Either way I appreciate the reality check folks.

SOMEtimes I think DBing would be easier if W and I didn't live together. Certainly would be easier to detach.

Maybe I'm getting a taste of what W felt...apparently for years. Not getting what you want/need and wondering if you can find it elsewhere.

At least I can say this: W has remarked many times now that she is finally getting the relationship she always wanted. So if we run down the clock together and she still wants to leave, I feel fairly confident I did what I could with the time I had left to change things for the better...and I'll know what type of partner I want to be in the future.

It's difficult though... A lot of what I need/want in a relationship was still being given to me right up until the bomb drop. Then it all just went away.


H: 43
W: 37
M: 11 years
T: 12 years
S: 11
D: 8
ILYBINILWY, "I want to move out" and "I want a divorce": 3/23/14
MC started: 9/22/14
Affair and past infidelity discovered: 9/26/14
Piecing: 10/20/14