Oh what a mess...
I am new on here but have seen others post similar things and get some amazing support and advice... I'm not sure I am entitled to any support given what I have done, but it seems others have done similar, and I am now soooo desperate that I will give it a shot.
I have been married to DH for 6.5 years; we have 2 kids aged nearly 4 and 16 months. I have suffered from depression since the eldest was born.
I am now doubting everything about my relationship with DH but I know I loved him at some point. However, even before we were married, I was obsessed with another bloke (my boss at the time). Nothing happened at all - I never talked to him about anything and nothing happened in spite of us travelling across Europe together widely.
Anyway I married DH and had 2 kids with him, feeling increasingly disillusioned over the years. When I went back to work last Sept, I started talking to my boss (via email - we don't work together) and before long, we were mailing all the time. Eventually, the inevitable happened and our relationship became physical.
OM is 11 years older than me, married (terrible marriage - in process of getting out of it), with grown-up kids. He has driven the length of the country to see me most weeks. He absolutely adores me, and I love him too.
Meanwhile, DH and I have been going to counselling to try to see if we can work on our marriage. All the time I have been seeing OM behind DH's back...
I have tried to tell DH that our relationship is over, but he is mad angry and insistent that he can make me happy and all I need to do is be more positive and see all the happy things we have had together. He has said he will change, do all the things I need, be around more, be nicer to me, treat me like I deserve etc.
Meanwhile I just feel like throwing myself under a train - the thought of staying with DH for the rest of my life is unbearable. But how can I leave him when he is so angry and has said he won't co-operate over the children and will fight me for them.
I have ended the affair (only on Monday this week - so I am going through an intense period of withdrawal). All I want to do is call / email the OM, but I know I must not do that.
I know it is possible to fall back in love with your DH if you have fallen out of love. How do I do it? I'm not even sure I want to - in fact, I'm fairly sure I don't. But I need to try...
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MakingAMess · 01/07/2010 10:48
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