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Husband had affair with nanny - don't know what to do. Devastated & need help.

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kiwimommy · 28/04/2015 13:22

I found out my dh had been in an affair with our 30yo nanny on the due date of our 3 rd baby. They had been at it for about 6 months, even going on weekends away together - leaving me to care for our 2 active boys alone while heavily pregnant.
Needless to say the nanny was sacked immediately. We've been together nearly 20 yrs and I was not willing to rip apart our marriage without even trying to salvage it. We have seen a counsellor and things between us have been improving ( our relationship had been pretty miserable for a while - not all his fault but definitely made worse by his affair as he was being pretty mean to me).

My problem is I just keep finding out more stuff that he is lying to me about. I've questioned him about the affair - places they went to, when they spent time together and he just lies to my face (I' be snooped his emails).
Yesterday I discovered an email he sent her 3 weeks after I found out/2 weeks after baby born addressed as 'hi darling' with her final pay calculations. As she was fired for gross misconduct I was adamant she would not receive pay in lieu of notice, and told him I would handle the money transfers. This email makes it clear he went ahead and paid her a further 2 grand anyway.
I am livid - he's lavished her with gifts, romantic getaways while treating me like the hired help. He got me a packet of lindor for Mother's Day from tesco & he gives her 2 grand of our effing money. And he's lieing to my face about it.

On top of that I've discovered he's started to watch a lot of porn on the Internet ( we r not sleeping together & he is in spare room - the kids think it is because of the newborn).

We have no family close as we are both from abroad, and I am just so confused & distraught as our kids would be devastated if we split. (I would have left him if we didn't have 3 boys to consider).

Help!!

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silver1977 · 01/05/2015 20:46

I am sure the kids would rather have 2 happy parents living apart than 2 unhappy ones living together in the long run. So sorry to hear what you have been going through, you deserve happiness not living in fear of finding out another betrayal.

kiwimommy · 01/05/2015 21:47

Doing ok today. It's true he would have kept seeing her as long as I didn't find out. He told me he never thought of leaving me for her. Kind of irrelevant.

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PeppermintPasty · 01/05/2015 21:49

Glad you're ok. Have you been able to talk to someone in real life, get some real time support?

kiwimommy · 01/05/2015 21:57

Thanks uncertainsmile, yes he is a dick, a giant shit head, fucking wanker, self centred git. Everyone around us who knows has said as much to him. His best man from our wedding & his wife ( who took me in when I left on d day) doesn't even know how to look him in the eye.

I think he's realising what a shit he is ( most people don't like to consider themselves arseholes)& that he needs to work out what has made him a shit instead of someone worthwhile.

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kiwimommy · 01/05/2015 21:58

Thanks peppermint, seeing my good friend & confidante in the weekend.

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Vivacia · 12/05/2015 11:49

Thinking of you kiwi and wondering how you're getting on.

Jan45 · 12/05/2015 14:37

The world is full of arseholes, they never change.

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