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Husband had an affair, possible breakdown.

13 replies

NurseNess · 16/01/2014 11:32

Hey ladies hope your ok. Just needed to offload. Hope that's ok. I'm Vanessa, been with Dave 8 year got married in 2012. We lived in Birmingham 2 beautiful girls one is 3 the other 1.
Recently we moved to Essex to be closer to family and for better jobs. The move was ok but fairly soon my job fell through and it put us up shot creek with money. Dave had. Good job but it was. 2 hour commute each way and he worked 5pm till 5am.
In November he started acting a little strange. He just wasn't himself he even asked me if I thought he should see a doctor because he felt so down. At the time I was suffering from postnatal depression and was desperately trying to make house and the baby in a marriage work. I have a lot of issues with my dad and I put them as my main focus.
Looking back now I can honestly say that yes I can give him any attention or support that he required, or to my children.
Basically he started speaking to people online as a way of getting attention. I didn't even notice this because I had found a new job and had started work I was so wrapped up in everything else I didn't even notice him I didn't sit with him for dinner any more I didn't sit with him in evenings I just couldn't be bothered.
Cycle of days before Christmas he decided that he couldn't take any more I left I was absolutely devastated and it was awful. After the shock I took time to decide I needed to change myself whether he was here or whether he was gone there were changes I needed to make in my life. I made them changes and got on with things and eventually of days later he came running back they give me sene so sorry he can't believe were you done. We Took a long time talking through things and eventually decided we could do this because we love each other so much we could make you work. Everything was going really well for about two weeks and then he just changed he was angry he was depressed he was shaking he was not himself at all. He went for a work dinner which I knew was rubbish so I checked up in his pocket when he got back to find the receipt for dinner at a restaurant for two people.

Fast forward a little bit and it turns out when he first left he slept with somebody a shame of it and I think I'm running back and he truly believe that you could make it work and was so sorry what he had done. Then the really shocking bit. she's pregnant.
The first time they had sex was 20 December I only found out about all of this last week I told him it's rubbish how the hell can she be pregnant, she's only 19 and she's fully in love with him so I really don't know.
Anyway I punched in the face Admittedly feel bad now! I packed his clothes and threw him out.
After a long and emotional week I have gone through so many emotions I decided I didn't need to speak to him and the truth behind it all is that I do believe we are meant to be together and we could get through this,
, Overnight it probably won't come over months it may take years but I made a vow. So now we have spoken he is in a really bad place he keeps saying he can't believe what he's done is a different person he hated he is he doesn't know what to do with himself.
He tells me not to feel sorry for him he tells me he probably will be with her because he doesn't know what else to do. He says he is afraid of hurting me and the girls, he can't control himself and wishes he wasn't here anymore because he doesn't know who he is.
I've become stronger over the weeks and I feel level now. I love him and could make it work bit he is in self pity mode. I'm not contacting him waiting for him to do it but I don't know if that's right.
He still comes over and sees the girls and provided money for us and so it's all amicable
I'm so confused
When will it all stop?

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EirikurNoromaour · 16/01/2014 11:40

Please report your post and ask for it to be edited, this site is far too big for real names.
What you're going through is a normal response to betrayal. The feelings of wanting to fight for him, not wanting to hear details, looking for any reason, thinking it's due to a mental health crisis, all stages manyof us have been through. However there are other stages to come, anger, resentment, obsessively seeking details, despair, rage. It passes but in time. My advice for now is ask him to stay somewhere else for a while so you can get your head straight. And don't indulge his 'it was a breakdown' crap nor his 'you neglected me' crap. He chose to fuck someone else, there were a thousand other ways he could have got your attention, or addressed his unhappiness, but he chose that one.

EirikurNoromaour · 16/01/2014 11:42

Omg just saw she's pregnant. Jesus. Please don't let him blame any of this on his mental health.

morethanpotatoprints · 16/01/2014 11:50

Ditto

My dh also suffered a mid life crisis followed by a breakdown.
There was another woman lurking around but he chose not to act on it, even though he was unhappy, confused, etc.
He reasoned he was happy with me and the other stuff was just put in his way of sorting it out.
You can't use mh as a reason for betrayal and it will stop when he leaves I'm afraid.
The symptoms you suggest are almost a carbon copy of my dhs, so I know the issues are real and can sympathise, it is hell to see them go through this. However, its how they decide to act and how they move forward that's important, shagging someone else is betrayal and he knew exactly what he was doing.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 16/01/2014 11:57

Man tomcatting around blames 'breakdown'.... Hmm He can't control himself. Hmm He's not what you call original is he? Please.... put this liar out of your family for a while and give yourself chance to think straight without having to listen to his manipulative, self-pitying bullshit.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 16/01/2014 11:59

Oh sorry... I see he's already left. However, the 'don't listen' comment still stands. Cut contact for all but the essentials. Don't let him into your home. No 'cosy chats'. He's made his choices and the rest is just blowing smoke up your backside.

IrishBloodEnglishHeart · 16/01/2014 12:25

Looking back now I can honestly say that yes I can give him any attention or support that he required

Don't get into blaming yourself either. I had a full on breakdown at the beginning of 2013 which ended up with the Crisis Team coming in daily to see me but started with me gradually withdrawing from my family and day to day life. I was not able to give my dh anything. I was a husk. He didn't take that as a green light to an affair. He understood my situation and although it wasn't easy for the poor sod he stuck by me. Your dh should have done the same or communicated to you how he was feeling. This is not your fault.

Jan45 · 16/01/2014 14:41

Get on with your life without him, his self pitying is disgusting. I wouldn't believe a word that came out his mouth.

I have friends who suffer depression, they still have their morals and respect for their partners though.

MadIsTheNewNormal · 16/01/2014 14:48

He's only in such a state over it because she's PG and he's scared it's going to cost him a ton of money and his marriage and his life with you. I'll bet every penny I have that if he thought he could shag her and it would all just go away quietly there would be absolutely no problem with his mental health right now.

Whether you choose to forgive him or not is entirely up to you, but let's be quite clear - his current state of mind is a reaction to him shagging this girl and getting her PG, not the cause of it.

MadBusLady · 16/01/2014 15:04

The first time they had sex was 20 December I only found out about all of this last week I told him it's rubbish how the hell can she be pregnant, she's only 19 and she's fully in love with him so I really don't know.

I would put money on this not being the first time. You don't walk out of a basically functioning marriage and suddenly find someone to have sex with. This affair has been going on at least since you noticed the change in November, possibly longer.

I really think you should forget about the "we're meant to be together/I made a vow" stuff until you're certain you know the full story, because I very much doubt you do. If I'm right about the timing, HE broke the vows, not you.

MadBusLady · 16/01/2014 15:07

And I agree with the others about mental health, sorry. Not everyone who works hard, has small children and has a breakdown feels the need to cheat.

Jan45 · 16/01/2014 15:15

So he slept with her on 20th Dec and she's already pregnant and in love with him - just does not add up, you're definitely not getting the whole story.

And he's already hurt you and the girls as we as broken his vow, I don't understand why you are being so patient and understanding, you're entitled to get angry and tell him where to go. Just cos he's apparently suffering depression doesn't mean you excuse lies and betrayal.

meditrina · 16/01/2014 15:16

When you say he was angry and depressed, did he actually seek medical advice?

In no way belittling genuinely MH issues, this specific set of circumstances sounds to me more like grasping at a medicalisation of straightforward shitty affair-related behaviour in the hope of eliciting sympathy.

magoria · 16/01/2014 16:19

I think if 20 Dec was the first time they had sex he was building to it on the internet chats. It was premeditated and he engineered the leaving deliberately so he could have sex with her.

He was clearly careless over protection so you need a complete STI check and so does he before any more sex.

You have no idea if there is a pregnancy or even if it is his. You will not know this for months and a DNA test.

If it is his, he and your DC will be forever tied in a relationship with this child and your already tight finances are going to be split further.

He wasn't upset before he had to tell you about the pregnancy. If there wasbt one you would be none the wiser.

He is sorry he has been found out not for the actions.

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