My wife will never see the new me. She has made that quite clear. But there will be another Mrs Tom someday. She will be the lucky beneficiary.
My W has actually said to me how unfair it is that some other woman will get to benefit from the improved version of me. Even more annoying is that her bf before me changed into the perfect guy (she wouldn't take him back when he tried), and she laments that his new W got the best version of him too. I wanted to throttle her and say, "well then don't let history repeat itself then!"
Instead she has chosen to an OM who doesn't seem to be much of a man at all who defines himself by his sexual prowess.
Once you get past your pain, OB, I suppose you will see the supreme irony in her behavior. All I can do is shake my head on your behalf.