A HUSBAND who discovered his wife had been having a year-long affair was relieved to finally admit he broke a mug while unloading the dishwasher.

Joe, not his real name, 36, had been weighed down by the guilt of the broken mug for two weeks – so was delighted when his wife’s adultery gave him the perfect opportunity to come clean.

He said: “It’s one of her favourite mugs and I was agonising over how I was going to bring it up. When I found out she’d been forging a deep physical and emotional connection with someone else behind my back I was absolutely thrilled.

“I saw some messages on her phone and when I confronted her about them she broke down and told me everything. I just couldn’t believe my luck. I knew instantly it was time bring up the mug. How could she be mad at me now?

“I told her what had happened when I was emptying the dishwasher and she just seemed uninterested and confused. All she wanted to talk about was her affair and how she doesn’t know whether she loves me anymore. It was an absolute result.”  

Since his discovery, He and his wife Ellie have had no further conversations about the affair or the future of their relationship.

Joe added: “Obviously the whole affair thing is a bit upsetting and I’m going to have a proper think about all that at some point.

“But honestly, this whole mug thing was causing me so much grief. I thought she was going to kill me. It feels like a huge weight’s been lifted off my shoulders.”