know there is no hope for my marriage while the affair continues
My question - and its not an ass-type of question - is WHY do you want someone back who so blatantly not only disrespected you and the family, but slept with your friend? That's not an act of love towards you.
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It seems from my reading on this site most situations like mine end in divorce without reconciliation.
Unfortunately so.
THis time and place is for you to better yourself. Your wife is on her own path. You need to OWN yours.
There are moments in this life when you are so confident in the rightness of your actions, that not even for a second do you consider the option that you might be wrong.