Thanks. I think my experience, while it might not be the one we hope for, is realistic and that's why I wanted to share it. Not all people who cheat are the worst creatures in the world or remain that way. Unfortunately, many of them are humans who make huge mistakes and if they are lucky, they later learn from them. What he did was horrible, it broke our marriage and I never want to be with him again, but I can acknowledge that I did marry a nice man and he may be that again or more likely, hopefully on his way to becoming that again.
I did see and hear many things that reminded me why we had issues and that made me relieved that we aren't together. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sitting here pining after him at all, but it still hurts to think about it all and to know what happened and how it ended.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. -Marcus Aurelius