One month ago, my husband suddenly blind-sided me by saying that he was done. We had been "out of sync" for 2 days, but not actually fighting. I learned a week later that he had been communicating with another woman for about 10 days but not having an affair. I set him free; made it easy for him to go even while struggling to pay the bills alone. However, it is no easier to detach from him. I love him and expected to grow old with him. How do and when do the feelings go away? And when I read posts like this one, it just makes me want to wait for him to come back. Help! The pain is so difficult.
The emotional stuff starts fast. In my sitch, just have some women talking to me, and it pulled me from giving up on myself to standing up for myself. I see how If I continue on, and with inappropriate behavior it could lead to me disrespecting "the wife". ( current wife is on the way out as she is happy and comfortable disrespecting and tormenting me for her personal satisfaction ).