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I am 7 weeks in from DDay. The first 5 weeks I was so lost and emotional. Yes I did the begging and pleading, crying, trying to talk. My world was upside down. I finally caught my head. We were together for 12 years married for 4.5 of them. We also have 1 child. So I found out that my wife had an affair after pulling the truth out of her. It was EA then sexting then physical. We had a rut for 2 years. I can only suspect she had the affair for that long. I told friends and family. Her affair partner was a person I know. He lives an hour away. There is part of me that wants to make us work and another part that says [censored] her. Well after her being on the fence she decided to jump ship. She is now pusing for the divorce. She wants to lie to judges to get what she wants. I have a lawyer Im filing to try and hold out. Im not going to lie to any judge no matter what. I have a feeling that she brought my child to his apt after find out she has logged into my facebook from his city on a laptop that I know had my credentials. She doesn't know I have a lawyer. She will have to wait 10 months to do anything and I will hope my lawyer can set a rule that my daughter can not be around Affair partner. We will see. I am limiting contact with her. Trying to be short and try the 180 deal. This dude (BIFF just like back to the future) is a real piece of work. He cheated on his wife now divorced. Then hit up a married woman, then tried to talk dirty to his best friends girlfriend. Now he has my wife. Im so sick of this. Part of me wants to let her go to fail...lol Part of me is worried for my child. I have to hope the affair ends soon but doesn't seem to be and I do not know how long it has been going on. Im just lost. I have to say one thing. I am grateful for this because i know where I personally went wrong. I was a weak person that placed all my trust on her over me. I valued her more than myself. Dumb I know. I gave too much. She left the house and the car we share my daughter 50/50.
I just don't know what else to do. Once the paper work is signed I figured I would call her and tell her I am filing and she will have to wait. I know she will be pissed. I want to save my family, but I also can't believe this either. IF she does comeback she may still cheat. I don't want to set myself up for failure.
She is lying to people, her other friends have blocked contact with me. She told family that some close friends knew she was going to leave me and that was a lie. help..
What do I NEED TO DO!

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Originally Posted by gil2338
. We will see. I am limiting contact with her. Trying to be short and try the 180 deal.

Hi Gil, welcome to Marriage Builders. You will quickly learn that our plan is the complete opposite of Divorce Busters because we don't think DB works. Being short and withdrawn with a woman does not attract her back, it gives her justification for her affair and makes the OM look MORE attractive. The OM is not being short with her after all.

Our suggestion is to follow Plan A which means to compete for her and make yourself the most attractive safe landing as her affair crumbles. The OM is a rotten guy who will likely eventually dump her. If you expose the affair to his side, you will cause major conflict in the affair which might help move things along.

Who is this guy? Do you know where he works? How did she meet him?


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Competing for her drives her further away. They met because of me, he helped with my events He is divorced because he cheated.
They would chat on snapchat or social media. He even tried to talk dirty to his best friends girlfriend. He is a truck driver for bluebell and washes cars on the weekend. Im a sr.ITspecialist but i have more drive than this dude. It just kills me how this can happened. She only wants to talk about our daughter and the divorce. She left everything behind, dogs her car. Everything.

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Originally Posted by gil2338
Competing for her drives her further away.

Competing for her will win her back. You just have to stay with it. At first she will reject you, but you have to be patient. As her affair crumbles she will remember that you fought for her. If you don't, she will just move on after her affair dies.

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They met because of me, he helped with my events He is divorced because he cheated.

Is he divorced because of this affair? Do you know for a fact he is divorced or is this a story he has told? Many cheaters lie about this.

Also, you should expose the affair to his friends and family. Does he have a facebook page? He won't likely hang around too long if you make life hard for him, ie: exposure.


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Keep in mind that you have a whole lot more going for you than him. He is a faithless rat who will dump her at the first sign of trouble. He doesn't really care about her and that will start coming through soon enough. If you are there meeting her needs and being a caring guy, you can outshine him. You have a huge advantage here and need to use it.

Using the cold shoulder approach with a woman does not work. It is a huge turn off, especially to a woman who is already checked out. That can work with guys because they love to compete and chase, but NOT WOMEN.


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Yes they were divorce because of his affair. WS believes that he just received a dirty picture which causes the affair, but the fact is it was physical. His Ex best friend told me after finding out that he tried to talk dirty to his girlfriend. I exposed it to all his friends that I know. He does have facebook which I am not a friend.

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So how can I do that if she is not around nor does not want to talk about anything else than the divorce and our daughter? She still trying to keep her affair a secret in her head, because she doesn't talk to her family about it. Her family said its obvious that she is talking to someone on the phone. I know deep down in my heart that its him. She started following him again on Instagram for one. 2nd she logged into my facebook from the city he was in. We don't know anyone else there and why else would be pushing to get the divorce done.

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This marriage had issues and we became disconnected. I still love her, but I lost myself in the marriage. I made my life about hers. Im at the point where im trying to find myself. know who I am. This experience has made me more present with my wants and needs, which were completely ignored. Not sure if that is normal feeling after something like this.
If I win her back how would things change? She told me she doesn't find me attractive nor does she love me. I want to connect with her, but her emotional walls are up.

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Originally Posted by gil2338
So how can I do that if she is not around nor does not want to talk about anything else than the divorce and our daughter? She still trying to keep her affair a secret in her head, because she doesn't talk to her family about it. Her family said its obvious that she is talking to someone on the phone. I know deep down in my heart that its him.

Did you expose the affair to her family and friends? And did they speak to her about it? Please read the Exposure 101 thread in my signature and see if you missed any steps.


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Originally Posted by gil2338
This marriage had issues and we became disconnected. I still love her, but I lost myself in the marriage. I made my life about hers. Im at the point where im trying to find myself. know who I am. This experience has made me more present with my wants and needs, which were completely ignored. Not sure if that is normal feeling after something like this.
If I win her back how would things change? She told me she doesn't find me attractive nor does she love me. I want to connect with her, but her emotional walls are up.

We would teach you how to change your marriage. But first you have to work on winning her back. Look for opportunities to meet her needs and reach out to her. Don't give her the cold shoulder. Don't be needy but work on being as attractive as possible.


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Originally Posted by gil2338
She still trying to keep her affair a secret in her head, because she doesn't talk to her family about it.

But how can she keep this a secret in her head if the affair has been exposed? You said in your initial post the affair was exposed. Are friends and family speaking to her about it?


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What does "Mia Carrera" mean? It's in your signature.


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Is that Mia Carrera the comic book character?

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Mia Carrera is my daughter.

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Yes her family and mutual friends know. She is confiding to a cheater anyway. Her family tried talking to her about it, but she refuses to talk to anyone about it. She stays hidden in her room.

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Originally Posted by gil2338
Yes her family and mutual friends know. She is confiding to a cheater anyway. Her family tried talking to her about it, but she refuses to talk to anyone about it. She stays hidden in her room.
Who on OM''s side did you expose to?


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Originally Posted by gil2338
Mia Carrera is my daughter.
Are you having a laugh with us?

Why would someone genuinely seeking help with an affair put their daughter's name in their signature? Do you want your daughter to be stalked by perverts?


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Originally Posted by gil2338
Mia Carrera is my daughter.
Are you having a laugh with us?

Why would someone genuinely seeking help with an affair put their daughter's name in their signature? Do you want your daughter to be stalked by perverts?

For some odd reason it added it to my signature not sure how to remove it.

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Originally Posted by BrainHurts
Who on OM''s side did you expose to?

Friends.

Family and friends of both parties are supporting both of us and not talking to the wife about the affair. They pretty much said its our business, but if we need to talk we can.

We had issues for 2 to almost 3 years, Never realized how codependent I was. I am better now. I want to reconcile for what we had, and for my family. I want to know if we can reconnect, but I am afraid we cannot. Its too late, im sure.
I have a feeling when the affair is over she may try to return. How do I know she will return for me and not the security I provide.

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