What I Learned After 5 Years as the Other Woman

  • Publish date: Sunday، 29 March 2026 Reading time: 1 min read
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Being someone else’s secret was draining me dry literally and figuratively exhausted from living in this perpetual state where every glance felt like I might get caught mid-stride. For five long years now (who even keeps count when the thrill's gone?), it had been just stolen glances, hasty goodbyes whenever he thought no one watched him slipping out of his own life and into mine.  Being someone else’s other woman? It was like limbo stuck between worlds where you’re not quite in their lives but are absolutely woven through the fabric they can't even acknowledge.