Finding out that your husband is cheating is heartbreaking, and when he's sleeping with someone close to you, that can be even more devastating. But what mom @haileymae93 says on TikTok that she learned about her husband’s affair takes this betrayal to an entirely different level. Plus, she discovered the truth in the worst way possible: at the birth of her best friend’s baby.
When her best friend called and told her she was in labor, Hailey didn’t hesitate for a minute and drove her to the hospital.
She quickly agreed to help, even though the mom of three had been trying to stay sober and her friend still struggled with substance abuse, she explained in a video from last month.
“I was with her when she got her epidural and I wore the daddy wristband and I got to give the baby her first bath,” the TikToker recalled. “I was just happy to be a part of that.”
But the high of seeing her friend have a baby quickly came crashing down about three days later, when Hailey noticed something unusual.
The mom saw a hereditary birthmark on her best friend’s daughter that raised alarm bells.
“I’m very familiar with [it] because my oldest son has it,” she recalled. “It’s an extra piece of cartilage that grows out the side of their necks. So he looks like a little Frankenstein baby.”
Hailey was changing her best friend’s daughter when she saw the “bowling bumps” birthmark.
“Several of his other children have it as well,” she added. “So I knew exactly that that baby was my husband’s.”
In a second video, Hailey explained that her best friend was standing next to her when she noticed the bumps.
“We both saw that birthmark, kind of looked at each other. I had to step outside,” she continued.
“I was needing a moment to ask God what I should do in this situation,” she remembered.
“There was a baby involved, and at the end of the day I was just looking at the bigger picture not really what my feelings were at, not really what her feelings [were at] or anyone else’s feelings, but like the bigger picture or what was the right thing to do.”
Her friend admitted the truth “right away.”
On the other hand, it took her now-ex-husband about six or seven months to confirm what everybody else knew.
Her best friend ended up staying with them even after she admitted to the infidelity. (Hailey joked it was a “sister-wife situation.”) Eventually, however, the friend did move out.
People in the comments section applauded the mom for acting with grace.
“You are a beautiful human,” one person wrote. “I am in my 30s and am in no way ready to be this mature.”
“You’re a better person than me. Thank you for being you,” another commenter added.
“You are a really good person,” a third commenter chimed in.
The two are no longer as close as they used to be — which is understandable.
In a third video, the mom shared that she has tried to maintain a good relationship with her ex-best friend.
“We have spoke several times since we went through this, and I actually owed her an amends and she owed me an amends. And so are on good terms with each other,” she explained.
“I’ve found forgiveness for her myself and hopefully can find forgiveness for herself,” she added. “I believe that she was heavily influenced by her drug addiction when she was making these decisions, and I know because I’ve had my own addiction. You sometimes make decisions that aren’t who you are.
“At the end of the day, her daughter is my childrens’ sister, so I would hope that one day we could have a cordial relationship for the kids,” she shared.
