I have never once seen a situation like this recover unless the man took an extremely firm stand against his adulterous wife's behaviour, especially their inevitable attempts to have their cake and eat it too.
This is the type of information that causes me the most concern here. Based on the amount of LBS's that come through here I find it hard to believe that "NEVER" have you seen R "without an extremely firm stand"
I personally know 2 couples that have survived (currently) infidelity in closer to 6-9 months rather than the 12-24 that is consistently spoken about here. My IC also states that there are many that can start the piecing process MUCH sooner. Granted the key is both being committed to the work both together and individually. I respect a lot of the information/strategy here and I think almost all of it is true in a generalized sense. I also believe that those of you that spend your personal time here giving advice (that is often hard to hear) are giving it with the absolute best intentions.
I will stay here and continue to post, I will do so for my own good as a sounding board as well as getting different ideas and views as well as providing a place to document the sitch for others to prove/deny my thoughts on the subject. I hope you all don't give up on me just because I can't do it exactly your way. In time, we will all find out if this works or not.
H(me:) 44 W: 45 T: 16yrs M: 13 S: 9 S: 6 Pre BD (not really recognized by either) 8/18 PA 11/18 PA suspected 12/22/18 (Denied) PA confirmed 12/28/18 PA #2 (Different) 2/16/19 S: 4/7/2019