Sophie slept with her 'happily' married co-worker - but what happened next took things WAY too far: 'I wish I never knew'
Sophie*, believed to be Australian, works for herself in a small co-working space with another employee named Joel* who she finds 'very attractive'.
Sharing her story with Annabelle Lee and Louis Hanson, hosts of Australian podcast Everybody Has a Secret, the single woman explained how Joel has a young family with a loving wife who she had met a couple of times.
'He speaks highly of her and gives the impression that he's happy in his marriage, often referring to himself as a "nice guy" who would never cheat,' Sophie said.
However, things started to change over lunch one day when Joel began asking Sophie personal questions about her dating life and sexual preferences.
Feeling uncomfortable, she would 'remind him that he's married'.
'Although I'm an open book, I've shared as much as I feel comfortable,' she explained.
Their conversation gradually became more intimate over the weeks, especially when Joel started 'talking dirty' to her.
'I caved... I couldn't resist any longer,' Sophie confessed.
'I find him very attractive. The only thing that stopped me from going there is his marriage.'
Later that evening, Joel began 'sexting' her.
'Mostly questions of a sexual nature, which rather quickly descended into photos being shared. I'm not proud to say I played along, but I did,' she said.
The texting stopped when Joel and his family went away on an overseas trip.
'We didn't text or communicate at all, and I felt it was good timing as we needed to squash it,' she said.
'But he's recently returned to the office and I genuinely don't know what happened, but we were suddenly all over each other.
'Joel and I had hot fun office sex. Of course, it occurred to me that he is married, but he wasn't worried about it.'
However, Joel was immediately confronted with the consequences when Sophie began to fear she might be pregnant after they had unprotected sex.
'Safe to say this put a huge pin in the sexiness of it all,' she said.
'I've always considered myself a "girl's girl" so I was a bit rattled, but I feel weirdly alright about it.
'I don't know where to go from here. Should I remove myself from the situation as soon as possible, or should I keep the office space and see what happens?
'Please pray I'm not pregnant with this man's baby.'
It's unclear what happened next between Sophie and Joel.
The video has been viewed more than 280,000 times - with many taking particular issue with Joel for cheating on his wife with a single woman at work.
'He's the one cheating not her. Do we go out looking for them? No. If they fall on my lap, I'm not concerned about their domestic arrangements. If it wasn't me, it would be someone else,' one said.
'I feel like this isn't the first time he's done this to his wife,' another suggested.
'A man who betrays his wife and kids is NOT very attractive. I lose interest in a man who is willing to cheat,' one added.
However, some pointed out Sophie was 'just as bad' as Joel for crossing the line because she was well aware of his marriage.
'If you know he's married with kids and go along with it, you're nearly as bad,' one pointed out.
'You aren't a girl's girl if you're sleeping with another women's husband... To be a girl's girl would be to have told his wife he was flirting with you right away,' another explained.
'Red flag when they say they're a "nice guy". No nice guy feels the need to say it. Honey you need look in the mirror - you're as much as a "girl's girl" as he's a "nice guy",' one shared.
While another added: 'People seem to feel more alright, fine, and dismissing their guilt over doing wrong things like this these days. Wow. I say this because I found one affair between my friends. Feels like a toxic thing to know. I wish I never knew.'
*Names have been changed.
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