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December 18, 2005, 8:51 pm PST

What?

Quote From: fromnz

Amazing that you have kept this going for 1 1/2 years - I have been in a similar situation for only 2 months and already the stress is getting to me. I see this man every week, sometimes 2 or 3 times a week - I am his accountant but these meetings are rarely professional. No one knows about us and similar to you, I am not going to admit it to anyone. I do have some guilt going but this is related to the fact that I know his wife and they both know my partner and he and I both know that if this got out it would hurt a lot of people. Neither of us really want to change our current living situation but I can feel myself sliding into a very emotional situation with him - already I am feeling angry that I cannot call him whenever I like and I would not be at all worried if he came to see me more frequently. I am often home alone for many days on end which provides me with a lot of opportunity although he is not in the same situation. The difference between you and me is that I cannot have strong feelings for more than one man at a time and at the moment he is winning! I don't know where all this is going to end - probably in one big fat disaster - but I cannot imagine giving him up. How do you cope for such a long period of time?

When you see him, exactly what do you do. Do you have quaint dinners? Does he take you out?  

Don't be to sure that know one else knows about you either, just because you don't hear the wispers doesn't mean there is no awareness. You both know that if this got out it would hurt alot of people, yet you don't care. Don't bother saying you do because if you did you would stop this just for that very reason. Most important, you are alone alot more often then he is. Therefore, you have alot more time on your hands. That would account for your anger. It seems you spend your time thinking about him and the challenges it presents, and the fact that you don't have control over the situation only fuels you.  He, on the other hand, is eating his cake and having it too. He has his wife, do you really think he is totally wrapped up in you? If you were what he wanted when he was with her, he would find a way to lie his way away from her. He may tell you many things about her but none are truly true. Yeah, he may feel anger towards her for many of her characteristics and behavior and vice versa, but he is not going to risk losing her for you. No matter what he says. Last, how do you measure strong feelings for a man? What is it you love about him? If all you can say is you talk so well, and understand each other completely then don't bother. Those things are not built on sexual tryst 2-3 times a week in just two months. That is so much crap. You are on a spiral trip, and you cannot even imagine where it is going to end up. You are in for a hell of a trip, and it is defininately not going to be a disaster. Katrina was a disaster, the Tsunamis were disaster. They were disasters because there was no way to foresee or stop them. Your situation, is controllable. You two have the power and the foresight to see where this is heading. You are destroying someone. Their way of life, how they see themselves, what they have built. You may think you got something going with this guy, but he is only screwing you over, literally. Get out while you can, before you lose everything you know and have built. You will be affected by this in every way. Whatever, self-esteem, confidence, quality of life....all of it will be gone when she discovers this, and she will. 

  

 
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December 21, 2005, 2:50 pm PST

no coping here

Quote From: fromnz

Amazing that you have kept this going for 1 1/2 years - I have been in a similar situation for only 2 months and already the stress is getting to me. I see this man every week, sometimes 2 or 3 times a week - I am his accountant but these meetings are rarely professional. No one knows about us and similar to you, I am not going to admit it to anyone. I do have some guilt going but this is related to the fact that I know his wife and they both know my partner and he and I both know that if this got out it would hurt a lot of people. Neither of us really want to change our current living situation but I can feel myself sliding into a very emotional situation with him - already I am feeling angry that I cannot call him whenever I like and I would not be at all worried if he came to see me more frequently. I am often home alone for many days on end which provides me with a lot of opportunity although he is not in the same situation. The difference between you and me is that I cannot have strong feelings for more than one man at a time and at the moment he is winning! I don't know where all this is going to end - probably in one big fat disaster - but I cannot imagine giving him up. How do you cope for such a long period of time?
I hate to see anyone in the same situation as I am in...it hasn't been an easy road I've taken.  My affair has left me hurt and feeling used.  I have finally figured out that us women think with one head and a man thinks with his other head!  Although I didn't fall in love with my OM I did have (and still do) have very deep feelings for him.  We haven't been together for a couple of months now and it is getting easier.  I still run into him at our kids school and we talk on the phone sometimes but we haven't been intimate.  When I do see him it brings back all the memories...good and bad.  I am just tring to focus on my huband and kids, and being the best wife and mom I can be and pushing any thoughts about HIM aside.  My advise to you is to end it now.  The longer you are with him, the more you will get hurt.  Run, don't walk away, now-- before you get too attached to him.  If you two are meant to be together, he will leave his wife.  If he is just using you for some temporary fun, you will fine out soon enough.  I believe I am hurting alot more that he is.  Men have a way of detaching themselves emotionally, and us women just get emotionally attached!  I hope you do find a way to cope with your situation without anyone getting hurt.  Good luck to you.
 


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