ITM,
Good for you...those are all positive steps. I feel like I've lived a few of these shocks and they do send you reeling. Hang in there and if anything, maybe this reinforces why you were questioning things and why you need to focus on yourself and detach.

By the way, your H sounds very challenging. If this woman is "so great", they won't last. Is she so great? No, wonderful people don't have affairs with married men! In the end, you will be happy and you will feel sorry for him and the mess he's made. I know it.

My H's OW is very rich (millions) and he has told me how great she is. Very hard to take, but over time, I'm truly realizing that she can have him if he's going to behave this way. (and I sometimes wonder if the more I give up on him...she may start to question why she is with him?)

I'm thinking of you...I know you are going through really hard times.

Take care of yourself and things will get better. Can your older sons be there at all to support your 14 year old? I am worried about him, although kids survive!


M 44, H 46
D11, D9, D5
Married 12 years
PA confirmed 9/2011
I filed 3/2012
H moved out 7/2012