Originally Posted By: cq1
Marriage counselor will be our next biggest step.



I would strongly encourage you to find one that specializes in dealing with infidelity issues. They can be an enormous help to you, and better help you understand some of the basic concepts like no-contact, transparency, etc. Even WITH these, the recidivism rate for infidelity in marriage is pretty high (33-50% maybe?); without them it's well north of 90%.

Some of the things you need to ask for at this time WILL seem counter-intuitive, and won't come naturally to you if you are naturally a "pleaser/Mr. Nice Guy" type like I am. But you also get to start meeting your wife's emotional needs again and doing some of the things you probably WANTED to do before, but DB said they were considered "pursuing." Piecing can be extremely challenging -- much much harder than affair-busting and general DBing -- but it's also extremely rewarding when you build a brand-new, stronger-than-ever marriage together. smile


Starsky


M57 W 57; D30 D28 S24 S20 GD7 GD2 GD1 GD5m GD1m
BD 5/07; W's affair 5/07-8/07

At the end of every hard-earned day, people gotta find some reason to believe. (Bruce Springsteen)