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The Internet Is Obsessed With This Woman’s Account Of How She Learnt Her Ex-Husband Cheated

The 'New York Times' even had to amend the wedding announcement, which previously said this was the groom's first marriage.

by Jared Richards  1 September 2020
Page Six article about woman discovering her husband cheated on her via his new wedding announcement goes viral

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There’s never a good way to find out someone’s cheated on you, but learning via your ex’s new marriage announcement in the New York Times is certainly among the worst. One woman has shared her story after the paper issued a correction to the announcement, which previously stated her ex-husband had never been married. It’s a lot.

Last month, New Yorker Nikyta Morena, 30, learnt her ex-husband had recently gotten remarried, thanks to the couple’s announcement in the NYT‘s Vow’s page — problem was, the timing didn’t quite match up with her Morena’s timeline.

“According to the article, the couple, Rob and Lauren, started their relationship in January 2017. It also said that he had never been married,” she told Page Six for a first-person account.

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“That was news to me — because I was his wife in January 2017. We split in late March of that year, officially divorcing in January 2018, and I never exactly understood why. Until I read about it in the Times.”

Promptly after publication on August 9, Morena’s friends, who advised her to not read the announcement, contacted the paper to have a correction issued.

“An earlier version of this article misstated the previous marital status of the groom, Robert Palmer,” reads a statement at the bottom  Mr. Palmer had previously been married.”

Robert and his wife Lauren met at a gym in January 2017 — and soon, according to their own announcement, they saw each other every day for four months. This was news to Morena, who was now learning the true reason the couple split.

“He was publicly admitting that he dated this woman while we were married — the details of his infidelity laid out on the page,” she said. “When I put their presentation next to the truth, it was like one of those ­reality-versus-Instagram memes come to life.”

Morena says that Palmer began to act oddly around January amid planning for a wedding celebration — while the two had been married since 2015, they had not yet had an event with family.

“Things abruptly changed,” she wrote. “We went to Texas for his friend’s wedding and to finalize our own wedding details. I could sense something was wrong. When we returned, he said he needed space. Worried that he was stressed about wedding planning or work, I said I would leave for a week to stay with a friend.”

“When I came back, he said he wanted a divorce. It was like a light switch turned off. He stopped communicating with me and refused to go to therapy. I wondered if he had a medical ­issue that had changed his personality.”

She writes that their family and friends were “gobsmacked” by the break-up and that while she suspected he had possibly cheated on her, he didn’t own up.

“Now, thanks to his wedding announcement, I understand what changed in that small window. He had met another woman.”

Morena then shares that she found out she was pregnant the month they split.

“He told me that he didn’t want the baby. In May, I miscarried — I believe it was because of the stress. I called from the hospital but he didn’t come. Nothing can compare to that hurt.”

Still, she says she wishes the best for his new love, and that, as a happy ending, she has found someone new too.

“I believe everyone deserves a love story — one built on the truth. It is possible to find happiness after the pain.”

Of course, this story threw the internet into shock.

And then, reading back the Vows article, you get the sense that the ex-husband might not just be a liar, but insufferable too.

Read the full story here.