Attitude in check
He seems to believe that he is doing a girl a favour by cheating with his girlfriend to be together. She’d rather he ditched his girlfriend than keep her a secret.
It would not only make her happy but also spare his partner any heartbreak in the future. It seems that his forwardness is now coming back to bite because he acted like God was a gift and didn’t even realize the person he texted.
You can name your own price
Your partner may be the person you should avoid accidentally texting about your affair, but your children are second. You not only reveal to them that you are a liar, you also expose their parent’s marriage.
Even worse, you can make the situation worse by referring to someone as “annoying”. The dad in this case tried to pay off his daughter to keep his secrets a secret, but it wasn’t cheap.