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November 10, 2005, 8:33 am PST
I advise against confrontation
Quote From: llynn66If you have the opportunity to talk to her and find out her side of the story, maybe you should. I wish i would've done that right away after my husband told me about his "thing". Instead, here i am almost 3 years later still procrastinating about it. My husband told me basically what happened right away but did'nt tell me who he broke my heart with for 8 months after. So by the time he did tell me that detail i was even more embarrassed and humiliated at the idea of her knowing that i'd been in the dark about her identity for that long. He swore up and down, this and that, worst mistake he ever made, loves me, said he told her right after it happened it was a mistake and nothing ever happened again. I tend to believe that nothing else happened after the night he threw us away because he put alot of effort into repairing the damage. But since he was capable of doing that to us, i think i'm always going to feel like it could happen again. I always wonder what her version of it is, and i may still need to find out. It's not that he tries to make himself blameless but....I don't know, and i would like to, mostly because i feel like a big fool and it still hurts. I quit asking my questions after he told me who it was, then it seemed like we started being careful to avoid the subject. Now here i am 3 years later wishing i'd done things differently. I guess you never know how you're going to react when someone you love and trust with your heart hurts you so bad. Keep asking questions, you're entitled to the answers, it's only been 6 months for you. If you feel up to confronting her do it. It might give you some of your strength back. Say a little prayer. I have witnessed my sister face her husbands infidelity three times in 15 years of marraige, and instead of confronting her husband, she always wants to confront the other woman. I have listened to her bash and blame the other woman, and have had to remind her that her husband is just as guilty, if not more so. He has often told her that he initiated the affair by asking the woman out. I do not understand the need to "know" more about the affair. What is it you want to know? And what good is it to ask the other person? They definitely do not want to hear from you. There is no pride in being caught with another womans husband, especially if she was told a divorce was imminent, or told some other believable story, which is what my sisters husband tells these women. Put yourself in her shoes; she is probably ashamed and embarrased no matter who instigated the affair . Confrontation will just be painful and stir everything back up. It resolves nothing. The husband needs to be dealt with, pure and simple. My sister stays with her husband because she doesn't want to fend for herself, but never presses him to get counselling or take responsibility for his behaviour. We are getting tired of going through this about every five years. The underlying causes are in the marraige, not in some outsider.
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