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Before You Say Reconcile...

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brkn_heartd ( member #30396) posted at 5:47 PM on Sunday, February 2nd, 2014

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Me-57 BS
Him 65-WS
Married 38 yrs, together 40
Affair Aug-Dec 09
official D-12/14/09
broke NC 1/31/10
second D 3/19/10

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annb ( member #22386) posted at 1:34 PM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

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william ( member #41986) posted at 2:17 PM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

maybe a bad place to post this since it appears the thread gets bumped often but questions rarely get answered.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE IN "R" OR GETTING TO PLACE WHERE YOU CAN START "R"?

in aug 2011 my wife and i stopped having sex and our marriage dissolved into silent hostility with each other.

from sept 2011 to april/may 2013 my wife had

- a ONS

- MULTIPLE sexting/pic exchanges with multiple guys, starting and stopping in fits and sometimes restarting with new guys or the previous ones.

- a LTA EA/PA

- another ONS

- in addition she was secretly drinking extremely heavily (almost a liter of hard liquor a week)

in between april and may she ended everything with everyone, voluntarily, and quit drinking. she says she had an epiphany. she also stopped going out at night. she hasnt been out since then except to things/places that are "okay" and easily verifiable (for instance a pizza party for my daughters class in which i was also there).

i didnt know about the affairs or the drinking until a few weeks ago so this was a truly voluntarily action.

in june we agreed to try to fix our marriage. she admitted to having an EA with her long term EA/PA but denied any PA. the stereotypical false R.

we fell into difficulties a few months later. never as bad as before but definitely trouble (sparked by my getting her pregnant and an abortion - yes, it was me, yes .. im sure).

a few weeks ago she admitted to the PA and the sexting. the next morning she admitted to the two ONS.

since then she has

1: NC with all of the guys and everyone associated even slightly with them (hang out in same club or friends or whatever), and NC with every friend that knew about the affair (she kept all but the LTA secret from them).

2: actively shows remorse by every indicator listed in the list (except trying to figure out exactly WHY she had the affairs, there i get "im bad", "im broken", "my parents have always told me i was a POS", "i didnt think you loved me", etc. all of which may be reasons why she was vulnerable but not really a "why" an affair). ive basically had a nervous breakdown and shes been taking care of me, handling more around house, etc.

3: completely transparent - all passwords, account info, phone access, etc. answers any questions. reveals details i could never otherwise have found out about. i do get "i cant remember" exactly (for instance, oral sex with last ONS or not = maybe, i am not sure ... which may be the case or may be also trying to shut it out of her mind or may be she is trying to "spare me" ... but she swears she cant remember).

4: no lies (that i know of) about anything.

5: agreed to all boundaries.

so. a few weeks ago.

is this an R or steps leading to an R or is it something else? is this too soon to even be considering it an R? i have great difficulty in figuring out exactly where we are.

i read above that its cringeworthy to read JFO are in R. i trust this site and the people here ... so how do we know if it is an R?

[This message edited by william at 8:28 AM, February 5th (Wednesday)]

me - bh
her - lara01

from 09/11 - 05/13
2 ONS, 10 sexting partners, 1 LT EA/PA

??/06/13 DD/1 - admits to LT EA, begin false R.
01/13/14 DD/2 - LTA was PA.
01/18/14 DD/3 - sexting 5 guys.
01/19/14 DD/4 - 2 ONS with different guys

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tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 3:49 PM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

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Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.

posts: 20289   ·   registered: Oct. 1st, 2008   ·   location: St. Louis
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yearsofpain25 ( member #42012) posted at 7:46 PM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

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"I remind myself of this. I am a survivor. I have taken all this world has dished out and am still here. So there is no reason to be afraid. Whatever happens, I will survive. So now onto living. It is time for me to thrive." - DrJekyll

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yearsofpain25 ( member #42012) posted at 6:00 PM on Thursday, February 6th, 2014

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"I remind myself of this. I am a survivor. I have taken all this world has dished out and am still here. So there is no reason to be afraid. Whatever happens, I will survive. So now onto living. It is time for me to thrive." - DrJekyll

posts: 4519   ·   registered: Jan. 11th, 2014   ·   location: Northeast US
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Gardenerinpain ( new member #42323) posted at 7:35 PM on Thursday, February 6th, 2014

After reading the difference between Reconciliation and Rugsweeping, I am cautiously hopeful that after 2 years of rugsweeping I am finally seeing signs of REAL R.

Thanks so much for this.

Me: BS 61
He: F?WH 72
OW: 70
Married 33 years.
DDay March 2012
Separated since September 2013.
Trying to reconcile.

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley

posts: 40   ·   registered: Feb. 3rd, 2014   ·   location: South
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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 7:46 AM on Saturday, February 8th, 2014

"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom

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kernel ( member #27035) posted at 1:40 AM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

Bump.

"On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good."

posts: 5379   ·   registered: Jan. 3rd, 2010   ·   location: Midwest
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yearsofpain25 ( member #42012) posted at 8:46 PM on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

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"I remind myself of this. I am a survivor. I have taken all this world has dished out and am still here. So there is no reason to be afraid. Whatever happens, I will survive. So now onto living. It is time for me to thrive." - DrJekyll

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Kitty70 ( member #41939) posted at 3:12 PM on Saturday, February 15th, 2014

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Me: BGF, 43
Him: WBF, 35
Together 9 years, moved in 8/15/2013

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Simple ( member #18814) posted at 8:45 PM on Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

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Love is a choice.

True love is harder to come by than soul mates. True love requires work.

Ignorance can be cured with knowledge. There is no cure for being an idiot.

-October 3, 2007
-February 18, 2022

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Breezy150 ( member #42421) posted at 12:28 AM on Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Thank you so much for this. It is a great place to see it all at once.

I am so disappointed when a liar's pants don't actually start on fire.

BS me 41
WH 42 his whore was my friend
Married 24 years
Finally finding R?
3 kids 3 grand kids
DDay 1 -Jan 2 2014
DDay 2 -Feb 20 2014 A went underground fo

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norabird ( member #42092) posted at 5:00 PM on Friday, February 21st, 2014

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Sit. Feast on your life.

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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 4:42 AM on Saturday, February 22nd, 2014

"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom

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hard_yards ( member #23549) posted at 6:16 PM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

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I feel like I'm in a parallel universe... everything looks the same... but something's just not right...

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norabird ( member #42092) posted at 5:15 PM on Monday, March 3rd, 2014

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Sit. Feast on your life.

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Mommato5 ( member #42624) posted at 5:45 PM on Monday, March 3rd, 2014

Following thread

Psalms 147:3
Married 19 years, 9 months and 1 day. The day my marriage died.
5 fabulous kids with tragically broken hearts

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castellana ( new member #42609) posted at 6:04 PM on Monday, March 3rd, 2014

Thank you! I am confronting him tomorrow and have no idea what to expect.

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Lyonesse ( member #32943) posted at 11:20 PM on Saturday, March 8th, 2014

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Me: BS, 40's.

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