Scotty, you've heard it a number of times that the only way to turn things around is time and patience, and most likely seen the number of 2-5 years thrown around. I'm not telling you this story to give false hope, but just to reinforce that message.

I was speaking to my Mum's cousin over xmas and his W left him many years ago when they were in their late 30s, the story sounds like quite similar to yours. She very quickly moved on, perhaps to multiple OMs before they had even D'd. He was devastated, had always lived his life for her and his kids. I don't know to what extent he worked on himself or GAL'd etc, but eventually he moved on and found someone new. It wasn't long after this, and 20 months after BD that his W came back asking for another chance. Her life wasn't as great as she'd imagined it would be and she realised she was happier with him.

He had moved on though and had no interest in her and how she had behaved. He has been happily married to the new lady for 23 years now.


Me: 41 W:42
T: 14 M: 11
S: 6

"What happened happened, and couldn't have happened any other way...because it didn't"