A woman from Lincoln who left her husband and children to marry an Egyptian man says she now regrets wasting six years of her life. Julia Clark, 53, from Lincoln , had been married to Peter, also 53, for 15 years and they had three children together. After they went on a family holiday to Egypt in August 2016, Julia's life changed completely.
She told her story to OK! Magazine "Sitting around the side of the pool, my husband Peter and two daughters, Melissa and Ameila, relaxed in the water. Our two-week holiday in Egypt was coming to an end and we were making the most of our final few days in the August heat," she said. Get the latest Lincolnshire Live news with our email newsletters "But, while we’d all had a laugh and were coming back with gorgeous photos, I couldn’t help but feel lonely.
It felt like my relationship had gone stale. I’d been married to my husband for 15 years and he was a good man, a brilliant father to our children James, now 34, Melissa, 21, and Amelia, 18, and provided for me, but it felt like we were just there for the kids. "It was on that holiday in 2016 that everything changed.
As I sat there watching my family, a hotel worker approached me and asked for my name. He wanted to know how I was and asked if I was on Facebook. I gave him my name and introduced him to Peter, who had got out of the pool.
I didn’t think anything of it until we headed home. "After being home for a few days, I received a friend request from the man I’d met by the poo.