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Just found out while my wife just had an affair. While i was gone out of state. She said one night she got out of bed and went to the guest room and started to mAke out with her best friend(guy).she said no sex but just making out. She said he didn't want to do it but finally gave in. So with that I been here is back info. This guy been her friend for few years. One night I found inappropriate pic of him on her phone. We talked and gave her another chance. So next few years there friendship didn't pass the eye and smell test. She lied about bring at his house, lied about meeting up with him. She just kept saying relax nothing happening we are just friends. So back to the affair . He was staying at our house cause he was recovering from prep medication addiction. That why he was there. I saw his phone this and looked his text and saw my wife numerous text. Satin how she us so in love with him, how she laid next to him while he slept, how maybe by spring he can let go and love her, how this is last night together before I come home, how she needs loving too. Confronted him he said made out no sex. Wife said same thing and the text were just fanasty and nothing else. I was and still devastated, even after this I want to stay married . Problem now is this . She said it was just a kiss and a horrible mistake. But she wants to maintain his friendship. I told her I can't move on with him in the picture. She says I'm punishing him. She said she the one at fault not him. I said it takes too. Told her I can't not trust you too together again and I can not move forward if he's friends with you. She said she doesn't know if she can give that friendship up. Also she says it's not fair to our kids who he babysits. I told her you made that choice when you walked in the room. She did say she took an ambient which makes her horny. She says she doesn't know why she did this. My question is am I asking to much of him going away??? She says she's loves me. She did say it's BS cop out that angry cause it was him. And if a stranger i wouldn't. If a stranger I would be hurt but it would be easier to move on cause It wasn't a person I knew. She also said she's been unhappy last 6 months. And it doesn't have to do with me Reasons 1. She had major surgery and no friends checked on her except this guy. She was very very upset with that. Her other BF didn't come by. 2. She doesn't know why and trying to figure that out.
She did tell me she gave herself tell Xmas break to make a decision on our marriage I told her it's his friendship or me. Can't have both. Is this wrong of me? Thanks
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Gary, sorry for your situation.
So in sum: Your wife has a friend with whom she shares confidences. They spend time together (even when you're not around) and she invited him to live in your home for a spell. She has professed her love for him. She has integrated him into all aspects of your life, even to the point of serving as your children's caregiver.
This all adds up to: He is her boyfriend (not "best friend"; that term is a euphemism in this situation). Your wife has a boyfriend. She's married, so that's crazy. You're not crazy for having the reaction that this isn't right. You'd be crazy if you had any other reaction.
The first things you need to do are to take steps to prevent her from draining your bank accounts, and then expose the affair. Look for a thread on "Exposure 101".
Frankly, if I were in your situation, I'd also tell the other guy face-to-face that you never want to see him or his shadow around your house, your children or your wife ever again during this life; that if he shows up on your property, you'll have the police there; and that if he shows up on your phone records or in any other way in your lives & doesn't quit interfering in your family, then you won't kill him, you'll only make him wish that you had. (Don't be too specific, you don't wanna get yourself in trouble with the law.) Make sure that this dirtbag knows you mean business -- chances are, he'll decide that for him, your wife is probably more trouble than she's worth. A woman won't respect a man who won't even stand up for his own marriage. This bass turd has crossed lines and he knows it, even if you don't want to believe it & even if your wife won't admit it. You need to run this SOB out of your house, off your property & out of your marriage forever.
And if your wife chooses him? Then you & your kids don't need her around anyhow. His drug issues won't look good in court when she tries to take your kids away from you to live with him, and the effects of growing up around drugs won't look good in your kids' lives if you continue to permit him to hang around them.
By no means is breaking up this affair going to solve all of the issues in your marriage (ref: your previous posts). Chances are that you both have some work to do & things to fix in your relationship. In the short-term, exposing the affair & cutting her off from this boyfriend on whom she's become emotionally dependent will make her angry, so be prepared for that. But getting this guy out of your relationship is a 'must-do' from the standpoint of allowing you breathing space to repair your marriage.
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I forgot to add two things 1. When I suspected her sneaking over his place which I said don't go I put a tracking device in her car. She was busted and I told her about the device. Other day she says she hasn't forgiven for this and it's worse then her affair.
2. We had amazing conversation other night ended Bad when I said I'll do anything to move forward with our marriage. She said ok and asked to see my phone Said ok, she said delete texted sage I sent to his aunts ( we are close friends with them) I did . The she said delete all the pic I took of her text to him. I said no and she was anger and said that's all I needed to know. Your not ready to move on she said.
3. Text message she told me she loves me not Him and didn't mean it. She says she it was fantasy texting
4. She told will be sad cause she invited him to thanksgiving and I told him not to pls don't call My wife or text I need you out of the picture totally. If she calls or text you need to ignore it or text her to leave you alone. I can't fix what you guys did with you in the picture
I always give into her. This time I'm remaing firm Him or me, She says kids will miss him and be heartbroken.
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Sir did you read the article I posted?
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They wouldn't miss him as much if you explained to them (as you should) in age-appropriate language the folowing: --You have discovered that he is mommy's boyfriend; --Married people shouldn't have boyfriends; --It's very hurtful to daddy for mommy to have a boyfriend; --You still love mommy and need for her not to have a boyfriend any longer.
Read up on affairs. It's key for you to realize & understand that they are like addictions in very important ways. This means that you can't expect her to be 'rational' like you & I would consider to be rational. Rather, she is only 'rational' in the sense that she will do what any 'rational' addict will do in order to keep getting her 'fix' of him and to prevent getting this 'fix' cut off. That means she'll lie; she'll ask you to destroy evidence of her misconduct (evidence that you may need to retain custody of your children, by the way); and she'll even stoop to using 'the children' as a smokescreen to keep you from interfering in her affair. (Like, by telling you that the children will miss him. That's how low an addict will stoop.)
Until her affair is broken up & she has gone through withdrawal, nothing she thinks or does will be aimed at YOUR goal of restoring the marriage & improving it. Rather, everything she does will be aimed at HER goal of continuing to get her 'fix.' That's why you need to break up the affair FIRST, before you can hope to make progress on the other stuff in your marriage.
Me: FWH, 50 My BW: Trust_Will_Come, 52, tall, beautiful & heart of gold DD23, DS19 EA-then-PA Oct'08-Jan'09 Broke it off & confessed to BW (after OW's H found out) Jan.7 2009 Married 25 years & counting. Grateful for forgiveness. Working to be a better husband. "I wear the chain I forged in life... I made it link by link, and yard by yard" ~Jacob Marley's ghost, A Christmas Carol "Do it again & you're out on your [bum]." ~My BW, Jan.7 2009
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I think this is why she wanted you to have a vasectomey. She's not in love with you and doesn't want to have your children. She wants to have sex with the affair partner
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AKGary, welcome to Marriage Builders. The thing you need to understand is that your wife is having a sexual affair with this friend and has been sleeping with him for a long time. The affair has gone on for a very long time.
What you should do is demand that she NEVER see him again. You should expose the affair wide and far. To your family, your children, her family, friends, and to his family. Please go read my exposure thread.
Additionally, going out of town is an invitation to an affair, so please don't spend the night apart again.
"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 Exposure 101
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I always give into her. This time I'm remaing firm Him or me, She says kids will miss him and be heartbroken.She says kids will miss him and be heartbroken. I agree that she has been tricking you for a long time. And it time for that to stop. Allowing her to do this has almost destroyed your marriage. Your children have been exposed to this affair for a long time and are probably very confused. They are wondering why it is ok for mommy to have a boyfriend. I would sit them down and explain that their mommy is having an affair with this bad man and explain why affairs are wrong. They should also be coached to call you immediately if they see him coming into the house. Agree with Gloveoil that the OM should be told you will call the police and file a restraining order on him if he comes to your home. He has played you and your children for fools for a long time. Time to put a stop to that. Does the OM live close by? If so, you might want to consider moving. She is very addicted to this creep.
"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 Exposure 101
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Lives close yes. My kids 7x2and a 12yo I spoke with him and told him leave and no contact with family .. He said ok, but she's the one I think will still reach out to him. She's so upset he won't be here today for dinner and this weekend to take my young ones to a basketball game. I leave town tonight with my oldest
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DR Harley would encourage you to expose this affair to family and friends immediately.
Also please read the article I posted
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Lives close yes. My kids 7x2and a 12yo I spoke with him and told him leave and no contact with family .. He said ok, but she's the one I think will still reach out to him. She's so upset he won't be here today for dinner and this weekend to take my young ones to a basketball game. I leave town tonight with my oldest If you take that trip, you are giving the affair a green light. Is a basketball game worth that?
me-65 wife-61 married for 40 years DS - 38, autistic, lives at home DD - 37, married and on her own DS - 32, still living with us
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Lives close yes. My kids 7x2and a 12yo I spoke with him and told him leave and no contact with family .. He said ok, but she's the one I think will still reach out to him. She's so upset he won't be here today for dinner and this weekend to take my young ones to a basketball game. I leave town tonight with my oldest Very bad idea to leave town!!
"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 Exposure 101
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