Sun, YOU made my point exactly! Because the reality is, all the drama associated with this type of hideous, painful experience, sometimes winds up being the best thing (as strange as that sounds) that could have ever happened to us.
Whether we reconcile or not...WE come out winners.
This experience takes us down many winding roads. We are FORCED to reassess ourselves and our relationship. As we traverse the stages of this experience we begin, more and more to SEE ourselves, what WE really want and what WE really need...it becomes a ME thing and for many of us, it's the first time in our entire lives/relationships that we've ever really asked ourselves what would make US happy. Because ultimately, whether we end up with OR without our betraying spouse...we have to be able to live with ourselves.
I rejoice in YOUR success Sun because YOU WON back YOUR LIFE, and in the end that's IS all that matters.