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I have ended an affair

127 replies

guffspeak · 13/06/2016 18:26

And I'm devastated, both married, flame away I deserve it
Talked for weeks all very emotional stuff, absolutely fell for it, how gorgeous I am etc, met up, didn't have sex but played around a bit
In contact all day every day, I started to have feelings for him and told him
Surprise surprise he doesn't feel the same and just wants sex and fun
I'm heartbroken and don't know how to get over it
I know it's all my own fault and I deserve every bit of unhappiness
I'm just so upset and feel like a fool

OP posts:
ClopySow · 13/06/2016 21:12

penis (do you mind if i call you penis) click on the 3 dots at the bottom of her post, you get the option to pm there.

guffspeak · 13/06/2016 21:13

Thanks for the support., I've no wish to leave dh, he's a good kind man who doesn't deserve this
Om just made me feel alive and freshand Iinteresting, it's intoxicating feeling like that, it is just like a high
I feel an idiot falling for for it, the good morning beautiful texts,the can't stop thinking about you texts
The buzz when my phone went
I'm a fool

OP posts:
memyselfandaye · 13/06/2016 21:13

Clopy There does seem to be a "lets kick them a bit more" mentality here a lot lately, that and people getting so angry over shit that doesn't affect them.

Op You have a lot of thinking to do, I hope it all works out for the best.

guffspeak · 13/06/2016 21:15

Sorry, the do you mind if I call you penis made me laugh for the first time today

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memyselfandaye · 13/06/2016 21:16

Do you mind if I call you penis GrinGrinGrin

mountaintoclimb · 13/06/2016 21:17

Jus be thankful that the om was honest with you about what he wanted

guffspeak · 13/06/2016 21:18

Most of the posts have been supportive and I'm very grateful
I do deserve a bit of a kicking

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memyselfandaye · 13/06/2016 21:18

X posts guffspeak.

I really want Penisbeaker to reply "no problem cock* Grin

guffspeak · 13/06/2016 21:20

He was honest with me
He's been nothing but kind attentive and lovely to me which makes it all the harder

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Surferjet · 13/06/2016 21:23

Op; send me your mobile & I'll send you 'good morning beautiful' texts until you're over him Grin < joking >
But come on, take control of your emotions & realize what you have to lose if your dh finds out, trust me, dh packing your bags & throwing you out will not be compensated by a 'good morning beautiful' from a guy who just wants some fun. In the nicest possible way, pull yourself together op.
Oh, & fake it till you shake it!
You're already nearly over him ok! 👍

penisbeakerlaminateflooringetc · 13/06/2016 21:24

As requested....no problem cock!

memyselfandaye · 13/06/2016 21:25

Guff You do not deserve a kicking from a load of strangers on the internet. I'm sure your husband would be mightily fucked off and rightly so, but nobody else should be trying to stick the boot in.

Don't be so down on yourself, you have fucked up, but it doesn't sound terminal, what you do next is important, and only you can decide where you go from here, if you confess etc.

HarryElephante · 13/06/2016 21:26

You're not a fool, guff, you're human. Don't beat yourself up. Focus on what else is good in your life.

This might serve as a fillip for your current relationship.

Best wishes.

AyeAmarok · 13/06/2016 21:31

Are you going to tell your husband?

You should.

Then you can both decide how you want to proceed, maybe with some counselling.

mountaintoclimb · 13/06/2016 21:32

Don't tell your husband. Nothing happened

derxa · 13/06/2016 21:41

Just don't tell your husband. Be kind to yourself and him.

HarryElephante · 13/06/2016 21:55

Don't tell your husband unless you're prepared for the fallout. And the fallout is shit and drags on. Suck this one up yourself and your punishment is the guilt that will inevitably come with it. Don't let it consume you, though. It's not worth it.

ClopySow · 13/06/2016 21:57

Aaaaah, i made the upset lady laugh. My work here is done.

memyself and there's a special kind of hatred reserved for affairs.

Actually, if all the pissy people stayed out of these kinds of threads, it might help people talk about it, and get themselves out if it. As it is, people are terrified of the abuse they'll get.

Nobody plans these situations, mostly. Nobody sets out to hurt people.

DrMorbius · 13/06/2016 22:10

Wow - this must be a weird parallel universe thread. So lets all big up Op Halo. She had a affair and most people say keep quiet!!!!. Biscuit

Op you had an affair!!! by your own admission you played around a bit and worse of all, it only ended because OM was honest enough to say that you were only shag material.

Do the decent thing and tell your DH and give him a chance to make his mind up. You are deceiving your DH until you tell the truth. I doubt you will, because your couldn't help yourself after all ^this thing was bigger than both of us^. No actually it would have been the usual, cheap low rent shag.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 13/06/2016 22:12

guff, give yourself a break, do. There are women who would have been so smitten that they would have accepted what OM said and still continued with the lie because they couldn't face doing anything else. Who knows why but it happens. You on the other hand, have had a slap down from OM - or perhaps he's done the kindest thing and been honest with you - and you've walked away. That takes some guts, lady, it really does.

Don't tell your husband and don't let posters here (with no investment in your marriage) tell you to do that. It's a bell that can't be un-rung and unless you are fully prepared for your marriage to end, don't risk it. Yes, you've made some bad decisions here but they're not life-threatening and there's no need to drop a bomb into your marriage.

Now, what are you going to do about you? That is, after you've finished reeling from the shock. I think the very best thing to now do would be to tell OM that you have no further interest in him now. You would honestly have fallen in love with him and he has told you loud and clear that you mustn't so what else is there to say? Needless to say, you can't be 'friends' with this man now so just break off all contact - and watch your self-esteem soar; it really will.

I've been an OW myself a long time ago and it's a very miserable/euphoric but essentially isolating position to be in. You've managed to break off what was making you feel young and desired because you have an excellent sense of self-preservation. I didn't; my affair had serious ripples albeit it OM's wife never knew. I was single but even so, it was the single biggest mistake/poor series of choices, in my life.

ClopySow and MeMyselfAndI's posts on this thread are platinum-dust. Well worth another read; no nonsense but a kindness throughout like a stick of Blackpool rock... I wish there were more posters like them.

Every day is going to get a bit easier. I know it sounds trite but it's true. Make the final break with OM - tell him straight that you're done and worth so much more - and walk out of his life for good. He's the one who has lost, not you.

Keep posting, you have every right and please - ignore the posters who feel it is their God-given right to kick you when you're down. They look pathetic and spiteful and you won't gain from letting their words into your head. You've done so well so far... take support where it's offered.

cannotlogin · 13/06/2016 22:15

Yes, do tell your husband. You owe him that. Let him decide for himself whether he wants to be in a relationship with someone ready to cheat on him. Or are you too scared to face the consequences of your piss poor behaviour?

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 13/06/2016 22:20

I'm starting to think that there are a LOT of desperate women wanting to increase the circulation of available men by trying to facilitate marriage failures. I can't imagine any of the husbands would be the remotest bit interested...

I'd rather be single forever than hook up with such vengeful women who have nothing to say other than venting their spleen at a woman who has posted for support. Urgh.

OP's marriage is the business of NOBODY on Mumsnet.

DrMorbius · 13/06/2016 22:21

So LyingWitchInTheWardrobe you advocate that if someone has an affair, they don't tell their partner?

Instead the give themselves a break. Is that correct?

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 13/06/2016 22:25

I think I've been really quite clear in my posts. I'm not going to engage with posters wanting to kick the OP either.

EyefulTower · 13/06/2016 22:28

Forget about the OM. He wanted a shag, of course he was going to be full of compliments. He's hardly going to get in your pants with "you look a bit fat today and tbh I'd much rather shag Shirley from accounts but I haven't had a shag in ages and I reckon I can get you into bed without too much effort".

The good morning texts, the 'I'm thinking of you' messages at work - send some to your dh and develop the excitement thing with him. That's what you liked, you can have that with your dh, just make it happen. Flirt with him again.