I don't understand why you think cutting contact implies acceptance of the affair.

To my mind, continuing to be friendly sends a much stronger message of accepting her behavior.

Think about it. People disown family members or drop friends because they object to their behavior. It's a pretty strong pattern.

How is staying friends fighting for your marriage? It seems like it would make you less attractive, which would be bad for your marriage.

Maybe I'm not correctly picturing what you mean by staying friendly. Can you share a scenario and give us the friendly and the non-friendly response? It's possible I'm just getting tripped up on terms.


Me: 44
H: 44
Kids: 20, 16, 16, and 10
Together/Married: 22 years
H announced he was emotionally detached and considering D: 4/4/16
H announced he is going to try to stay and reconnect: 5/1/16