Rikki--this is rewriting history, a typical part of the script. My xH told me that he never fell out of love with the old gf he left me for, in spite of ~15 years of marriage, 3 pregnancies, and a 2 year stint in a monastery. I had heard in the beginning what a mess she was, drank too much, did drugs, manipulated him, completely messed up his life (he left the seminary for her, then she abruptly dumped him). And then he encounters her at work, and they're suddenly soulmates, destiny brought them back together, they have a deep unbreakable bond, etc etc etc. It's all justification, it's all rewriting, it's all brain chemicals. Just remember--don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.
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