My Wife Wants a Confession for a Sin I Never Committed

Last night, my wife went through my phone while I was asleep. She read my chats with her younger sister, Julianna, and with Lucy, a National Service person at my office.

I have a very cordial relationship with Julianna. She calls me “husband,” and I jokingly respond, “my little wifee.” She used to live with us, and even when my wife and I were dating, Julianna was instrumental in our relationship. I’ve visited her at school before, which my wife knew about.

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In the chat, my wife read where Julianna said she missed me and I promised to visit her. Julianna replied, “Come early so you don’t have to rush and leave early like you did the other time.”

The chat with Lucy was, in reality, much worse. We have a vibe because she’s from my hometown and we attended the same school. We’ve gone on several dates, and in our chats, we discussed them openly. On one date, we nearly kissed, and we even talked about letting it happen the next time. We eventually realized how dangerous this was and drew boundaries.

After reading these chats, I expected my wife’s anger to be directed at Lucy. Instead, she barely mentioned it and focused entirely on her sister.

“Why are you talking to Julianna like that?” she demanded. “When did you visit her without telling me?”

Her anger escalated until she broke down crying. “Tell me you’re not sleeping with Juliana, and make it the truth. Have you kissed her? Where did you take her that you had to rush out? Since when has this been going on behind my back?”

I was shocked and thought she had confused the chats. “You mean Lucy?” I asked.
She screamed, “I mean Juliana! Speak the truth!”

We argued all evening, and she still didn’t believe me. The next morning, she called her sister. “Say the truth. What is going on with you and my husband?” I was mortified and kept saying, “Stop embarrassing yourself! What could I possibly be doing with your sister?”

Then she called her father. “Juliana is taking my husband from me,” she reported. “They’ve been sneaking around. I read it on his phone.”

Even her father was shocked. He asked me, “Is this true?”
I answered, “Dad, you can take me anywhere to swear on any deity. Nothing is going on. We just have a playful relationship, that’s all.”

He called a family meeting. Julianna cried throughout. I couldn’t even look her in the eye. “Dad, I could never do that, I swear!” she said. “I thought she knew her husband had visited me before.”

My wife didn’t say a word about Lucy’s chat, apart from mentioning her name once in anger. There was a kiss we discussed as if it had happened, and we even planned for a “next time.” My wife wasn’t bothered by that. It was her sister she went after.

Now, she doesn’t speak to Julianna, and it hurts me that, because of me, she has accused her sister of something that never happened. I’ve been begging for forgiveness, but she says she can only forgive me if I “admit” I’ve had something with her sister.

How can I admit to something I haven’t done?

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Maybe my relationship with Julianna was too familiar, but isn’t there a way to make amends and rebuild trust? It feels like I’ve started a fire in her family. I don’t even know if her parents believe us anymore.

Is there a way to regain her trust and prove that my relationship with her sister was just an inappropriate friendship?

—Jeffery

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