super, It could be part of it. I am sure it did not help. Things got better in 2004 in that he wasn't gone as much and I saw him more often. I thought things were improving; we even went away on a big vacation a year ago this month. A month later, he got o.w. and began an affair. Thanks for asking; I appreciate that, esp. on your own thread.
Most of us really marry only once. First love endures, even unto our dying day. And we never really divorce.