The affair started when her marriage was already falling apart. The decision to cheat was the culmination of several unhappy years of marriage, according to 36-year-old Jessica Lawrence. But the problem started long before, when she dated and soon broke up with her college boyfriend because he was seeing other women. They reconnected a few years after graduation and had a life-changing dinner date. Knowing what she knew, Lawrence says she “set herself up for failure,” but when he kissed her on the forehead, she had a “profound ‘this is the man I’m supposed to be with’ moment and got wrapped up in that fantasy.”
- The Lily
