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Are you aware of any infidelity on her part in that marriage?

Did she get involved with anyone before her divorce was through?

Did she meet you before her divorce was through?

Are there any kids from that marriage?


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Originally Posted by Dad102
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I did not do "nothing" I confronted her and she said he would have no more contact with my daughter.
This is "confrontation-lite". You confronted her, made some noise, and she said what she knew you wanted to hear. Then she immediately went underground to hide the affair. And I am sorry, Dad, but I completely believe this affair is physical. frown

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I have been "snooping" that is how i found the birthday cards in her briefcase last night. The letter that fell out of the car was from the dog dying.
No, you said you only went into her car because you were looking for something for taxes. This is NOT snooping; this is 'stumbling'. You stumbled over a clue. Do you understand what we mean by snooping? Snooping is ACTIVE clue-searching, not incidental.
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I fully intend to to tell her again that I want no contact between this guy and my daughter and do not even want my daughter brought with my wife while she is working anymore.
You need to be careful at this point. You could end up with a failed marriage and a young daughter who now has a young step-dad who is being way creepy toward her. I mean, tickling her??? ICK!

Follow the advice of the posters here. You've already let waaaay too much time go by. Although I will tell you this: his interaction with your young daughter creeps me out. Get on this, Dad. Follow what you're being advised EXACTLY.


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No not sure if she is at work or not.
She's gone until 2 in the morning? Do you ever see her pay stubs? You've never found it odd that she is keeping these hours? Has she been bringing home lots of overtime pay?

I am willing to bet a large sum of money that she's NOT at work until 2 a.m. naughty


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Originally Posted by SugarCane
Are you aware of any infidelity on her part in that marriage?
none that i am aware of

Did she get involved with anyone before her divorce was through?
not that i know of

Did she meet you before her divorce was through?
nope it was done and over with before i even met her

Are there any kids from that marriage?
nope, none

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Originally Posted by maritalbliss
Originally Posted by Dad102
Hi SC,

I did not do "nothing" I confronted her and she said he would have no more contact with my daughter.
This is "confrontation-lite". You confronted her, made some noise, and she said what she knew you wanted to hear. Then she immediately went underground to hide the affair. And I am sorry, Dad, but I completely believe this affair is physical. frown

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I have been "snooping" that is how i found the birthday cards in her briefcase last night. The letter that fell out of the car was from the dog dying.
No, you said you only went into her car because you were looking for something for taxes. This is NOT snooping; this is 'stumbling'. You stumbled over a clue. Do you understand what we mean by snooping? Snooping is ACTIVE clue-searching, not incidental.
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I fully intend to to tell her again that I want no contact between this guy and my daughter and do not even want my daughter brought with my wife while she is working anymore.
You need to be careful at this point. You could end up with a failed marriage and a young daughter who now has a young step-dad who is being way creepy toward her. I mean, tickling her??? ICK!

Follow the advice of the posters here. You've already let waaaay too much time go by. Although I will tell you this: his interaction with your young daughter creeps me out. Get on this, Dad. Follow what you're being advised EXACTLY.
I am working on exactly that.

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Originally Posted by Dad102
been reading a few other threads and posts on here and have come to the conclusion that moving out or even the threat of it might not be such a good idea.
And serve your sweet young daughter up to him??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? What are you not getting, here??? faint faint faint

YOU DO NOT LEAVE THAT HOUSE. Your daughter DOES NOT LEAVE THAT HOUSE. If your WW throws a fit of dramatics and declares that she is going to leave, LET HER LEAVE. WITHOUT CHILDREN.

This is a war for your marriage and your family, Dad. SUIT UP AND SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE.


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Originally Posted by maritalbliss
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No not sure if she is at work or not.
She's gone until 2 in the morning? Do you ever see her pay stubs? You've never found it odd that she is keeping these hours? Has she been bringing home lots of overtime pay?

I am willing to bet a large sum of money that she's NOT at work until 2 a.m. naughty

I would tend to agree at this point. I have looked at pay stubs and there is no overtime. Her explation is that she is in ane postion an need to get things off the ground with it etc. etc. etc.

In light of wht I know now I agree, probably not all work related.

Should have more info soon though as I just ordered a gps tracker and will hide it in her car once it arrives. Also I picked up a VAR o my way home from work today and have hidden it under the bed.

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Yes do not leave the house. If she wants to be with weird POSOM she packs her sh$t and leaves. AND BY ALL MEANS DO NOT LET HER TAKE YOUR DD.

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Originally Posted by maritalbliss
Originally Posted by Dad102
been reading a few other threads and posts on here and have come to the conclusion that moving out or even the threat of it might not be such a good idea.
And serve your sweet young daughter up to him??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? What are you not getting, here??? faint faint faint

YOU DO NOT LEAVE THAT HOUSE. Your daughter DOES NOT LEAVE THAT HOUSE. If your WW throws a fit of dramatics and declares that she is going to leave, LET HER LEAVE. WITHOUT CHILDREN.

This is a war for your marriage and your family, Dad. SUIT UP AND SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE.

I think you may have misunderstood what i was saying. I was saying that upon further reflection I have relized that moving out would be the absolute wrong thing to do at this point for exactly the reasons you stated.

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Originally Posted by TranquilDark
Yes do not leave the house. If she wants to be with weird POSOM she packs her sh$t and leaves. AND BY ALL MEANS DO NOT LET HER TAKE YOUR DD.

I agree 100%. Talk of leaving was just un thought out reactionary 1st response reaction by me when i first found out more on this. Once i took even a moment to think on it i relized that that would be the worste thing I could do for my daughter

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In light of wht I know now I agree, probably not all work related.
There. Fixed that for you. Stop leaving a door open for an "innocent explanation". There isn't one.


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I think you may have misunderstood what i was saying. I was saying that upon further reflection I have relized that moving out would be the absolute wrong thing to do at this point for exactly the reasons you stated.
Oh, yes, I re-read your post and see that I was incorrect in my assumption. Thank God. smile


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well I think i finally have a plan going. Had a hard time keeping quiet about what i know already last night but i did.

Bought the VAR yesterday on way home from work and that was hidden under the bed last night. I will try to get it out from there this afternoon and see what is on it. Might be tough as she runs a fan in the room but i think i was able to set it to not be tripped by that.

Also have a gps tracker on the way. I was actually pleasantly surprised in that i was able to get an active tracker (garmin) with 1 year of service for about the price i was going to pay for a passive one. Does anyone know if the garmin is any good? It had pretty good reviews.

I just wanted to update people as to where things were at.

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Good, be stealth.


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listened to 1st overnight tape. unfortunantly the background noise from the fan makes it very hard to hear. From what i could hear there was nothing except work related talk. Does anyone have any tips on how to reduce the background noise?

See what i get from tonights tape.

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DAD,

Man oh man, I like other posters agree that this guy is creepy and you MUST keep your DD away from him!! Please read everything you can on this site especially about exposure and the correct way to do it.

I am willing to bet you will have some more evidence in a matter of days.


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Please do whatever you can to protect your innocent daughter. Just don't raise the suspicion of your WW. Have you gotten any more evidence? Follow the first part of NG's excellent advice here:

Originally Posted by NeverGuessed
Here is your game plan. Most betrayed husbands haven't the courage to follow it fully,
to their own discomfiture. Those that do have remarkably better results than the rest.

NEVERGUESSED'S BETRAYED HUSBAND SURVIVAL KIT

1- KEEP ALL THESE ARRANGEMENTS SECRET FROM YOUR WAYWARD WIFE!
2 � Put a keylogger on any computer you can access that she might use.
3 � Put a spy program on any cell that she might use. ("Eblaster" can cover #4 as well.)
4 � Put a GPS on her car, reporting to your computer.
5 � Put a VAR in her car, and in any room she might use to take "personal" calls
6 � Get a mini-audio-recorder, and have it in your possession and "on" whenever in her presence.
7 � Put together an e-address list of anyone who might have influence on her � parents, siblings (sisters, especially), coworkers, college friends, clergy, hairdresser, anyone.
8 � Put together a similar list for the POSOM.
WHEN YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE,
9 � Put together the electronic evidence for each AP.
10 - Write a cover note for your wife's contacts, to the tune of: "I must unhappily inform you that my wife, XXXXXX, is carrying on an illicit affair with YYYYYY. I am hoping to recover our marriage, and ask if you have any influence over her, to urge her to abandon her cheating lifestyle and return to me and our family. Her cell number is 111-222-3333"
11 � Write a similar note to POSOM's contacts.
12 � Send out both packages, to all contacts at one time.
13 � Brace yourself.


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Maybe the fan wiring can be "fixed" to stop the noise.

Disable the fan without smashing it.

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listened to 2 more overnight tapes and still nothing yet. Hoping that the gs tracker arrives soon as i think that may prove to yield more info ten the tapes seem to b yielding.

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Originally Posted by Dad102
listened to 2 more overnight tapes and still nothing yet. Hoping that the gs tracker arrives soon as i think that may prove to yield more info ten the tapes seem to b yielding.

You can go buy a GPS at Best Buy tomorrow. Zoombak is fairly cheap and should get you what you want.

Can you get to her cell phone to install spyware? What about her phone bill? Do you have that?


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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