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To wonder if I should take him back or not?

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maybemaybenot14 · 17/02/2014 23:42

Namechanged for this to avoid outing myself. I know my RL friends read here and know my usual posting name.

'D'H has been sleeping with another woman. She came to our home and told me herself, and he admitted it. We have 3 DCs under 10 and he met her at one of their activities.
He works away a lot which gave him the perfect opportunity to do this to us. He even tried blaming me for being a crappy wife when I thought everything was alright. We seemed happy. He never approached me or tried to say otherwise, but apparently jumping into bed with another woman is the way to change things? He does a lot to provide us with lots of luxuries, but for himself as much as me and DC. He does a lot around the house too, and never once complained. I thought he was just an absolutely fab DH and had all bases covered. I do my share too, so I thought, and he's made out to every body that I drove him into the OWs bed.

He's managed to make me feel guilty and question myself. Maybe I didn't treat him well enough. He's staying with MIL and we have spoken since and he does appear to be sorry. I don't believe he'll do it again but I am really worried that he doesn't talk to me and I don't want to be a crap wife by mistake again. I want this to work for the sake of our LO's but I really don't know if I should give it another go if I made him so unhappy. I know he loves the DC's who are too small to understand, and I've told them he does even though he can't live at home with us right now, but I'm not sure he really loves me. If I'm such a bad wife that I pushed him into bed with another woman, how can he?

OP posts:
FaceDirectionOfTravel · 18/02/2014 18:00

The saddest, saddest thing I've read for ages..

"I don't want to be a crap wife by mistake."

Sad Sad Sad

OP, please remember he was the worst kind of crap husband ON PURPOSE.

flixybelle · 18/02/2014 19:45

Hi
First I am so sorry you are going thorough this. My own situation is similar but my DH didn't actually cheat. You can come through the other side but its very difficult and only if you BOTH want. He has been a totally selfish twat face. Its not going to work if he blames you, it was 100% his decision to cheat and he needs to take full responsibilty for his actions. Then HE needs to try and win you back prove to you every day that what he did was a mistake that will never happen again. Marriage counselling will help even if it helps you decide you deserve far better.
There are some great websites for people over coming infidelity, many marriages survive and are stronger but its a long hard road that I would not wish on anyone.However is it easier to start again from scratch and juggle all that entails? I dont know. I would recommend counselling for you as well because if your marriage does or does not survive you need to understand its not your fault and you will need help learning to trust anyone. Ultimatley its early days and you have to get to the point where you can say yes I can forgive you and move on and trust you again(a way down the line with constant reassurance and new boundaries etc) or actually no I cant live like that I cant trust you anymore and I AM not settling for anything less than a great realtionship. I would also think carefully about who I spoke to and whose advice you take, its very easy to make proclamations about never staying in your circumstances but the reality is very different.
Unless his entire attitude and behaviour changes I would not take him back.

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