The woman at work who had the office next to mine started having a guy from another dept. show up at her office every day after 5pm, and they’d close the door and be in there for a long time. (Both are married, and the woman’s husband works for our company as well. Both couples have a child.)
The internal antenna went up. When it was announced that she was going to transfer and work for him in a newly created job, it made sense. Then seeing their body language during meetings, the antenna went back up. When the woman’s replacement started, the new co-worker mentioned seeing her at a local coffee shop every morning with whom she assumed was her husband. Since her husband travels just about every week, a mental alarm went off. Upon asking her to describe the guy, it indeed was her new boss. Several months later, both couples got a divorce, the boss/lover was fired, and the new couple got married.
I kept mum until the facts came out, and then it was only to talk about it with another co-worker who mentioned that the woman had another extra-marital affair with another co-worker years earlier. I confessed to him that the guy had once given me a booty call when he was engaged to Wife #1 and attending a training class I taught. They are either doomed or meant for each other. Welcome to office drama.
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The only secret that I’ve wanted to keep that was discovered was when I cheated on a history test in 6th grade (11–12 years old). The teacher knew it either by my answers or body language. Fortunately, she had the diplomacy to discuss it in private. In a way, it was a life lesson. Thank you Mrs. Johnson.