I really appreciate your posts and questions, Amoafwl, because they are really pushing me to think deeply and I'll admit some of them sort of stopped me in my tracks for a bit and I didn't immediately have answers. I like this push out of my comfort zone.
I've been honing in on one of many of issues, and I haven't been able to shake the feeling that this one cannot be ignored. You asked what are my boundaries, which I touched on in the last post, but after thinking about it more, I'm not sure that I really even have boundaries. This is rather embarrassing to admit, both to myself and now to a world of strangers. I have become so accustomed to ignoring the need to establish boundaries for myself because I subconsciously think it will be better for establishing connection, closeness, etc. Perhaps contributing to preventing this very thing. I am paralyzed to really set a line for myself and I need to get over this hump.
M: 26 W: 26 M: 1.5 T: 3 No kids BD: 31 March 2018
W's affair began: 23 March 2018 Affair confirmed: 18 April 2018 Confrontation/claims she ended A: 14 May 2018 Ended in-house separation: July 2018