I (30M) found out my father (56M) has been sleeping with my wife (28F). A while ago, I started noticing changes in how my wife and my father acted around each other. If my wife and I were in a room and he walked in, her mood or facial expression would change. I also caught him looking at her more often, seemingly for no reason. For context, my wife and I live with our son just down the street from my parents, so we spend a lot of time at each other’s houses. Over time, I noticed more. He would take every opportunity to stand close to her, and he seemed to follow her from one room to another. If she went into the kitchen, for example, he would suddenly “need something from the kitchen.” I brought up my concerns with my wife, but she brushed them off and told me I was crazy. Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was going on. Eventually, I set up microphones and cameras in several rooms around the house to see what I could find out. Over the past year, yes almost year, tho...
I went into my sixty-eight-year-old aunt’s garage to borrow some folding chairs. Beside my uncle’s model railway were six tubes of this fancy cream. “Modelling supplies,” Uncle Colin said. I picked one up. “Shea butter?” “For the hands. After the modelling.” A surprisingly expensive solution from a man who washes paintbrushes in old baked-bean tins. Then I noticed his nails. They were immaculate. Not clean. Colin has always been clean. These had shape. Shine. A finish usually reserved for cars he isn’t allowed to touch at exhibitions. “June’s been practising,” he said. “Practising what?” He looked towards the garden. I found Aunt June outside the summerhouse, moving a hanging basket directly in front of the window. “What’s in there?” “Garden things.” “Can I get the chairs?” “I’ll bring them round.” This was unusual enthusiasm for lifting furniture from someone who normally considers pointing a sufficient contribution. I opened the door. Inside were two armchairs, a stack of little tow...