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I have been surfing the forum for a bit and need to post some technical questions. Can someone tell me the common abbreviations and what they are. I get some of them: OW = other woman, MB = marriage builders; but some I cannot figure out!

Some background on my situation and advice needed:

I am BW (betrayed wife?) whose H had been having an EA (emotional affair?) for approx. 2 months. D-day: 9/20/03. He ended the EA immediately. Was (and still is) remorseful, ashamed, guilt-ridden, etc. In fact now that I look back, he laid the groundwork to be caught. Said he didn't know how to end it.

Things are going well. We are communicating again, are intimate again and we are hopeful for full recovery.

Lately I have been obsessed with confronting the OW. She is the mother of one of my son's fellow Cub Scouts. My H was involved in the troop and this is how he came to be involved with her. Needless to say, he is no longer involved with the troop (or my son for that matter). Anyway she lives in the neighborhood, and son is in same grade as our daughter. I have seen her on two occasions since D-day...both at CHURCH for meeting about our children's First Holy Communion activites. I have spoken AT her once. About 1/2 hour after finding out about the EA, I called her on her cell phone and told her H couldn't come out and play that evening, etc. and told her I thought she was a dispicable (sp?) person for taking advantage of an ailing marriage, then hung up. (Made H call her back later and officially end the EA.) Now I want to confront her and hear what she has to say. I am not sure what I would say, or what I am expecting her to say. Should I pursue confronting her? I haven't talked to H about this yet. I will before I attempt to, if I go through with it.

Anyone have any experiences, suggestions, advice, etc. they might have to offer? I would appreciate it!

I have found just reading this board and all the experiences to be quite helpful in the past 6 weeks. It is just too bad there are so many pple in this situation!

Thanks!

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Fraggles - I would not confront OW if I had it to do over again. She could care less about you. I confronted WH's OW. It just gave her ammunition. Now she dives by my house everyday and honks. Try to stay away from her, you already know she has no morals.

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Hi again....ignore technical question...found list abbreviations..should have looked harder!
Thanks!


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