I thought about it being considered an EA, but my W did know about it at the time. I revealed it to W, trying to get some emotion out of W that she still cared for me. This was two years ago after my work trip where I met OW and we were piecing after W's first A. If I were pursuing an intimate relationship with this woman, I would say sure it was an EA. However, I share more about me and my feelings with the people here on the boards than I have this friend, so am I guilty of an EA? I don't feel any guilt and I don't feel I am in denial. If my W wanted to see any of the e-mails we've exchanged, I would be OK with letting her read them. OW had a simialr experience with her H, and the common ground of our situations made it easy for me to talk to her. That she lives in your state root makes it even easier, because I know that is another deterrent to developing a relationship with her.
I do not want another relationship. I feel like that will hamper my healing after the D. I need to be a dad first, son second, boyfriend a distant third.
M42 S12/D9 T17/M12 Bomb 1 3/22/06 Bomb 2 7/11/08 Bomb 3 7/31/08 W Filed 8/1/08 D granted 12/17/08 D Finalized 1/29/09
A man who compromises his principles never had them in the first place.