A desperate mum of two has spoken about the extreme lengths she is going to to continue her illicit affair over her children's summer holidays. Georgia, 44, has two children aged 19 and 21, who are heading back from their universities for the summer holidays.
But instead of feeling excited to see them, it’s left her frantically searching for how to continue her love affair whilst her children are back at the family home. While the children have been studying hundreds of miles apart, she’s been indulging all her spare time in her lover she met on Illicitencounters.com, planning frequent meet ups while her husband goes to work.
The prospect of the affair having to take a backseat over the summer has left her distraught. Georgia said the only way to continue seeing her lover is to send her children off backpacking over the summer. She admitted to spending well over £4,000 on interrailing tickets and spending money for them to both travel around Europe this summer.
Georgia said: “It was the only solution I could find to continue my affair without the kids in the picture. It probably sounds extreme and like a lot of money to some people but it’s a small amount to pay for everyone’s happiness, including mine.
"I did want to treat them for finishing their studies for the year too, so it wasn’t totally out of the blue. I just can’t deal with the prospect of having to cut things off with my lover. And this was a win-win for everyone in my eyes.
"When the kids left for uni originally I was so excited to spend some quality time with my husband. But it’s been the opposite and everything's just fallen apart. Our relationship is so one-sided, it’s me suggesting going on dates or doing things together and he just drags his heels at every opportunity. It feels like he doesn’t want to spend time with me at all. He does know that i’m unhappy, he’s probably unhappy too tbh, but we’ve always agreed we’d stay together for the kids, at least until they’ve moved out."
According to an Illicitencounters.com survey, 41% of those polled admitted a “strong urge” to seek an affair when their offspring moved out of the family home for the first time. A further 67% claimed their children flying the nest was the first time they’d considered seeking an affair.
Sex and Relationships guru at Illicitencounters.com, Jessica Leoni, said: “Marriage breakdowns when the kids fly the nest - also known as Empty Nest Syndrome - is something we frequently see as the cause for affairs on illicitencounters.com. It’s understandably a massive change going from having people rely and depend on you, to feeling completely alone in your household, and can cause drastic changes in the dynamics of couples.
"Interestingly 70% of our members do say that having an affair has improved their marriage, and Georgia is just one example of someone who has found solace in a lover. What I would say is that anyone seeking an affair in these circumstances shouldn’t feel guilty about it. It’s often the first time in over 18 years parents have had any sort of “me time” and if it helps them to feel normal and happy in between all the other changes going on, then who’s to stop them.”
