Both Tom Buchanan and George Wilson have wives who are cheating on them. In Chapter VII, just before Nick, Tom, Jordan, Daisy, and Gatsby leave to go to New York City, Tom overhears Daisy talking to Gatsby and puts two and two together. Then, on their way, Tom, Nick, and Jordan are all riding in Gatsby's car (while Gatsby drives Tom's car with Daisy), and they stop at Wilson's garage for some gas. George Wilson reveals that he "just got wised up to something funny the last two days." In other words, he's realized that his wife, Myrtle, is having an affair, although he does not realize that it's with Tom. In this moment, Nick realizes the huge coincidence of the fact that both of these men -- one rich and one poor, one who also cheats and one who is faithful, one who has everything and one who has nothing -- have just recently learned the same thing about their wives.
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