Ex told me when he met maggot that they both "UNDERSTOOD" each other and what they were going through.
I just got this one last week. My H told me he always felt like the child in our M. (me being the parent) He thought when he met OW she was like him, another child. Carefree and like in mind to him. He said, now he feels like she is so helpless that he is the parent and its no fun. I laughed in my head..welcome to my world. We went on to talk about maybe good M involves two adults.
I do think they look for someone like them and opposite their spouse. It is not always a healthy opposite.