I've also seen it used to help explain the situation to family and friends--you agreed to an open marriage. That's only for the LBSs who fall into the trap, of course!
This is an interesting comment. My WW was in an A with OM for almost a year while she lived with me and the children. A couple of months ago she posted on FB she was in a new relationship but made it seem as though she had taken the kids and left me a long time ago.
This allowed her friends and family to believe she had physically lived apart from me for a year and made it seem as though she had just met OM. Lies and deception on her part.
She is getting some push back from ppl who know the truth and are shocked by her behavior but many of her social media friends have never met me and don't know the whole story.
FYI I blocked her on SM but someone informed me of her post and told me she is being deceitful.
One person who does know me called and sympathized with my situation and told me "you probably don't get to see the kids that much" and I told her the truth. I said I have the kids during the school week and she gets long weekends. This person was shocked and didn't know what to say because she believed WW's lying post that she'd left me and taken the kids a long time ago.
