I hope you are sitting down with a fresh beer cause I just had a FANTASTIC day!!
1 The business owner called me back; gave me his cell. He only heard last week that we were splitting. I told him that I owed him "the truth" so he could protect himself. A's fail 99%. Morale, ethics, melt downs, conflict, etc WILL occur. You need to protect yourself. Secrets and deception are cancer in business as well as R's. Don't know if he'll do anything but I'm guessing the Service Manager (new, has no history with W or OM) knows, too, now. I told owner that if my W loses her job-though it's your call- then it will affect me and my D. OM has no kids. I said 'He's married or something, right?' Yes, he is. Or at least was"
2 His parents- I rolled up in front of their house and dad is outside. So is OM's car and truck. This tells me they flew together (WHO PAID FOR THIS?)I ask to talk to him "as a concerned parent" about his two sons. He's British so I get "What's this all about?" I tell him one son and DIL are enabling an affair. And the affair is with other son and my wife. I ask "XXx's married right? "No, recently separated" I tried a couple times to get her name but no luck. HE WAS VISIBLY SHAKING. Said sorry about 5 times. I said "Sorry this is a lot to absorb at once and I'm sure it conflicts with all the lies he told you" "BTW, I see his truck and car. I'm guessing he needed a lift to the airpot Wednesday (airport is an hour each way from there)" "Yes, I drove him." ( should have asked he he needed a lift back. Caise if W is dropping him off, it'd be fun to wait for them.) I don't know what if anything he can/will do, but his confidence in his sons is shaken. I wondered whether he would tell his wife. Left him my card if he had questions once it sunk in.
On a lark, I am now determined to find the wife. I stop at a dealership and ask some advice on esthticians. Because they know me, she Googles and calls first salon on list. Guess who works there? And is at the store? Yep and yep.
Off I go. I roll in and ask to speak to her. Lady says 'She's in an appointment an at least 30 minutes. Can I pass your name?' I said my name will mean nothing but tell her it's about her husband XXX.
30 SECONDS LATER, there she is. I say my name and she says "XXXXX's husband?" She says, I KNEW IT!!!
AND we went on for 30 minutes (sorry to whoever was trying to get her nais done)She filled in a million details.
