So I have been divorced over a year, separated nearly 4 years and it's all done and dusted. I'm 30 years old and have been backpacking for 14 months so have come home to live with my parents who have been married for 42 years.
My Mum is away visiting her cousin and I said to my father that I was going to be late tonight however I came home earlier than expected and walked in and called out hello. I heard him say 'hold on someones just come in the door' then there was about a 30 second pause and he came out in the hall way. I said 'oh hello, were you just one the phone?'. He was looking very shifty, was bright red and said 'erm, uh, no I was just erm, actually talking to the TV'. To which my bullsh1t rader switched onto full blast. There was *no way* he was talking to the tv, I heard exactly what he had said, no mistakes. Anyway, I pretended everything was normal, had a quick chat about my night and excused myself to bed.
Now, I know my parents have issues, they muddle along and it's not a particularly happy marriage but it's not an unhappy one either. They sleep in separate bedrooms as my mum snores. I would say that I don't think there is a bedroom business going on (ugh, talking about my parents!!!!). My brother has suspected my dad of having an affair for a long time. My dad has a history in that he had one when I was 1 years old, obviously I have no memory of it but my brother and sisters do and it has affected them and they are alsways more ready to jump to conclusions than I am.
I could go through his (recently acquired) mobile phone, my dad is technology phobic. I admit that when I got upstairs tonight I dialed the recently called numbers on the house phone but there was no one that called here. He must have made the call. But really, do I want to know?? I really don't and I don't want to be involved. If this came out, if it were true then it would rock the whole family sphere but can I carry on knowing that there might be something dodgy going on. Just to add as a side note, my dad doesn't have friends, certainly not that he would telephone. And if he were on the phone to friends why would he lie?
Does anyone have any idea about what I should do? It's shocking and my gut reaction is that I *really* don't want to know. But I do know for sure that he lied to me tonight and was very shifty.
