Always glad for you to chime in to my post. Those snippets are from some older posts, but I'll try to answer.
I don't obsess with the rings at all. I haven't for many many weeks. Nothing I can do. Not my monkeys, not my circus. I cannot control her and what she does. The marriage as it stood was done.
Concerning finding out about the affair early on, I chose not to pursue or ask about details of the affair.
M44, W38 S5,S3 Met - 09/07 Engaged - 2/08 Married - 11/08 New house - 10/13 Bomb dropped - 11/14 EA confirmed - 11/14 PA - strong suspicion WAW Plastic surgeries - 12/14 WAW stopped wearing rings - 12/31/14