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ernest et al - how to get over the affair

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ernest · 27/03/2007 10:57

Loads of people gave me brilliant advice when I found out a couple of weeks ago that dh was having an affair.

I since read loads of others on here in similar situaion.

So for you lot who've survived, or are simply a bit further down the line, can you help me out, and the others just starting out on this journey?

My problem is that I was really happy when he came back (at my invitaion) after being away for the week (at my insistance). I eflt really positive that we should stay together, that we could fix it, that our marriage was too important, that something positive could come out of the horrible situation. The first weekend was great, we had great time as family, went out just us two.

But I'm finding it really difficult now he's back at work. I need constant reassurance, which he's trying with but still just doesn't feel enough, eg he'll phone or sms, at my request, a couple of times in the day, not to 'check up on him', after all, he ould be anywhere, just to feel reassurance. But it just doesn't feel enough. I need him to say he's happy to be back, that he made a mistake, that he loves me, all that stuff but he doesn't, he has done, but only under prompting.

I worry that he regrets finishing with her, that he loves and misses her, that part of him is still with her, that he thinks of her. It's really doing my head in.

How do you move past this? Do others feel the same as this? How do you cope? He says it all feels so 'normal' again already, but is that not bad? After all 'normal' led to his affair?

How do you get over affair

OP posts:
piglit · 29/04/2007 07:51

Great news Ernest. Hopefully this is the start of something really positive.

Ifonlyhewould · 29/04/2007 13:32

Brilliant news Ernest! Have been thinking of you. Keep smiling and stay strong xx

mylittlestar · 29/04/2007 13:50

Great news Ernest

xx

luxlife · 11/05/2007 17:54

hi ernest,

i just read your post on MLS thread and i wanted to say that a lot of us have to start over in our lives, and many times we feel inadequate for our new choices. i had a big carreer change few years ago, when i was already over 30. while my friends were consolidating in their carreer there i was changing it completely and starting from scratch, which means poor CV, bad salary... which means not being able to afford a life style that i wanted at the time, no assets such as property. but i am now ever so glad i did it, because the old job was just making me unhappy.

you dont need to be a sahm that wants to change to a working one to feel inadequate. i felt like that too. i think anyone that is willing to pursue their dreams and fulfill their desires (thats where i was at few years ago) is to be admired. i think being 'safe' and unhappy is not a solution.

and dont forget some people might be on the other side of the spectrum, regretting not having a family for example.

i dont think there is right or wrong for anything. you did what felt right to you before, you shouldnt regret it, no one should regret their past because thats what has built you. i believe life guides us for the best, and now its guiding you for a new thing that will be for your best, for your own improvement.

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