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tomek,

So if I understand correctly, you have not exposed either your WW or the OMs, your serial cheating WW has never come clean, and you are at home by yourself trusting that your WW is being honorable while on the road.

Please do something to help yourself, exposing is not just about shaming your WW, but it also allows you to not have to keep these horrible secrets to your self suffering in silence.

Why have you not exposed these OM to their wives and employers?

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Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!


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43 yo wife 40 yo. she had multiple EA (maybe PA), seem do be addicted to that thrill, needs more companionship than I can provide. Now loves me very much , shows me this everyday.. and is developing a new affair.

Now 50 yo, she got caught and has just admitted to having 8 years long PA, trying to recover.
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tomek, do you have a plan for your marriage from now on? How will you deal with your wife's continued travel?


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Originally Posted by BrainHurts
Have you ever emailed Dr. Harley?

Email your questions to Joyce Harley at mbradio@marriagebuilders.com. When your email question is chosen to be answered on the radio show, you will be notified by email directing you to listen to the rebroadcast. If you would like to consider being a caller, include your telephone number. You will be called by us to explain the procedure to you. Every caller will receive a complementary book by Dr. Harley that addresses their question.
Are you not willing to email Dr. Harley?

He invites when people disagree with any of his points.

So how about emailing him?


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Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!
Sorry. It's just hard to watch the same cat setting himself up to be skinned for the third time.


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Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!


This attitude is why you have been here for 14 years and are still not recovered. Those of us who followed these steps are in recovered marriages.


"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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Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!

This is incredibly rude. You are the one here asking for help. Many seasoned posters took a lot of time and effort to try to help you. Instead of being dismissive, maybe you should consider the fact that not listening and not following MB is what has gotten you into this incredible nightmare of a M riddled with infidelity.

I went back to your very first post here back in 2000. The first response to you was basically telling you to learn about MB and that you were not in recovery because your WW was still in contact with the OM. Again you dismissed the advice and you abandoned that thread. http://forum.marriagebuilders.com/u...;Main=44976&Number=481211#Post481211

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Originally Posted by tomek1963
I think we are on a good way to recovery.
Boy, it doesn't sound like it. You are still jealous, she is still in contact with the OM, and possibly having clandestine meetings with him at romantic restaurants. Plus, your communication is such that you are afraid to ask about something like credit card bill from a romantic restaurant. <P>Are you sure it is not a physical affair?<P>Anyway, whether it is or not, the only answer to this is for her to realize that this guy, like it or not, is a factor in your marriage, and for her to take the steps necessary to stop that situation. That step is simple, no further contact.

Until she does that, I can't see how you will get to where you want to be.

Also, you need to think about what ENs this OM is fulfilling that you are not. Hopefully it is not sexual fulfillment or affection, but it may be conversation, admiration, recreational companionship. etc Work on removing that void in her life, and it will be easier for her to wean herself away from the OM.

Read the Harley articles on infidelity, particularly the one on how an affair should end

Not sure how anyone is supposed to help you when you dismissed advice as basic as NC and after 14 years of more infidelity you are still rejecting anything MB related.


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Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!


This attitude is why you have been here for 14 years and are still not recovered. Those of us who followed these steps are in recovered marriages.

Good heavens - I didn't look at the join date. Oh, wow.

Without fail, those people who have been here for years and are still insisting that Marriage Builders is "just one way" or "just like" some other marriage program, or "just like" all other marriage programs - are the ones who are still miserable, years and decades later.

Dr. Harley suggests that if you are planning to continue to stick with a bad marriage you should see your doctor to have antidepressants prescribed. I haven't seen this from a lot of other marriage programs, but I strongly recommend not skipping it or saying that it is "just one way."


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Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat.


And just how would you know since it is apparent you don't know ANY way to skin a cat?


"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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Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!
Originally Posted by tomek1963
Guys, there is more than one way to skin the cat. I appreciate your help but sometimes it is too much and too patroniizing. Dr. Harley may be smart one but he is not the Only. Truth Almighty!


I don't think he has ever claimed to be. He's only claimed to have had a faithful marriage for fifty years, and saved the marriages of thousands affected by infidelity. I've never seen his plan fail when followed.

Plan Tomek has failed three times and will surely fail a fourth.

You have someone who is addicted to the rush of affairs. She is allowed to keep this secret from people who love her and would help her if they could and also to have lots of time and space to have her affairs in private.

No addict has the strength to resist such a thing when their spouse is actively encouraging it.

You dont insist on her remaining at home, nor do you go with her. This would strike many women as you not caring very much what she does. This is a bad move with a woman who needs so much attention and protectiveness.

When I came here I made the mistake of skipping one piece of advice. I agreed with it all but one little thing. Skipping that step earned me a d day. I was wrong, Dr H was right. It only took me one fall to wise up. How many tries of trying to outdo Dr H at his own speciality will you try? What is your Plan for Dday number 4 which will no doubt happen away from home, while she feels her reputation is safe and sound in your passive hands. Let's face it, she's not scared of what you think.

I don't think Dr H is the all knowing. But he sure knows affairs after so many years repairing them. I've been on these forums for two and even I know every affair is identical. A woman who cheats on business trips will continue to cheat on business trips. Even if she is really sorry. Because you aren't married or in love, or safe when you live apart.



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