[VENT] 7 years down the drain because of a 49yo “Sugar” Boss. WTS.
Sian, brothers. Just need to get this off my chest because if I tell my family, my mother will definitely cry, and if I tell my friends, I feel like a total clown.
Seven years, sia. From uni days, through my NS, her first job… I thought we were BTO-bound. Then she gets this new job at a boutique firm, and suddenly everything change. I thought we were settling down, but I guess 7 years of loyalty cannot fight one “Senior Director” with a Continental car and a corporate credit card.
The signs were all there, but I was stupid and “trusted” her. I thought she was just busy “climbing the ladder.” Turns out she was just climbing her boss.
For those of you in long-term relationships, don’t be a blur sotong like me. If your gut feeling is tingling, something is wrong.
10 Signs I Ignored (Don’t be like me):
- The “Work OT” OT: Suddenly got “urgent proposals” every Tuesday and Thursday until 11 PM. But when I ask what she did, she can only give vague corporate talk.
- Phone is her New Husband: Last time we eat, we talk. Now, the phone is face down on the table. If a notification pops up, she jumps like she kena electric shock.
- The Password Change: Last time we knew each other’s pin (for Spotify, Phone or Netflix). Suddenly, she changed it to some complex pattern and “privacy is important, leh.”
- Dead Bedroom: No more “action.” Always “too tired,” “stress at work,” or “got headache.” But she got energy to go gym and buy new expensive lingerie that I’ve never seen her wear for me.
- New “Luxury” Habits: She started carrying a Chanel Boy bag. Claimed it was a “self-reward” or “second-hand deal.” Now I know it’s her boss’s way of saying thanks for the “meeting.”
- The Boss is “So Great”: Every conversation, she must mention how “inspiring” and “visionary” her boss is. Like he’s some kind of god, even though he’s almost 50 and probably needs pills to perform.
- Picking Fights: She started nitpicking everything I do. My job not stable enough, I’m not “ambitious” enough, my car is just a Japanese sedan. Basically, she was devaluing me to justify her cheating.
- The “Girls’ Trip” to Bangkok: Suddenly went for a 3D2N trip with “colleagues.” No photos of the “girls” posted on IG, only aesthetic shots of expensive dinners.
- Shower First, Talk Later: The moment she comes home from “work,” she runs straight to the toilet to shower. Last time, she would hug me first. Now, she wants to wash off the smell of the old man.
- Emotional Distance: When we sit on the sofa, she’s at the extreme other end. If I try to hold her hand, she says “so hot, don’t touch me.”
How she got caught (The “Kantoi” Moment)
The irony is, she got caught because of technology. She always thought she was smart, deleting WhatsApp chats.
One Saturday morning, she went to take a long shower. Her iPad was on the coffee table, linked to the same iCloud. Usually, it’s locked, but I think she was careless. A notification popped up—not a text, but a GrabFood receipt.
The receipt was for a $150 omakase delivery to a high-end condo in Seng Kang at 9 PM the night before (when she said she was “OT-ing” in Raffles Place). I checked the “Order History” and saw months of deliveries to that same address.
I took her phone when she came out, demanded she unlock it, and she refused. I just said, “I know about the Seng Kang condo.” Her face went from “you’re crazy” to “I’m dead” in 0.5 seconds.
She cried, said he “mentored” her and “it just happened.” 7 years of my life, gone for a 49-year-old uncle who probably wears too much cologne and has a mid-life crisis.
Move on already, guys. Focus on your own goals, your own fitness, and your own wallet. Women like this belong to the streets (or the CBD).
