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Originally Posted by sexymamabear
The affairing down thread motivated me to post this. It is something I've been thinking about a lot recently.



OW never had my H.

She saw him from afar�

Successful business man,

Loving, involved father,

Committed, caring husband�

And she wanted him.

She thought she could just take what belonged to me�love and commitment�and have it for herself.

But the moment she entered his life, that man disappeared.

She had a man who didn�t remotely resemble the man she had attempted to steal.

All the qualities that attracted her to him were gone because of her existence in his life.

And when OW was stripped away from his life, my husband returned.

She still has no idea what it feels like to be loved by my husband.

She�s never looked into his eyes and seen his soul.

She will never have a hint of the bond we have shared for 25 years.

She had nothing, and she has even less today.

I have my husband, the man I�ve loved for 25 years. My children have their father, the man they�ve know and loved for all their lives.

She won a few battles along the darkened road,

but WE won the war�

me, my husband, and our children.

BUMP!!! Worth reading or re-reading!!!


D-Day EA 11/29/08
D-Day PA 12/12/08

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Yes, this is a good thread, I agree....

WH is not my H, that I knew and loved....

I just think of H as if he is missing. And I dont know whether he is gonna come home alive or he will just stay missing and I will never know where he really dissappeared to.


BW me-41
WH -39
DS - 9
married 12 Yrs together(?) 18 yrs when A discovered
DDay aug 2007
found MB dec 2007
Moved out april 2008
still seeing OW
Plan B

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but WE won the war�

me, my husband, and our children.


Thanks for the beautiful post. It really helps to remind ourselves of the end result and to not be too stuck in the past.
Even if OW had my H for a fleeting moment what matters is where he is today and not where he was then.
I sort of see it as we were growing a garden and unknowingly neglected it which allowed the weeds to pop up and begin to destroy our garden. Now we are back on track watering and fertilizing the garden so we can both enjoy this marriage and life journey we are creating together.
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She still has no idea what it feels like to be loved by my husband.
She�s never looked into his eyes and seen his soul.
She will never have a hint of the bond we have shared for 25 years.


No one will ever have the memories of the 16 years we have together. Like you I refused to lay down and share. Before I even found MB I sort of immediately demanded NC and a complete and unwavering commitment towards fixing our Marriage.
I am thankful that I insisted on that and thankful that my DH follwed thru with it immediately. I think it saved both our lives and not the mention our kids lives.
Today we are doing the best we can to keep our garden healthy, planting new seeds when ever we can and keeping an open eye towards the health of our marrige. Its not all rosy and blooming everyday but we have come a long way from the wilted mess we found ourselves in.
Best wished for 2010 to you and your H and hope that your garden continues to grow and blossom.


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Lovely post as always smb. You and tst are so lucky. smile

I'm not sure what xOW had but whatever it was it was crap and she could have kept it lol. The husband I have TODAY is a keeper.


BW - me
exWH - serial cheater
2 awesome kids
Divorced 12/2011




Many a good man has failed because he had a wishbone where his backbone should have been.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
--------Eleanor Roosevelt
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