How a Paternity Examination Saved 25 Decades of Marriage
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I used to be well beyond my child bearing age any time a paternity examination was wanted to supply some clarity in my marriage. I've been married for more than 25 decades to 1 male also to today, we have been still with each other. If not for that test, I doubt if we’d nonetheless live under the same roof. It is not just twenty five several years that we have invested on our marriage; it is twenty five ages of building our family, building our home and building our business. Fortunately for us, after 25 decades of partnership, we were able to build a successful company, a huge enterprise, which we plan to bequeath to our children and grandchildren when the right time comes. Until things had threatened to rock our family life, we were the epitome of a successful family. We were successful in all aspects, not just in business, but we raised good children under a loving home.
But 1 fateful day, the most surprising thing in my whole marriage knocked on our front door while we were having breakfast. A pregnant woman was on our door step and she claimed that the father of her unborn child was my husband. To say that I was shocked was an understatement. I had been in rage! I was in denial and I was full of questions. I was hurt, heartbroken and badly damaged. The worst thing was the fact that my children had witnessed the entire spectacle. Everyone was choked up in emotion. My husband was in the office when it happened. I called him immediately and asked for a divorce. They say that a single should never make rash decisions in extreme happiness, sadness or anger. But I wanted out.
He tried to explain but I no longer wanted to hear any of it. He swore to show me proof of his innocence through a paternity exam. All I could do was block out any thoughts of him in my head. I could not dare to think how I had loved the same guy for far more than two decades and yet unfaithfulness had still done damage to the efforts that we both had exerted to make things work. To give our marriage that much needed space, I flew to my hometown and stayed with my parents.
Shortly after, I received a package from my husband. I received a letter, the results of the paternity test and a bouquet of daisies, my favorite. The results clearly showed that he was not the father, after all. He explained in the letter that he does not deny that he had a drunken sleepover with the woman (who turned out to be an individual of our employees.) But he also asked for another chance to make things right. Along with his letter were messages from our children. They all missed me and I missed them too. With much relief, I flew back to our home and back to our marriage. When I arrived, my husband proposed for the renewal of our vows to commemorate our 25th wedding anniversary. Otherwise for your results of the paternity test, I wouldn't have said yes.
Indeed, the biggest trials of our lives happen not to discourage us and dampen our spirits… Most of the time, they transpire to strengthen us and remind us of what we have that we’ve always taken for granted.
