Date: April 27, 2025
Author: Robert Harris

My wife and I got new neighbors, or at least that’s what I thought. Turns out, it’s just a 27-year-old bodybuilder-type guy who’s handsome, and he moved in with his mom. She’s gone for weeks at a time, and it’s just him in the house most of the time.

My wife is 32, and I’m a bit older than her. She’s my second wife. I’ve been divorced before, and I met her on a cruise several years ago. Our relationship’s been good for the most part, but my job keeps me away from home for several days a month.

Lately, I’ve been feeling paranoid. I don’t know why, but there’s just something about this guy that makes me uneasy. He’s around all the time when I’m away, and I can’t shake this feeling that something might be brewing between him and my wife. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, but I can’t ignore it.

I know that if she’s going to cheat, it will happen whether I’m here or not. But the thought of it is eating at me. I just wish I could shake this feeling and trust her, but every time I come back home, there’s a part of me wondering if something’s been going on when I wasn’t around.

I don’t know how to handle this. It’s like I’m constantly waiting for something to happen, and I don’t want to live like that.