Thanks, Puppy. I'm not sure exactly why this bothers me so much--I guess it's the hypocrisy of it, the lie being perpetrated and the widespread acceptance of it, and the disregard for the victims of the situation--and the further victimization resulting. That whole "emperor's new clothes" aspect of this.

I've pretty much decided to send flowers and let it go at that. H told me I should go to the wake/funeral, that that will probably heal the whole situation with them, that it's mostly my imagination.

Bull. This is the brother who was initially very supportive of me, who I sent the copy of the emails between H and OW. After H talked with him and his wife, they shut me out completely. Don't contact us at home because our kids might pick up on this, and the couple of times I emailed him at work he didn't reply. Not really surprising. But not really fair.


M60
H52
D20
M14 yrs
OW-old gf from 1986
bomb-5/18/08
H filed for D-9/10/08
D final 4/24/09
xH remarried (not OW) 2012