Originally Posted by LH19
You see though that people typically don’t change until they are forced to change usually after going through something really painful.

This happened for a reason. The reason just isn’t clear yet.

I have just been listening to a podcast episode about affairs and WW. It would appear that a significant change can trigger them to think differently and weigh up their lives. Of course, my wife is currently on track to becoming a Partner of the legal firm she is working for, so I'm now waaaaaay down the hypergamy scale.

As for Hypergamy.... she stated in her text message when she dumped me that "it really isn't someone I work with", which presupposes it is and pushes me in the direction of her Team Leader who she kept talking about. Going along with "Believe nothing they say....", also supports my thinking.

I also know that she has been trying to "push out" the current Partner who runs the office here. She has also done this underhandedly and over the course of 15 months by hinting at her meetings with her superiors how this person seems to be 'unable to cope' and how she's never in the office and therefore isn't taking responsibility for running it and that she is doing that and doing a really good job. We have had these discussions, so this is fact and supports the covert narcissistic behaviour I have discovered previously. Who knows.

I have read elsewhere that narcissistic people target others in order to better themselves. My wife even mentioned that it was "good for her Ego" that she was getting promotion and pushing the other woman out of her role.


M(55), W(45)
BD1: Apr-2011, BD2: 23-May-21, NC (15 June '21)
Divorce Filed (16 July '21)
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