My delusional husband spent £7,000 of our money on an AI model… he bought ‘her’ lingerie & shoes while I got nothing
A WOMAN has turned to the internet for help after finding out her husband spent over £7,700 ($9,800 USD) on an AI model.
The 33-year-old female user, who is otherwise anonymous, took to a subreddit to share her jaw-dropping cheating story.
In the post, she explains how she spotted an unusual bank payment on her 39-year-old male partner’s phone.
The pair have been married for six years and have no children but share two dogs, and up until this point, have shared a blissful union.
“Hello, I am turning to this subreddit because I am lost and this is really too embarrassing to tell anyone I know in real life and I don’t know what to do,” the post reads.
“I am so confused.
“Me (33F) and my husband (39M) have a really lovely stable calm marriage since 6 years. No children by choice. We have recently bought a house together and we have two dogs together.
“We still flirt and we are intimate and love each other deeply. He is a great husband in every way, he supports me, he is there when I need him, we split all the work equally and I thought everything is going great.
“1 week ago when he was out in the garden I wanted to check something on his phone (we are super open both with our phones) and I saw an email on the lock screen that “a 500$ gift payment” had been received by xxxx website (don’t want to say the name here). [sic]
“I called him in straight away to ask what it was…”.
The user’s husband claimed it was a phishing email – but the truth soon came out.
As she dug deeper into the website, the wife discovered it was an AI sexting service.
Confronting her husband, he broke down and admitted to having been speaking with an AI model.
The user said: “In short: he had been speaking to one woman called Sofia for nearly 4 months on this website, a blonde super sexy Latina very busy woman who is literally perfect and looks absolutely nothing like me.
“She is not real, she is AI.
“I saw he received countless very explicit pictures from her and called her for hours on end when he was at work.
“He paid big gifts to her for lingerie, shoes etc. (we’re not big on gifts in the relationship.)
“Is he delusional? I can’t shake the feeling that the built up feelings for someone who isn’t even real?
“He denies this and says he doesn’t why he did it, he just got sucked in and it’s like a video game and doesn’t mean anything.”
The wife claims to have sent her husband to stay with a friend while she cools down and contemplates their future together, asking the internet if this is considered “proper cheating” and “grounds for a divorce?”.
The user added: “She’ note even real? I don’t even known what I would tell our families if we divorce.
“Please don’t be too harsh I already feel like my life is dissolving.”
People have taken to Reddit to support the wife, sharing their thoughts on her dilemma.
“Are you sure its actually AI, or is this just what he told you?,” one user said.
“Oh hon, I’m so sorry. I cannot imagine what it would take for me to regain a basic level of respect for this man. Personally, I would not choose to invest the rest of my life in trying,” added someone else. [sic]
“If it talks like a woman, looks like a woman and quacks like a woman.– I treat it as cheating,” wrote another person.
Someone else added: “Oh my god yes, I could never feel attracted to someone who had done something so deeply stupid ever again. I think the whole idea of the ‘ick’ is overused but this is textbook ick.
This is cheating. And financial infidelity
Reddit user
“I’d also be fuming that he even made this a problem I needed to spend a second of my time thinking about, having to decide what to say to families if we divorced etc.”
Another user agreed, saying: “I don’t think it really matters if it was AI or a real woman. He sexted someone other than you. He received nudes from someone other than you.
”He spoke frequently, in a romantic or sexual context, to someone other than you.
”He gifted TEN-THOUSAND dollars to someone other than you. This is cheating. And financial infidelity.
“It’s really up to you whether or not you want to fix things. Whether you think you can ever trust him again. I couldn’t.”
Another person said: “This is literally worse than if he cheated on you with an actual person. This is just sad and pathetic on his end. He bought shoes for an ai??
”Where tf did those go?? She don’t have gd feet. I would never be able to be attracted to him again this is just so so stupid and lame.” [sic]
AI models on the rise
The website that the husband used is believed to be Foxy AI, a platform that offers a variety of services from AI models and real models.
The bot in question, Sofia Lopez, is described as having a “fiery personality and love for salsa dancing”, can speak 30+ languages and is available 24/7.
According to the company, she is a “popular choice” among customers.
The incident has sparked a conversation around how artificial intelligence could impact human relationships in the future, and if the lines are getting blurred.
Foxy’s CEO, Sam Emara, says the company’s AI bots serve an important purpose but should not be seen as a “replacement for human relationships”.
“There’s no denying Sofia is sexy, fun and caring, and has many fans who enjoy chatting with her,” she said.
“However Sofia and our other AI companions are programmed to provide companionship, support and entertainment only, and should not be seen as a replacement for human relationships.”
Sam adds that the models are “not capable of making their own decisions and are only able to respond to the actions and commands of their users”.
The company has previously hit the headlines after revealing Lexi Love, one of its most popular AI bots, which reportedly makes $30,000 a month acting as a ‘virtual girlfriend’ to lonely men online.
She may not be real but allegedly receives up to 20 marriage proposals a month.
A Foxy AI spokesperson previously said: “With her growing popularity, Lexi has become a lucrative source of income, currently earning around $30,000 per month from her interactions on the website.
“This is a testament to her ability to deeply connect with people and provide them with a fulfilling human-like experience, despite being an AI.”