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June 2, 2006, 12:08 pm PDT
just living
Quote From: lruiz1999I found out on Valentine's Day that my husband of 12 years was having an affair. According to the other woman, he had been calling her and e-mailing her for almost 7 years. I feel like most of my marriage was a sham, like I am married to a stranger, and like I don't know what to expect from him next. Two weeks after I found out he was cheating, he received an e-mail from his old high school girlfriend. He gaver her his cell number and was telling her when it was a good time to call him, which she was doing. She lives out of state, but so did the other girl. He says they were just talking and catching up and he didn't tell me because it wasn't the "right time" and he knew I'd be mad. He's right, I was mad. Mad that he didn't tell me if it was so "innocent", mad that he bares his soul to other women and not his wife, mad that he puts what he wants before everyone else, mad that he's so secretive and mad that he put me through this! What am I supposed to be? Trusting? Supportive? Forgiving? Of course, he wants to work it out and doesn't want to lose his family. He even told the old high school girlfriend that he made a mistake he was trying to correct. Again, not honest. His trying to correct is not going to the marriage counselor for 2 months so we don't have to rehash it, not talking about it, getting angry if I do talk about it, bullying me into staying quiet, and generally acting as if it didn't happen. If I knew before I married him what I know now, you can bet I'd have dropped him like a hot cake. I've decided that since I'm 51 and have been married 2x before not to mention I got married whe I was 16 and pregnant, I don't want to date and I don't want to be alone (even tnough my 14 yr old is still with me, a girls friends become so important at this age I can't expect her to keep me company). My partner and I started a landscaping business together and I do the office work, so I do have that financial security, somewhat, he thinks the business is all him cause I had surgery 4yrs ago and can't help him with the phisical work. I was doing everything he does including lifting 80# bags of concrete, plus taking care of my daughter, fixing meals ect. He got real upset that I coul'nt work with him and he has to hire someone now. I got fed up with his attitude and left to Ca for 5 mths, we would talk on the phone regulary and he flew me back for Thanksgiving. Then we started talking about me coming back, so Christmas I loaded up all my and my daughters stuff and drove to what I thought was going to be the way it was. Needless to say during those 5 mths he enjoyed the company of at least one girl (that he admitted to) .I did'nt blame him I thought and so did he I was gone permantly, as long as it was over. I added a cell phone to his and when the bill came I saw phone # repeated at late hrs. I intercepted his voice mail and it was a girl that we both knew kinda. I know this is long but I'll be glad to tell the rest of the story if anyone wants to know.
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