Hope - it won't be forever. You have a very kind and good heart to be here fighting for your marriage. I can promise you that we will not be miserable about our M forever. Some moments it seems that way, but I know that if we DB the way we are supposed to, we will be better versions of ourselves for our next relationship with or without the H.
Like Red, I have an example of a very happy divorced woman. I met her at divorce care and she told me that I am living her life but she is 4 years ahead of me. Her H divorced her, married the OW and moved out of state. She said she had hope even when she signed the D papers and stood for the marriage. Two years after the divorce, she is very happy, single and dating. In fact, she won't settle at all when she's dating because she got comfortable being alone and realizing what she really wants in her next relationship.
We will get through this. The light is hard to see at the end of the very dark tunnel but it is there way off in the distance. Some days it is easier to see the light and other days you can never see it. But, we will get there better versions of ourselves because we stood for our marriage and we can look ourselves in the eye and know that.
M 44 H 46 M 20yrs T 25 yrs S15 S12
ILYBINILWY 7/18/15 Move to MBR 9/8/15 Physical Separation 10/10/15 Suspect A 8/2015 Confirm A 12/27/15 D filed by H 2/2/16