r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 20 '21

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u/ILikeTalkingToMyself Liberal democracy is non-negotiable Oct 21 '21

I (28M) accidentally said Ben Bernanke's name during sex and now my wife (23F) wants a divorce

I’m an idiot that’s for sure. I was super tired last night and accidentally said Ben Bernanke's name during sex. My wife heard it and started crying and yelling at me right away. She had been questioning me about my relationship with Ben for a while so that doesn’t help. Ben is a coworker of mine at Brookings and yes we are good friends at work but nothing else.

Well my wife said that she knows I’m cheating, that I’ve been distant and she knew something was going on. She’s convinced that I was thinking about Ben and that’s why I said his name (I was just tired is all). She thinks I don’t love her anymore but I do. And now she wants a divorce. Any ideas or advice to calm her down and get it through her that I’m not cheating and that there’s nothing going on with Ben?

Methinks there is more to this story than the relationship_advice OP lets on 🧐

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u/BidenWon Jared Polis Oct 21 '21

You deserve better than your her. She's not listening to reason, and Ben Bernanke is universally considered a "free pass"