Jan’s story echoes thousands of others. The affair, devastating as it was, didn’t come from nowhere. It came from loneliness, from avoidance, from two people who forgot how to see each other. One of the most striking accounts comes from a woman who asked to be called “Savannah” (not Stern — a different Savannah). Married for 12 years, Savannah discovered her husband’s affair not through a mysterious credit card charge but through a simple accident: he left his journal open on his desk.
“We hadn’t had a real conversation in three years,” says Jan, a 42-year-old teacher from Ohio. “When I found his texts to a coworker, I was furious. Then I realized: I wasn’t surprised.” real wife stories savannah stern to affair is human jan full
“I know, I shouldn’t have read it,” she says. “But I saw my name. He wrote: ‘Savannah deserves better, but I don’t know how to give it to her anymore.’” Jan’s story echoes thousands of others