A 22-year-old man claims he caught his wife cheating with his 44-year-old father, and that he was able to uncover their sordid deeds by checking the baby monitor while he was at work. Declan Fuller has explained that his father had moved in with him and his wife last fall, and that he eventually became suspicious that something was going on between his dad and his wife. Unfortunately, it appears his suspicions were confirmed and the situation only got worse for him from there. His wife has told him that she and his father are now expecting twins together.
The twins will be Declan's half siblings as well as his daughter’s half siblings and her aunt or uncle at the same time, according to The Sun. Even though this unusual family dynamic is difficult to untangle, cheating has always been pretty common in relationships, though not normally with a partner’s parent.
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Declan said he was suspicious after his father moved in with him and his wife several months ago.
He explained that his father, Darren, who was recently divorced, moved in with him, his wife Stephanie, and their daughter Willow last fall, per The Sun. Just a few months later, Declan decided to use his phone to check the baby monitor at their home in Treherbert, Rhondda, South Wales, zooming in on his dad’s door, the outlet reported. Declan claims he saw Stephanie sneaking into his father’s room but when he brought it up, she said they were watching a show on TV.
After discovering what his wife and father were doing, it was understandably devastating and infuriating. Declan said, “If I didn’t have a sensible head on my shoulders, he would be six foot under now,” the news outlet reported.
Then his ex told him she’s having twins with his dad.
Declan apparently didn’t believe the story about watching TV and broke up with Stephanie after catching her going into his father’s room. Stephanie and Darren, Declan’s father, are now expecting twins and live together about 6 miles away, near Pontypridd.
Declan’s now ex-wife stills insists she did not cheat and said, “I did not cheat on Declan. We got together a week or so after he left me,” reported Daily Mail.
It will definitely be a tricky family situation as Declan will now have half siblings from his ex and his father and Willow will have new half siblings as well. “I feel sorry for the babies, they are coming into a very mixed-up family,” Declan told The Sun.
Thankfully, Declan appears to have already found someone new. According to his Facebook status, he is now engaged to an Antonia Johnson, and appears to be happy in the photos of them together.
Though cheating sadly happens often, it’s typically men and not women who cheat and it's not with a spouse’s parent.
According to the Institute for Families Studies, men are typically and statistically more likely to cheat than women. Around 20% of men and 13% of women reported having sex with someone other than the spouse they’re married to, per IFS. Separation or divorce is also a common response after learning about an affair. Around 40% of married adults who cheated before are divorced or separated, the site reported.
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People have some strong opinions about the man’s father and his wife.
Readers of the Daily Mail article covering the story were shocked and horrified at the man’s wife's actions as well as his father's.
"People must be wired very differently," one reader wrote. "The thought of having an affair with a family member is abhorrent."
Another responded with: “It's sickening, no thought for the kids involved from those two. It'll be embarrassing for them, grandad being your step dad, then siblings also being aunt and uncles. Just wrong in every sense.”
"What a sick selfish society we live in today," wrote another commenter. "Everyone is in pursuit of their own happiness and don't care who gets hurt along the way.”
