I just really don't want my family involved in this in any way.... Which does nothing but breath life to the affair, I know.
Why not tell your family? I mean, you're considering telling his mother and his friends, thrusting them into a private issue and making it impossible for them to not take sides. Which will be more relationships for the two of you to mend if things work out between you.
Me: 44, Wife: 39 M: 17 years T: 20 years Bomb on 08/25/09 1/13/10: MC started 1/28/10, 2/8/10: More bombs 8/28/10: Wife moved out No talk of D, no movement