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The BH of Looking4 is not particulary interested in MB which is making their R difficult since he is also not interested in either IC or MC.

I know there have been others whose spouses have not thought much of MB but who still managed to get enough of the programme working at home so they at least could come from a common ground with phrases, the rules etc. Could they please advise how they went around it.

This is from the email she sent me.

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Maybe it would help BH if I could present a powerful, insightful post to him. Either by email or print it up and hand it to him.

Is there a post on the boards, or a few samples from a powerful thread that you could recommend that would help a BH understand MB? Think of it being read by a pessimistic betrayed husband, and how might it help him see how the boards operate and what they can do. I love the one on "Musings from Mark" that honored his 3500 post, but perhaps there is something better -- either standing alone or a collection of a few that I could suggest BH read to get a feel for things. It's a long shot as I've sent him links before, but I have to try. And if I finally get him to look, I want to make sure it can apply to him and won't be a waste of his time. I may get only one shot at it.

Perhaps Mark1952 or Jim_Flint or Sh0cked or Mr. Wondering or another BH can recommend something, since they're BHs too. I'd post the Q on the boards myself but I promised BH I wouldn't post for a while.

I just can't seem to get him over the hump to start seeking help from anywhere. Because I know about MB I'm going to start with MB and see if solid examples from others will get something going



Because of MB going down I did ask the ones I talk to off list. Their suggestions so far have been: Repair Kit and Fix it" thread , Wat's guide to betrayed spouses and Pepperband's Notable posts thread

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He may be the type of BH that has to see something in front of him and he has to decide if its something he's interested in. I printed one of the articles and left it on the table for my FWH to read it. After I got him to read an article I started sending him email links to the other articles and questionnaires.

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I believe Mr L4 has a casual friendship with the pastor. Maybe the pastor could be the link, a different outside voice endorsing MB. I don't know.

I also left some articles laying around for WH to read, which he did when I wasn't around.

Shortly after D-Day, we went away for a couple of days. As we drove for hours, I read SAA out loud to WH. He liked what he heard, simple and concrete. That's how my H got on to it.

Can you please tell L4 'hey' from me .... thanks. smile



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If he is a Christian, Mortarman's posts are the very best.

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I also was going to recommend reading to him while they're in the car. That's the only time I can get H to listen to me, and he actually participates in it a bit, because it's not a conflict situation...more an educational one.

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The BH of Looking4 is not particularly interested in MB which is making their R difficult since he is also not interested in either IC or MC.

I know there have been others whose spouses have not thought much of MB but who still managed to get enough of the programme working at home so they at least could come from a common ground with phrases, the rules etc. Could they please advise how they went around it.

I don’t understand. What is BH doing then? Hiding?

“Not particularly interested in MB” is OK. But, what is he interested in?

Perhaps the first question to be asked and answered is whether or not L4’s BH is particularly interested in recovery. Is he planning to, dos he want to, stay married to this cheating wife?

And if he does not know, which most BH don’t, actually, some threads on how to decide and how long to take to decide may be more useful to him than anything else at present. Print them out and hand them to him.

Triage. In the beginning it’s about triage.

Actually, L4 should distill them using her own words and hand them to him like a letter from herself.


"Never forget that your pain means nothing to a WS." ~Mulan

"An ethical man knows it is wrong to cheat on his wife. A moral man will not actually do it." ~ Ducky

WS: They are who they are.

When an eel lunges out
And it bites off your snout
Thats a moray ~DS

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