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Dh has been having an affair. He get a home in an hour. Please keep me calm.

943 replies

youspinmerightround · 04/01/2018 21:12

Found emails and a receipt for flowers. The emails are just Facebook messenger notifications so I can't read what they say but he's addressed the flowers to "my love".

I'm in with the 3 dc. I'm going to be sick.

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Italiangreyhound · 05/01/2018 03:01

No wisdom from me, just a hug. So sorry. Thanks

frasier · 05/01/2018 03:01

Yes, it is patronising of him to tell you what you will think. How dare he.

Shankarankalina · 05/01/2018 03:02

Op, I have been watching this thread all night Flowers and re-living my own experience.

I just want to warn you: no matter what you are told, or what you accept or what you choose to believe, nothing will be the same. Ever.

You deserve and need all the time and space to quiz your H, interrogate the timeline, consider your choices, but please be prepared for your life to be turned upside down. I wish you every courage, strength, resolve and resilience, because you will need them. And if you - like me once upon a time - accept an offer to try again and rebuild your relationship, please know that doubt and betrayal are so corrosive that the person you were yesterday will be a distant memory. Regardless of what your H says, be mindful that your personal clock has got re-set from today, and your future wellbeing depends on how you act.

Although it may not seem this way, in the blur and the upset, your future life depends on your response. Please consider what advice you would give to a sister, friend, niece, daughter in your shoes, and apply it to yourself. Do not prolong the pain: the hurt you felt when uncovering the message is palpable. I am not saying LTB in a reactionary sense, but do please save yourself further heartache if you know in your soul that this is too much to bear Flowers

vickymar · 05/01/2018 03:06

Shankarankalina - couldn’t have put better

frasier · 05/01/2018 03:14

Still here if you're up and need company Youspin

youspinmerightround · 05/01/2018 03:14

Still here. No way I'll be sleeping tonight.

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Shankarankalina · 05/01/2018 03:14

Here for you Flowers

youspinmerightround · 05/01/2018 03:16

I definitely know that nothing will ever be the same again. My life has changed forever.

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youspinmerightround · 05/01/2018 03:18

Why are you guys up?

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vickymar · 05/01/2018 03:19

I’ll be here too youspin ❤️

frasier · 05/01/2018 03:22

Upset for you Yourspin. Want to help but feel helpless.

Shankarankalina · 05/01/2018 03:25

I'm up because my children are with my exH. We separated because of his affair.

youspinmerightround · 05/01/2018 03:27

Oh I see. Dh is taking dd2 out tomorrow so maybe I'll get some sleep then if I can. I think I'm too numb to sleep right now.

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Paperdoll16 · 05/01/2018 03:27

I would check his phone records etc..
whatsapp too. Photos/ deleted photos. Locations - does he have an iPhone?
Where was he this evening??

I think there is more to this than what you realise right now and if it was all as innocent as he proclaims then he won't need to lock you out of his FB account considering you've just seen multiple messages (were they often?) were sent between him and a woman he's called his love and sent flowers too... Confused

You need to do some more digging and don't be fooled for his crap!!

BrokenBattleDroid · 05/01/2018 03:28

Not the same, no. But you will not be stuck feeling like this either, you really won't.

Is there anything you can do to switch off a bit? TV, mindless games? I couldn't concentrate on TV etc but found I was able to read a (quite easy!) book as a tiny escape from the awfulness.

Inarightpickleandchutney · 05/01/2018 03:29

I’m up because I’ve started my divorce today. No affair but he’s behaved like an absolute idiot and Like you, things were never the same again.

ohfourfoxache · 05/01/2018 03:29

Have you got anyone that you can confide in in RL? Anyone who can come and sit with you later today?

starzig · 05/01/2018 03:31

xx

Weezol · 05/01/2018 03:32

I'm up because I am rubbish at sleeping. Mumsnet has been a godsend in the small hours.

Emilycmx · 05/01/2018 03:37

Hi OP hope you're ok :( thinking of you what a shitty thing to find.

Does his Facebook make clear he is married? Do the tagged pictures come is their photos of you and the family etc? I only say this because to me I thought my ex partners Facebook made clear we were in a relationship (ie it said we were in a relationship) there were photos of us together but turned out he was so sneaky with settings only certain people could see them.

My ex was messaging a girl online and I found out and messaged her and she was lovely thought he was single and sent full screen shots of everything that had been said. Not sure if contacting OW is something you want to do?

I would definitely check bank statements, phone bills etc if these are around the house to see if there is anything suspicious.

No matter what excuse he has made and whether it's true or not that they only messaged it's abhorrent to send another woman flowers with a song lyric or special message. The only person he should be having that kind of relationship with is YOU. So please don't feel silly or as if you're over reacting for being so sick and upset at the thought of him sending this to someone else. You're completely within your rights as his wife to feel that way.

Let us know how you get on. Thinking of you x

TemptressofWaikiki · 05/01/2018 03:38

Supposed to be working but skiving. So sorry OP for your pain. He is lying. Trust your gut feeling.

youspinmerightround · 05/01/2018 03:52

I feel like sending him this thread. I don't know why. Maybe I need him to hear how shitty he has been from not only me but a bunch of mners too.

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Reddlion · 05/01/2018 03:53

FlowersWine

frasier · 05/01/2018 03:55

Would he read it? He might turn round and say you are being egged on by us not to believe him. He's a liar and devious, he'll find a way to belittle it.

Not that anyone here would give a fig about what he thinks.

If it helps, send it.

Reddlion · 05/01/2018 04:03

All cheaters try lower the blow. Rather than admit the message was a message saying my love he would rather say a song. Rather than show you the messages he deletes them.
He is trying to make it seem like it wasn't as bad because he got caught but it is.

I just don't get it why split up your family for someone who doesn't give a shit about you. I bet that woman wouldn't jump in fire for him
So pointless so so sorry op