How does he prove he's done with OW? - 05/21/10 08:10 PM
The story:
New here. WH had 5 month affair with 23 y/o co-worker. They will no longer work together. WH left that job upon last false recovery. WH is 36 and I'm 35. Had 4 false recoveries. On last attempt he did NC letter and counseling with Harley's. Lasted one week. Then he contacted her again by phone, got weird with me over a few days. Then a few nights ago said he was thinking about getting an apartment, he never loved me in 17 years of marriage. He said I think I love her and have to give it a chance or will always wonder. He left, slept with her, then came banging on the door at 3am saying, "Now I broke it off with her for good this time. This time I meant it." Says he didn't mean those things. He knows he loves me not her. Says he now sees the A for what it was and doesn't want her. Last three days begging for one more chance. Tons of texts, emails, phone calls wanting me to now trust him. Says he always agreed to break off with OW in past out of fear of losing me but this time, he did it because he wanted to and wants nothing more than our marriage.
We do have a good marriage other than this. I want to survive this. I want to believe he is done but after 5 false recoveries I'm left lost. I don't even know what I need to see/hear from him at this point. He's asking, "what can I do to prove it?" Frankly, I'm not sure what that answer is besides the test of time. We are living apart last few days since this happened. What should I be looking for from him? MB counseling with Steve. He says I have to see something different than he offered before, but I still don't know what that looks like. WH wants to be together more. I think he understands I can't live with him now, although he would like to come home. He is asking me for dates, time together. I agreed to meet him tomorrow night, but asked for a "plan." I'm not ready for rebuilding romantic date nights just yet. I'm so afraid he'll want her back again when the shock of losing me wears off. Now living apart, he has more freedom to see her if he wants. I don't think he is, but it's only been three days. What do I do? How do I know if this is over with the OW or not?
New here. WH had 5 month affair with 23 y/o co-worker. They will no longer work together. WH left that job upon last false recovery. WH is 36 and I'm 35. Had 4 false recoveries. On last attempt he did NC letter and counseling with Harley's. Lasted one week. Then he contacted her again by phone, got weird with me over a few days. Then a few nights ago said he was thinking about getting an apartment, he never loved me in 17 years of marriage. He said I think I love her and have to give it a chance or will always wonder. He left, slept with her, then came banging on the door at 3am saying, "Now I broke it off with her for good this time. This time I meant it." Says he didn't mean those things. He knows he loves me not her. Says he now sees the A for what it was and doesn't want her. Last three days begging for one more chance. Tons of texts, emails, phone calls wanting me to now trust him. Says he always agreed to break off with OW in past out of fear of losing me but this time, he did it because he wanted to and wants nothing more than our marriage.
We do have a good marriage other than this. I want to survive this. I want to believe he is done but after 5 false recoveries I'm left lost. I don't even know what I need to see/hear from him at this point. He's asking, "what can I do to prove it?" Frankly, I'm not sure what that answer is besides the test of time. We are living apart last few days since this happened. What should I be looking for from him? MB counseling with Steve. He says I have to see something different than he offered before, but I still don't know what that looks like. WH wants to be together more. I think he understands I can't live with him now, although he would like to come home. He is asking me for dates, time together. I agreed to meet him tomorrow night, but asked for a "plan." I'm not ready for rebuilding romantic date nights just yet. I'm so afraid he'll want her back again when the shock of losing me wears off. Now living apart, he has more freedom to see her if he wants. I don't think he is, but it's only been three days. What do I do? How do I know if this is over with the OW or not?