Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

Sometimes life has to fall apart before it can come back together in a better way. That’s exactly what this Redditor experienced after catching her husband in an affair with one of her friends and learning he had no intention of trying to save their marriage.

Heartbroken and overwhelmed, she couldn’t imagine ever moving on. But as time passed, she reinvented herself, built a new life, started traveling, and found a new sense of confidence and freedom. Meanwhile, her ex was left watching from the sidelines as she thrived without him.

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The woman caught her husband having an affair with one of her friends

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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Devastated, she had no idea how to begin moving on

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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The woman later shared more details in the comments

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

Readers flooded her with support and advice

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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Five months later, she returned with an update on how things were going

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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Readers were overjoyed for her progress

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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After five years, she had completely turned her life around

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”

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Readers congratulated her on just how far she’d come

Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”
Woman Shares Inspiring 5 Year Update After Leaving Her Cheating Husband: “I Was Never Going To Be Enough”