my little brother his phone so he could text his friend, and I naturally snatched the phone, in a very “older sibling” way. That’s what we’re here for, older siblings. I browsed through the texts they sent because I am nosy (they were all boring small talk anyways), and that’s when I came to some interesting ones. My step-dad, who always bashes texting, had been texting! And not just to anyone. He texted “Susan” several interesting things, such as her being the only one to know his story. Susan also told my step-dad that she liked how he could read her like a book :). See that smiley? Never a good sign. These are strange things for them to be saying to eachother, especially considering their military profession. These texts…. they seemed fishy, beyond friendly.

Am I right to think he’s cheating?

There’s more evidence if you don’t think so. Yesterday my dad went out to eat with friends. He never eats with friends. When he got home he was happier then usual and that night, instead of laying and watching TV like he usually does, he was sitting with his phone in his lap. He shut it in quite a hurry when I came down, and casually said he was “playing with his phone”.

To make matters worse, he usually leaves his phone at home. I was going to take it and browse through the messages but for some reason he has been taking his phone lately.

I don’t like this Susan- I don’t like her one bit. If he’s cheating I want to find out ASAP and bring it to my mom’s attention, but I also don’t want to jump the gun.

At this point though, I don’t see how he CAN’T be fooling with Susan.

Help!

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