Infidelity Support Group
Any relationship in which one partner engages willfully in sexual relations with another outside of the partnership is considered to have experienced infidelity. This breach of trust is often traumatizing for the faithful partner as well as the relationship, and support is often needed to heal emotionally and to decide whether or not the relationship should continue after...
crazymoon5150
It's been almost 5 years since I found out about my husbands cheating with a co worker of his. I have many unanswered questions , that well never be answered I realized this about 3 years ago so I stopped asking.
I was just sitting here a few moments ago thinking about things, with our daughter who graduated this may planning her open house , we've been married almost 19 years now . One thing that I have always wondered is with my husband he never calls me on the phone , tells me he does not text, but when he was cheating on me he was calling "HER" every day talking anywhere from 5 mins to like 2 hours, texting, I know it's been 5 years , but there are still a few questions that still linger, of course "WHY?"
I am wondering why he does not call me and chat with me ,text with me, but he didn't have a problem with her ,I sometimes ask him 'What in the hell did you talk about with her ?" Since years have passed some t of the anger had drained way , it's more curiosity, what the hell did they talk about every day 7 days a week for hours sometimes when I can't even get him to call me , his answer would be "I don't know stuff, life " WTH does that mean ,life ? I even asked if they were sexting or talking dirty on the phone , just some answer anything ...
And some of the time I feel like I am married to a complete stranger.
I remember when I contacted the OW husband we had a long talk and the things he was telling me his wife as telling him about my husband,( he liked to cook, do all these things he's never ever wanted to do with me or showed any interest in) after it was out in the open ,I felt like I was living with a stranger , I began to wonder if it was actually my husband she was screwing around with ,because it didn't make sense , if it were not for the phone bills and he finally admitting to it . I was like "Who are you ?" Why did you spend so many years lying to me, and yet you have no problem talking about your emotions and feelings with a woman you have known a what a year, and we've been together at the time almost 15 years.
And he protected her, he would not tell me who she was , I found out via phone bill, she had called him on his cell from her land line , I could not believe how angry he was with ME, after I found out who she was, I called and told her husband, I called up to work and told them to have her stop calling my husband on the work cell phone they had given her, using it for personal use, yes I was angry and I wanted the world to know it I told him I didn't care what they thought of me ,come to find out that this is a past time of hers where she worked,
In the end she was a coward, she hid behind her husband and sons, and her friends, she would send me nasty emails an text messages telling me about my husband ,this or that, funny thing was when I had finally came face to face with her I stood there and could not believe it ,she was about 10 years older than me , anorexic, snaggled tooth , all I remember saying "You can't be serious, this is who you cheated on me with ? " I just started laughing, I can still see the look on her face and my husbands face, we all ended meeting in the parking lot where they worked by accident, she was waiting for him, and had no idea I was there, she was trying to talk to him after I had found out , I can't due her justice by trying to describe her ,I just could not believe it ,still can't, I guess when you think your husband is going to be unfaithful you think that it's going to be with a supermodel or some pretty temptress , not some hideously disgusting greasy looking woman.
I wish I could just have all that erased from my mind, so that I would never have to think about it again, feel the pain and heartache, the why's and what if's because for me they never seem to go away ,it's always right there and wish I didn't feel like such a fool for working it out . I feel like since we worked it out ,I am the wife who looked the other way ,or he got away with it ,its just complicated.
I was just sitting here a few moments ago thinking about things, with our daughter who graduated this may planning her open house , we've been married almost 19 years now . One thing that I have always wondered is with my husband he never calls me on the phone , tells me he does not text, but when he was cheating on me he was calling "HER" every day talking anywhere from 5 mins to like 2 hours, texting, I know it's been 5 years , but there are still a few questions that still linger, of course "WHY?"
I am wondering why he does not call me and chat with me ,text with me, but he didn't have a problem with her ,I sometimes ask him 'What in the hell did you talk about with her ?" Since years have passed some t of the anger had drained way , it's more curiosity, what the hell did they talk about every day 7 days a week for hours sometimes when I can't even get him to call me , his answer would be "I don't know stuff, life " WTH does that mean ,life ? I even asked if they were sexting or talking dirty on the phone , just some answer anything ...
And some of the time I feel like I am married to a complete stranger.
I remember when I contacted the OW husband we had a long talk and the things he was telling me his wife as telling him about my husband,( he liked to cook, do all these things he's never ever wanted to do with me or showed any interest in) after it was out in the open ,I felt like I was living with a stranger , I began to wonder if it was actually my husband she was screwing around with ,because it didn't make sense , if it were not for the phone bills and he finally admitting to it . I was like "Who are you ?" Why did you spend so many years lying to me, and yet you have no problem talking about your emotions and feelings with a woman you have known a what a year, and we've been together at the time almost 15 years.
And he protected her, he would not tell me who she was , I found out via phone bill, she had called him on his cell from her land line , I could not believe how angry he was with ME, after I found out who she was, I called and told her husband, I called up to work and told them to have her stop calling my husband on the work cell phone they had given her, using it for personal use, yes I was angry and I wanted the world to know it I told him I didn't care what they thought of me ,come to find out that this is a past time of hers where she worked,
In the end she was a coward, she hid behind her husband and sons, and her friends, she would send me nasty emails an text messages telling me about my husband ,this or that, funny thing was when I had finally came face to face with her I stood there and could not believe it ,she was about 10 years older than me , anorexic, snaggled tooth , all I remember saying "You can't be serious, this is who you cheated on me with ? " I just started laughing, I can still see the look on her face and my husbands face, we all ended meeting in the parking lot where they worked by accident, she was waiting for him, and had no idea I was there, she was trying to talk to him after I had found out , I can't due her justice by trying to describe her ,I just could not believe it ,still can't, I guess when you think your husband is going to be unfaithful you think that it's going to be with a supermodel or some pretty temptress , not some hideously disgusting greasy looking woman.
I wish I could just have all that erased from my mind, so that I would never have to think about it again, feel the pain and heartache, the why's and what if's because for me they never seem to go away ,it's always right there and wish I didn't feel like such a fool for working it out . I feel like since we worked it out ,I am the wife who looked the other way ,or he got away with it ,its just complicated.
I do understand the your feelings about him protecting her, like he is being a noble knight protecting her lady hood,
How phony
My H cheated with a married co-worker as well, ugly and older than me.
No contest as far as I could see!
Remember - they always affair down! They pick the ones they think they can get. Why would a super model want them anyway?
I have so many unanswered questions as well. The MC even told him to tell me because what I was making up in my head was probably far worse. But he never has. Coward.
Luckily ( ? ) I've had no interaction with the OW. I did tell her H.
I denied it, of course. I know he protected me, but she tried to
blame me for everything. These bitches are a piece of work, aren't they?
Just like yours, my H had so much time for her. I got the leftover crumbs. But that has changed now. They still work together and
that sucks for me. I've seen no evidence of any more hanky panky.
But then, he is a liar and so is she.
But he does treat me differently, better now. I have no idea what goes on in his head, but I don't think he thinks about her.
Like you I have all those same questions, thoughts, I will get angry with myself from time to time. I've come to the conclusion though that
I'm in charge now. In charge of my thoughts, my actions, my life and most important, my future.
I have nothing to be ashamed of. I am trusting the laws of karma will come into play. I've seen it happen to others. I have put in a "special request" that I get to witness the slut's downfall and see her pain.
I know everyone will jump on me for this, but I do want to know that she will suffer in way equal to or greater than the pain she caused me.
I have wrestled with their getting away with it, as well. Since I'm not a cheater and find it difficult to imagine being one, I wonder if they
do think that way. Maybe if some cheaters are lurking, they could clue us in on that one.
I've turned that around for me. I am the amazing woman that my H loves and wants to grow old with. The OW was just an easy lay and disposable. He used her and disposed of her. Doesn't say much for him, does it. And it shows you how little these women think of themselves.
I am giving my H a pass on this transgression, because I do think he is a good man. I cannot say as much for the OW since she knows me, has been a guest in my home even. She gets no pass. I hope there is a special place in hell for her. You say it's complicated, I don't know, I think we maybe make it complicated. We want to understand. They put their blinders on and just do what they want to do; it's not complicated for them.
I say make him rise to your standards. Set the bar high. Set the terms. Don't be defined by this, you are too good for that. And remember, no one moved forward by looking backward.
I'm in a very awkward spot. Like daledge, my husband still works with his co-worker too. As far as I know and could find, I don't think they had sex but something deep in the back of my mind thinks something close, if not all the way happened. He just behaved to oddly for it to be nothing, which is what he said. She meant nothing to him at all but I heard how he talked to her and her him. SOMETHING was going on there. He said he doesn't think about her period now but I see her sending him emails, work related just not necessary so I can't say much because it is about work but it like she just wants to say something to him.
I found who she was by phone records too and he will not tell me squat. He protected her as much as he could and still does. He will not tell me anything and that makes it harder to get over too. She is worth all this effort of protection, but I was not. If I can't or didn't find it out he will not admit to it and even the stuff I could prove he wouldn't really admit it, he would say well if you have it there it must be true.
Like you I feel like I'm with a stranger. I just can't believe how he behaved during all of this. He didn't give her much if anything at all because I'm over the finances but he gave her time...and lots of it. He called me and text me but he was doing the same with her. He was talking and texting with her a lot an it hurts to see how much time he dedicated to a woman he says meant nothing. I'm not buying it, I just think he realized that she didn't mean more than me.
I don't think people always cheat down I just think they will take what they can get and somehow that person ends up being or giving more (or being better some how) than their spouse (or so they think). BUT my husband, like yours, had me looking at him like, really? Are you serious? In a way, that made it worse for me because it proves to me that it was more than something physical and they talked, texted and saw each other so much that they couldn't help but connect emotionally. It stills turns my stomach to think about all the stuff they did or said because I know the stuff I don't know is much worse. Very complicated.
My defense was than and still is that this subject comes up often here. The comparison of the ow/om to the bs is quite common. It seems often that the bs perceives the op as less than or ugly etc... it causes confusion as to why the cs would cheat but at the end of the day I think what they seek is not better or worse just different. Different excites them and gets the libido pumped and suddenly both of those in the A are putting their best for forward. Remember the early dating days?
We are excited curious and interested. That's what makes threes affairs so addicting. I too wish my H called me half as much now as he did his ow. I can honestly say we've come a long way and I'm happy but yes a few "hey baby" phone calls would be nice.
now ? instead of leaving the house @ 6:30 AM ? we leave the house at 5:45 AM AND CLAIMED THEY WANTED her to start earlier , how ever ? since i can not physically see i checked the pay stub / paper trail start time 7AM its been 3 weeks now she has not been home in between runs < split shift> and? we haven't had any lunch dates since 2/014 .. , however ? she was up for her re-driver's test for the school bus i guess drivers get a re-test every year ..i found a new number another co-worker named Ben , in her address file on her phone ..i simple just asked whom is Ben? WOW !! right away she got defensive ..i simply just said after what you put me threw 8 mnths ago do you blame me... i didnt get answer all i got is why are you so jealous? ..i laffed i said for once in 27 yrs just be honest..even tho i understand cheaters dont know how to be i said just give me that much
Well she lied once again she thinks or seems i might be stupid , she told me last year when they did the trip to the US OPEN all the drivers swapped phone numbers for they do not get lost..again i laffed , she said you dont believe me? i said its not the point of believing you but you failed to forget , you showed me your address book on your phone and guess what? BEN !! wasnt listed on it until 4 days ago ! ..so yesturday while she was in the pool i had the chance to check her phone book..on her phone Ben was deleted ..
what bothers me now is i sit here in the dark ..the unknown on what she is doing in between bus run's
i also found 4 weeks ago she went to a chinese rest for lunch ..while i sat home having a Peanut /butter jelly sandwhich ...she claimed she took cash out the bank for toll's ..i had learned that was a lie she took a none toll road on that trip
it seems she is doing or hiding something between the hours of 6 AM AND 5:30/6PM... she use to be home by 5 PM now with 2 weeks of school left or a week but nothing of late ad's up seems everything is going back to the way it was back in October/sept ! for now i just wish she be honest and just say i want to end this... but i think she fears i would walk ..and the house would be gone, because with out my income she be living in her school bus !
Sorry to be so blunt but cheaters Are shit.
And we love them anyway.
Raises the question of who is more fucked up inside doesn't it?