A woman who swapped husbands with her neighbour has said it was the worst decision of her life after it tore her family apart.

Kay Moriarty, 78, and next door neighbour Rita, not her real name, swapped partners in the 1970s after they learnt about 'swinging' in a self help book.

Now Kay, from Birchington-on-Sea in Kent, has said risking the safety of her marriage to Robert, not his real name, 'for a night of passion' with Rita's other half Terry was a mistake, reports the 

Kay, who met husband Robert when she was only 19, explained how she'd always 'wondered what it would be like with another man' as she'd only had sex with him.

She said:

They announced they were going to set up home together and all four children would live with them.

Too embarrassed to tell her own family what had happened, Kay moved in with Terry and her daughter Rachel eventually started to live with them too.

After a year, Rita and Robert moved to the north-west of England while Kay and Terry stayed on the south coast, trying to make things work. However they split up after seven years.

Looking back on the swap, Kay said it 'ruined' her children's relationships with their parents and split her home.

Kay said:

Although I didn't love Robert, we created a stable home for our children to grow up in. But the wife swap ruined Rachel’s relationship with her father.'

Credits: Daily Mail