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Hi,<P>After D-day were you tempted to have an A of your own in retaliation?<P>I wasn't. At first I thought it wouldn't matter to him a bit if I did. (He says that despite what he has done he would be very hurt by an A on my part.) Next I thought that I didn't want to be as low as he was; I wanted to take the moral route. <P>Any thoughts?<P>MJ
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I was tempted to have an affair and felt he wouldn't care if I did anyways, I decided to take the moral route, and ditto, I didn't want to sink as low as he even though I wanted him to have the picture of me having sex with another man etched in his brain everytime he closed his eyesmaking it with another man like I have to constantly see him with another woman, its incredible pain and he deserved the same, but I couldn't and can't do it.
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Oh Mrs.Job,<BR>I remember telling my counselor/priest I wanted to go to a bar and pick up a young stud-muffin and screw his brains out! I felt that way at first and didn't act on it but fantasized a few times......oops...heh heh heh...<BR>love<BR>Debi<P>------------------<BR>Imagine....
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Hi Mrs Job,<P>I wasn't only because I had made those mistakes<BR>before I met and married my H. I knew the after<BR>effects of cheating and did not want to bring that<BR>on myself. In the past it had left me feelilng worthless.<P>Truthfully, I would (and still do) get nauseous <BR>even watching people flirting on tv. It seems I<BR>did not notice all this going on until it hit me<BR>upside my head.
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Fluke,<P>I know what you mean about TV being a trigger. I never <BR>realized before how many plots have to do with affairs. When we watch Law and Order, I now have an understanding of how a BS could be driven to "do in" the wayward spouse. Please don't read this to mean that I am hatching any murderous plans, but I was furious beyond belief and control when I discovered the A last year.<P>H told me recently that he figured if I did kill him then that must be what he deserved. Imagine feeling that bad about yourself. I am glad I didn't go the route of a retaliatory affair so I don't have to feel that guilt.<P>MJ
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