Imagine a marriage where two people live together but feel like strangers. No touch, no talks, just silence and a cold room. That’s exactly what a 47-year-old anonymous Serbian woman describes after decades of cold relations with her husband. She decided to cheat—not out of malice, but out of desperation for warmth and closeness she couldn’t find at home.
She talks about a room where they once celebrated birthdays and decorated the Christmas tree, now just a place where two people exist but don’t live. “Our living room is as cold as our bedroom,” she says. According to a New York Times statistic, about 15% of marriages suffer from the so-called “dead bedroom”—a place without touch, tenderness, or intimacy.
For years, her husband promised to change, but nothing did. At 47, she still wanted to be loved, to have someone to hug, laugh with, and be close to. Instead, she got silence and coldness. So she cheated. Not to hurt, but to feel valued, loved, and alive.
This confession reveals the dark side of many marriages—where people stay together out of habit, for the kids, or fear, but in reality, they are just roommates. No love, no passion, just emptiness. And while society condemns cheating as the worst sin, this woman shows that sometimes it’s the only way out of emotional death.
Is it better to endure silence and cold or seek warmth elsewhere? The question remains open, but one thing is clear—many will recognize themselves in her words. What about you? Would you endure a decade without touch or have you already left? Or maybe cheated? Share your thoughts, maybe you’re not alone in this.
