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Word on the Mountain
It was her husband’s accusations
that filled her with ill intentions
and she began to question how
could she get back at her
cheating partner. By the end of
2011 Medea began to fantasize
of committing infanticide.
He told me to
‘just get over it’,
but I wanted
Although questioning the pain
revenge.
of losing her children she
rationalized it would not be
We asked these women how they’ve
dealt with a cheating partner!
Procne: I found out my husband
had been sexually assaulting my sister,
blackmailing her if she were to tell me.
I killed my son and boiled him,
making a meal for my husband who
eventually realized what he was eating!
greater than the satisfaction it
would bring her of making her
partner suffer.
In the late afternoon in early
outlook – planning her revenge.
In January 2012, Medea was
offered a job in the city and
moved back without her
Deianira: I was distraught with
her revenge. Her husband was left
Medea began a more positive
February, Medea had at last found
my husbands’ unfaithfulness and was
distraught at the death of their two
ecstatic to find out about a new drug
children. However, Medea went one
that claimed to cure my husband’s bad
step further – disallowing her
habits. I snuck it into his coffee one
former partner from attending their
morning but he reacted severely and
funerals.
died, I wish I hadn’t done anything.
children. After being able to find
her feet financially, her two sons
were able to transfer from the
countryside.
Hera: I knew my husband was
sleeping with another woman, but he
caught on and tried to disguise her
from me. I hired a private investigator
to find her, so I could blackmail her to
leave the country.