I wished that I found this website before I confronted my marriage crisis. I really wish that I had found this website at that time.
Hi hsd, Don't beat yourself up about reacting the way that you did before finding this website. I imagine most of the people who are here did the same, and some of them have been successful piecing their marriages back together despite their early responses to the Bomb.
I had been reading a few other websites before my H moved out the second time and acknowledged that there was another woman. I didn't cry, plead, try to bargain and he left anyway.
I've recently said this somewhere else, but, sometimes it is a lot easier when they have gone. It was in my case. My husband has said it is a "difficult transition" for him now that he is in his apartment. I really think it is more painful when they are living under the same roof and make it obvious that they can't wait to leave to be with the other person.
Hang in there, we've all had some of the same experiences that you are having now.
Me: 59 H: 59 Together: 28 years Married: 25 years in August "There may be someone else" 12/26/07 H signed a one year lease 4/1/08 H moved out 5/11/08 H beginning to show a tiny amount of interest 7/5/08 Is it possible that he is courting me? 9/30/08