It's unreasonable to expect anyone to navigate through these sorts of situations perfectly, so don't beat yourself up too much about it smile

We're generally starting from a fundamentally broken state and doing everything that needs to be done in terms of detaching, GAL, reading the books, etc takes time. It's a process, and learning from new mistakes as you go is part of the process.

Just really think on it and try to really internalize that Relationship talk will not have any positive effect whatsoever. Avoid big dramatic Relationship talks like the plague.


Me, WW - Upper 30s
BD - Apr 1 2016
EA - Apr 7 2016 (discovered; ongoing for months; did not confront right away)
Confronted wife about EA - May 17
Wife sent NC email to OM - July 11