Girlfriend Blasted for Cheating on Partner After $900 Birthday Gift

A post about a woman whose boyfriend allegedly came across a video of her having sex with another man before the couple's upcoming trip has gone viral on Reddit.

In a post shared by the boyfriend (Reddit user saiyanultimate), which had 11,300 upvotes at the time of this writing, the boyfriend said he found a video of his girlfriend of six years "having sex with a guy a day before going on trip with her."

According to General Social Survey (GSS) data, men generally are more likely than women to cheat, "but the gender gap in infidelity varies by age," said Wendy Wang, director of research at the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) and a former senior researcher at the Pew Research Center.

Twenty percent of men and 13 percent of women reported that they've had sex with someone other than their spouse while married, Wang said in 2018, based on data from 2010 to 2016.

Among "ever-married" adults aged 18 to 29, women were found to be "slightly more likely" (11 percent) than men (10 percent) to be guilty of infidelity, according to the survey.

However, "this gap quickly reverses among those aged 30 to 34 and grows wider in older age groups. Infidelity among both men and women increases during the middle ages, Wang said.

Women in their 60s reported the highest rate of infidelity (16 percent), "but the share goes down sharply among women in their 70s and 80s," Wang said.

According to saiyanultimate, the Redditor on the viral post, the "sex video" was recorded with a $900 phone he gave to his girlfriend four months earlier for her birthday.

The user said: "I don't even know what to do anymore. I already paid for [the] whole trip, booked [the] resort, flight tickets. I am planning to break up with [her] but I don't know [whether] I can survive this or not."

Noting that the boyfriend has "dodged a bullet," user piszkavas questioned, "Why would she record this on her phone?...is she really that stupid?"

The original poster replied: "She doesn't know that [the] Google photos app sometimes [keeps] photos or videos that you deleted from your local gallery app, that's where I found this."

When user DMBFFF asked what his girlfriend's "explanation" was for her behavior, saiyanultimate said: "According to her she was feeling lonely so that's why she did this."

The boyfriend said: "I got a high paying job in another city (200km away from our house), now I live near my work location most weekdays."

Several other Redditors shared sympathy for saiyanultimate, with many suggesting ways to "dump" his girlfriend.

In a comment that got 13,400 upvotes, user ChocoBro92 said: "Why don't you invite your best friend or mother or father along for a fun trip? Or even go alone. You deserve better OP [original poster] I am so sorry."

In a comment that got 5,600 upvotes, user WorthlessChap said: "I was gonna say the same thing. Dump her last minute, just as she is excited to go on vacation. Take someone in her place and have a great time..."

UnitedSam said: "OP can you tell her to meet you at the airport and then just don't answer her calls and she won't have a flight confirmation to get through security," in a comment that got 169 upvotes.

Some suggested the boyfriend enjoy the trip on his own, such as user Quinn_the_Duck, who said: "Honestly, even just go alone. She doesn't deserve it, nor you."

User DorothyZbornak11 wrote: "I would go alone and re-evaluate my whole life and enjoy myself."

But others advised against it, saying the original poster should bring someone along on the trip instead.

User Ok-Ad-7247 said: "Definitely someone else. Taking the trip would likely help as a bit of a distraction," in a comment that got 104 upvotes.

Use heras_milktea said: "Yes! But definitely not alone because OP needs emotional support..."

Newsweek could not verify the details of the case and has reached out to the original poster, saiyanultimate, for comment.