The Cheating RN while working away from home during the pandemic

I’m a 45 year old wife/mother of three (youngest 5yrs old) and a RN having sex with my coworker while away from home during the pandemic. Sorry it’s a little long but I needed to explain a few things so I wouldn’t be judged as a cheating whore and terrible mother.

I work at a rural hospital and when the pandemic exploded, my husband lost his job. It sucked because the company approached him then did a ‘quick hire’ to start him in November. Since he was one of the last to get hired, he was in the first wave to get furloughed. It took a couple of weeks before my husband’s unemployment started coming in but we were already living on a tight a budget.

In February and early March, the hospital gave us daily briefings and knew things were going to get crazy. In our state, the big cities starting to get overrun with patients and my hospital made an agreement with one of the large hospitals in the city to allow certain professions volunteer to temp. transfer. It’d be a 12 hour shift with unlimited OT, an instant sign up bonus, stay at a local hotel with all meals paid for. Depending on the length of the crisis, an extra bonuses were possible. I talked things over with my husband and we agreed this might be the best thing for us right now.

I was checking in at the hotel and met a a 26 year old respiratory therapist from another part of the state and dealing with a similar situation. His wife was furloughed, they have a 2 year old daughter and bills to pay. His room is on the same floor as mine.

After week one, I was physically and mentally exhausted. All of those poor people suffering had broken me down mentally. I was physically tired from lack of eating the pre-made hospital salads with packs of vinaigrette dressing loaded with preservatives and a microwaved cup of soup with 870mg sodium quickly. I was raised on a farm and love fresh food. Plus, my oldest is allergic to preservatives so I’m always cooking a clean diet for my family. I’m usually a high energy person and my normal routine is 30 minutes of yoga in the morning to stretch my muscles and back. I also run at our local park 4 to 5 days a week. I miss cooking, the hotel gym is closed and I don’t feel comfortable going for a run in this city alone and I didn’t pack running shoes or shorts. If I did I probably wouldn’t anyway.

Week two, I settled into a routine and started getting my energy back.

Week three. The hospital announced the number of patients admitted had stabilized and it was the first sign things are leveling out. I’d been become friends with the respiratory therapist. We both complained about being bored and alone. We both had the next day off so I invited him to my room to watch TV and hang out after we FaceTimed our families.

He came over and we talked about our families and how much we miss them. We found a series we both liked on HBO. A hot sex scene began. We looked at each other I noticed he was trying to hide his erection. I don’t know what came over me but I moved close and we started kissing. We took our cloths off like two teenagers left home alone. I couldn’t wait to feel him inside me. I straddled him on the couch and rode him hard! I was so damn close to having an orgasm when he got off. Loved the warm feeling inside me! It was a lot! I escaped to the bathroom but asked him not to leave.

We talked about what happened and agreed it was much needed, promised not to tell our spouses. Since we’d already had sex, we agreed to become friends with benefits while we’re here. I told him I’ve only been with my husband since we’ve been married and I my tubes were tied after #3. He had a sigh of relief then told me he’d only been with his wife. He laughed when I said, “where would we get condoms right now?” The awkward sexual tension was gone he said, “Sorry I didn’t last long earlier.” I noticed he was hard again so we went to the bed and had sex. This time he lasted longer and I was able to climax! He spent the night and we had sex many times the next day. For the next 3 days after work, we have crazy wild sex multiple times.

Week four. The hospital started taking a limited number of volunteers to go home. I talked with my husband. He’d talked with his manager and they didn’t know when he’d get a call back and suggested I stay if I was willing. My fwb talked with his wife. She’s paranoid and with a 2 year old at home and asked (ok. she told) him stay.


We don’t know how long we’ll be here so I asked my coworker if he’d move into my room so we can maximize our time together. I also gave him my extra room key card. We stopped having crazy wild sex and started becoming more intimate with kissing, foreplay and oral. It’s silly but we both feel like we’re in a work camp during the day and in solitary in the afternoon. I call him my ‘away from home hubby’ and he calls me his ‘away from work wife’. We have sex, cuddle, spoon and sleep naked. We shower together in the morning.

This is the first time I’ve not been faithful in my marriage. Not bragging but I’ve had plenty of opportunities but never acted. I’m also a nurse in the Naval Reserves, deployed twice, seen lots of infidelity, had plenty of offers and still never acted. I can’t explain it this time. I know we’re both cheating but we’re also dealing with a lot at work right now. I’m not trying to make excuses. This is something my husband doesn’t need to know about. Just like my husband doesn’t need to see what I see everyday. If he did find out, I’ll live with the consequences but I hope he knows he’s my only true love.

Things have been bad and still are. My co-worker and I need someone to lean on after a long day of witnessing suffering and death. Please don’t take this like I’m complaining, I’M NOT. This is what I went to school and trained for. This is our moment to help people but we are also people with emotions and needs. It’s not like I’m having sex with multiple men. We’re two adults with an agreement to satisfy each other’s needs (physical & emotional) while away from home.

You never know what you truly miss until it’s gone for a period of time. I miss my family and husband. I miss kissing and having sex with my husband. We’ve always had an active sex life. We’ve also been together so long. We know each other’s body and pleasure points. We also have our own routine. (I’m not using routine in a bad sense here). My husband once said he’d never cheat because I know how to keep him on the edge then make him explode. I can’t say this enough, I love my husband and I love having sex with him.

I’m starting to ramble but I’m stuck in this hotel room alone for the day, there’s nothing on TV and it’s raining outside so I can’t go for a walk. Thankfully I brought my laptop and while surfing the net for advise I found this site so I decided to type an anonymous confession. It’s helped.

This is gross and TMI but it’s also a little naughty. When I first got here, I neglected my private area because I failed to pack many razors. I prefer a wax from the spa that’s not possible right now so I thought, Hey, I’m away from my husband, why bother, right? I was a little embarrassed the first time we had sex. I have dark hair and get thick quick. When I started having sex with my co-worker, I thought it was time to go back smooth and planned to pick up extra razors from the hospital supply room or the next time I go to the store. He made a comment that he loved my natural look and called it sexy hot! I said, ‘enjoy it today because it’ll be gone tomorrow.’ He asked me to let it grow. I agreed to ‘go wild’.

An advantage of letting this thing grow, it’ll be more convincing when I go home to my husband. It’s been over a month now and when he sees this thing, he’ll never be suspicious that I’ve been having sex with someone else. During my private FaceTime with my husband, we were flirting and I told him I was ‘going wild’ until I come home. He become excited and asks me to show him. I show him the progress each day. I agreed to let him enjoy it one time when I get home but Edward Scissorhands is coming out immediately afterward.

This week we began working 10hr days with a day off through the week. I got the day off but he had to work. We’re going to request the same day off next week. I desperately miss my family and husband and I know he misses his wife and daughter. We’re mature adults and agree this is the best we can do for now to cope with the stress life brings us. We’ll continue having fun exploring each other until the day we separate and are united with our loved ones. We’re hearing rumors that all extra staff will be going home at the end of May.

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