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in the midst of affair

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Foolishnamechanger · 29/01/2016 08:26

Hi
Please don't flame me, firstly I know I'm a terrible person for cheating but have few rlf to talk to and feeling so depressed.
I started an affair around Xmas. We were actual in contact for quite abit before then. I would defiantly describe it as being chased. He was very aware I was married and is in the middle of a divorce himself where he was the injured party and at first said he would never be with anyone married because of this.. But then would message me everyday and be conflicting to that in what he was saying. Eventually he admited he did like me and I him and we took things further. I wasn't sure what would come out of it and in the beginning I was defo the one being chased he messaged me everyday telling me I was perfect, that he couldn't stop thinking of me etc kept asking would I want to fight it etc in short he acted like he had really fallen for me.
Then we got caught out on a lie where we'd arranged to meet by my hubbie we we realised how risky we were being and and decided to try and call it off for the sake of my marriage. Until this point there had been no talk of it it was literally just the almost getting caught then we need to stop.
I found this incredibly difficult and missed him incredibly I hoped he would contact me but he remained true to his word and didn't although I text him a few times. 2 weeks after we had split I saw him online really late and was convinced he'd found someone else I watched all night until I couldn't take anymore and asked him to tell me if he had just so I could draw a line under it and block his number but he said not, we talked for hours and met up the next day and dtd. I figured things would go back to how they were before but it's been totally different, the next day he blew me off when he had a chance to see me which we don't normally get to watch tele! And he never texts me unless I text him and doesn't really put any effort into it or just stops when I'm in the middle of a conversation. When I see him we get on really well although obviously have to act like friends majority but via text which was where he used to be lovely to me he now speaks to me like shit or makes fun of me. It's a total turnaround to how it was before. Im paranoid jeleous, I've really fallen for him but this last week I feel like shit about myself like I'm risking everything for someone who sees me as a shag when he is bored Sad I know I'm in the wrong here being married I know this but I'm so confused I've really fallen for him now but feel I'm becomming embarrassing for the time I'm texting him and being needy etc when it's no longer reciprocated in the same way. He didn't seen the type to use me and I've known him along time (years) and know he's lovely before this happened so why the change? I don't know what to do for the best, I know I need to stop messaging him but whenever I see him (daily) I seem to get drawn back in

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neighbourhoodwitch · 29/01/2016 16:30

No I feel for you. You need time out to grieve. xxx

HumptyDumptyHadaHardTime · 29/01/2016 16:33

No I feel for you. You need time out to grieve

Hmm
Lovesmemore · 29/01/2016 16:51

OP I'm sorry you're going through such a hard time. I'm also sorry that most people on here have zero empathy for another person who is clearly suffering. This shouldn't be a board only for cheated on women to take their bitterness out on a stranger because of something their husband did to them. To be honest, I'm disgusted at the nastiness that comes from these people!

For what it's worth, I think your OM has been using you to get over the breakdown of his own marriage and if you love your husband you should do everything in your power to save that relationship. Don't leave it until it's too late.

hownottofuckup · 29/01/2016 17:28

It sounds abit like you may have been his rebound OP

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/01/2016 17:33

I agree with Lovesmemore and also Blonde. There are some very spiteful responses on this thread. Par for the course. Some posters are able to have empathy and understanding and some posters just aren't, they want to lash out and hurt. Ignore them OP, there's some very good advice on this thread for you if you can disregard the vileness, it's always the same.

For whatever reason (and nobody here knows what it is), your OM is treating you very badly. That should be enough for you to realise that he is not the man you thought he was and that there is no point in your continuing to chase after him. In fact, if you do, he will have contempt for you.

You say that you're staying in your marriage because of your child. Is that all there is? Is there anything salvageable with your husband? Is there a reason that you and he are no longer intimate and have you talked to him about this? Sorry for all the questions but, I think it would be helpful for your to step outside this 'mess' and think about what it is you want. You know what you have - a husband and a child - and you know how you feel about them. What do you want to do next?

You need to disregard this OM in your plans now and in the future. No, you shouldn't be having an affair, it's never a good thing and it will mess up your thinking like nothing else can... and that's if you don't get caught. You say that you were caught out in a lie. Do you think your husband suspects? How would you feel if you were caught out having an affair? Would you be heartbroken to lose your marriage or relieved? If you can answer that question first, it would free you up to consider where you want to go from this point on. If you would feel relief then the best thing to do would be to suggest to your husband that you separate - or have an open marriage - and continue to parent your child.

If you think that you could repair things with your husband then the two of you need to talk about your marriage and what it means to you, what you want from it and find a way to make it work without other people entering your marriage.

I know you are upset about the other man. It's not love, it's 'limerence', look it up on Google. The intensity is a giveaway and it's not real. You might feel a bit better if you can read about what is happening in your head.

It's nobody's business to tell you how you feel about this man. If you feel that you are 'grieving' then grieve. Whatever it takes to make you accept that this, whatever it was, is over and that you will be moving on, either in your marriage or as a single woman - but without him. It's not as scary as it sounds.

You can post here, anybody is free to do that but, there are women who have been deeply hurt and it really would be crass to post about your affair in terms of what it means to you because I don't think anybody would want to join in that conversation. Post for advice about getting over him, sure - how to move on, great... there are some very wise posters here who will be able to help you.

NerrSnerr · 29/01/2016 17:49

I think the problem is lots of posters have empathy for her husband and child as they have been there. The OP hasn't posted anything the husband has done to deserve this and her child definitely doesn't

HumptyDumptyHadaHardTime · 29/01/2016 17:56

There are some very spiteful responses on this thread. Par for the course. Some posters are able to have empathy and understanding

I am full of empathy and understanding however not when it comes to affairs. As Nerr has said. The DH has done nothing to deserve the OP to cheat on him and hamper after OM.

Oh and I haven't been cheated on in the past.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/01/2016 18:00

No, OP's husband doesn't deserve for the OP to cheat on him and if he posts here, he'd be told that. OP is here and in a mess. She's upset so I'm posting to her without condoning what she's doing.

VikingVolva · 29/01/2016 18:02

OP began sleeping with her OM in December, but was in contact with him for an unspecified amount of time before that. By January, she describes him as the man she wants to end her marriage for. This suggests quite a level of enduring intimacy when they were "in contact quite a bit".

Also, OP, you have not been "weak and pathetic". You have been very strong and decisive, and made the plans and told the lies that gained you the time with your OM.

Continue to use those strengths, but this time in pursuit of a future you know you definitely want.

LetsBeeAvenue18 · 29/01/2016 18:17

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Foolishnamechanger · 29/01/2016 18:32

Thankyou lying there has been a lot of good advice to and things I needed to hear although I'll be honest I have asked for the thread to be deleted as at the beginning as I didn't expect that level of contempt maybe?!
I've not mentioned my dh a lot no as to go into everything would be complicated and time consuming and at the end of the day what does it change, no one deserves to be cheated on. Clearly my plan was never to have a broken home when we had children either.
Yes we were in contact for quite awhile before anything intimate and also talked a lot about how much we liked each other before being intimate- we have actually not been intimate much due to circumstance anyway. Unfortunately I will always have to see him although hopefully less unless we move away which won't happen. Work/school etc

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Foolishnamechanger · 29/01/2016 18:33

I'm fairly sure the rebound part is also correct. In hindsight it's obvious but at the time I didn't see it.

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LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/01/2016 18:35

Before this thread goes then, OP, look up 'limerence', it really might be an eye-opener for you. Best wishes to you.

Foolishnamechanger · 29/01/2016 18:46

Omg lying ShockI have never heard it before but is absolutely spot on in every way.

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