MUM-of-five Charlotte, 53, tells how a red-hot affair made her a better mother and wife – even revitalising sex with her husband. But with 20% of people cheating, should she really feel guilty? I WAS so excited as I checked my profile on a dating site in February this year. Hundreds of men were paraded on my mobile phone seeking fast sex with women just like me.
From hot silver foxes to regular dad bod blokes, I couldn’t believe the choice I had right on my doorstep. But this wasn’t your average dating app — it was one specifically for cheating . At 53, I was dipping my toe into a world of deceit.
It was a knee-jerk reaction to an argument with my husband — but little did I know how far it would progress. I used to be quite a party girl when I was young. When I married my husband I was happy, but as the years went by and I settled into being mum to our five kids, I lost that person.
I’d always had that niggling wonder about having an affair — the thrill of sex with a stranger right under my man’s nose — but I never thought I’d actually go through with it. Fast forward to 2024 and I was typing furiously on my phone, hoping a stranger would have his way with me to spite the man I thought I loved. We had spats all the time, but this one was different.
That evening, my husband had launched into a lecture about our spiralling bills , the cost of our grown-up children and the spending on luxuries such as hot holidays that we simply couldn’t afford. I snapped. .