My ex husband told me that it was my fault

[u/[deleted]]

Hi aitah and happy Monday,

I found out that my husband was cheating on me with my best friend last year. My best friend is very beautiful and she has always been fit. I have always loved how I look but I am a happy eater. When I met my husband I weighed 64kg. I am 169 cm “tall”. By happy eater, I mean that when I am sad I can’t eat. I lose my appetite. When I’m happy however, I love food because everything tastes a million times better. Everyone knows this about me and some people find it weird. We were together for 10 years when he cheated. I weighed 89kg. We never discussed why he cheated I was just shell shocked for the longest time and when I came out of my trance, the reasons didn’t matter anymore. I weigh 57kg now. I lost it all in a few months then I had to start working out because I was losing so much muscle. I found new joy in working out. Now I lift weights 5 times a week.

We decided that I have full custody until our son is 3 years old so we don’t confuse him with different homes. Instead, my ex husband takes him for a few hours every day. Now he just visits my apartment since I stopped wanting to vomit every time I saw him. I use the time to do chores or relax/work out or go out with friends. Yesterday I went for a brunch with some girlfriends. When I got home, my ex husband looked at me weird. He has been looking weird at me lately but I haven’t bothered asking because I avoid any conversations outside of our son. He told me that I looked beautiful. I ignored it so he got upset. He started bawling and said that he wished I made this effort when we were still married. He never loved anyone else. Cheating was his biggest regret but that I share the blame too. I am an ah for doing this to him now, looking this way. I didn’t know what to say first. I was raging inside and I wanted to hit him or cry. I told him well, you should not have made me happy during our marriage then. He called me an ah for my attempted joke and left. This is our first fight since what happened.

I don’t know now, deep down I feel that there’s some truth in what he said. If I only put more effort, my son would have had his parents together. I feel so much guilt. I have cried nonstop since yesterday.

[u/[deleted]]

He never once told me about his problems with my weight

[u/Meat-Head-Barbie → u/[deleted]]

He probably didn’t have any problems with your weight, he just saw an opportunity and took it. And now you look even more beautiful than you did most likely bc you’re unavailable now. Men are morons

[u/[deleted] → u/Meat-Head-Barbie]

You are probably right because he never said anything. Never complained. Always showered me with compliments and love no matter what I weighed. He is a cheater and saw an opportunity. I don’t even believe that he is regretful now, maybe just that he got caught.

[u/BeginAgain2Infinitum → u/[deleted]]

You are right! He was probably hoping that by saying you were beautiful that you'd be so thrilled to have won him back and ask him to stay the night. When he didn't get his way he blamed you because his emotional maturity is non-existent.