BF - My only sournce of info is my empirical sample of just 1 case - mine... (and obviously my POV is biased - lol)
My H has now been with OW for over 2 years. Their EA started before he left and their PA just three months after that. They have been in a steady, serious and open R for almost two years and they spend time with each others families and each others kids frequently.
My H told me he has realized all the mistakes he made in our M and that he has learned from them. That would seem like a good sign for me, right? The kicker - he also said that he is now taking all that learning and making sure he doesn't make the same mistakes in his R with OW...
Do I feel I have a chance?
IDK, I am starting to believe that he might be right - perhaps we were just not right for each other and perhaps she is the right one for him. They both come from failed M and are very motivated to make their R succeed.
So I can be a wife only a fool would leave, but if my H won't even turn to see me because he is happy elsewhere, what chance would I have for him to notice any change?
I know we read around here that the percentages of second marriages that succeed is small. Yet there are also those second marriages that last a lifetime because of this reason - people learn from the mistakes from the first M and know better the second time around.
Again - this is just my biased .02...
Me & H: 44 D7, D6, S3 Together: 20y, M: 17y EA: 11/13/10, Sep: 12/23/10 EA becomes PA: Spring 2011 H filed for D: 09/06/12 D Negotiating began 2/15 OW seemingly gone on 3/15 Still negotiating D