Yup deception. Especially when the deception is them burning both ends of the candle. The Cake Eater types, that some of us have - the confusion of really where they want to be, or don't really know.
They're essentially having "affairs" on both us... and the other woman. Juggling that (my H told me when we got back together in 2009) KILLED him. It was getting harder and harder for him to keep it together.
They DO burn out.
T:22, M:20 H:55 Me:45 H-OW PA: N/07 OW Jan08 Bomb:Feb/08 S: Apr/08 Back together Ap1/09-Sept/11 Oct, 2011, uncertain future/H is a mess. Dec/11 - Doin'friend mode. Some days are better than others.