Funny thread. It's tough to pick just one. I heard:
Relax. Someday we'll look back at this time and laugh that we ever had to go through this.
She's done nothing wrong, so I can't hurt her.
It's not healthy for us to share a bed anymore, because I won't have sex with two women.
And my favorite: Having my own child has become very important to me. So I'm better off with a younger woman who isn't running out of time, because there's less likelihood that I will have to pay for assisted fertility.
I could go on.... but I'll stop here. Looks like we all hear similiar statements.
Quote: Funny thread. It's tough to pick just one. I heard:
Relax. Someday we'll look back at this time and laugh that we ever had to go through this.
She's done nothing wrong, so I can't hurt her.
It's not healthy for us to share a bed anymore, because I won't have sex with two women.
And my favorite: Having my own child has become very important to me. So I'm better off with a younger woman who isn't running out of time, because there's less likelihood that I will have to pay for assisted fertility.
I could go on.... but I'll stop here. Looks like we all hear similiar statements.
OM Gosh!!!!
My H keeps telling us that in five years we will all be looking back at this and laughing about it!!!!!!!!! The supposd A, that is.
What the heck does this mean??????????????
Sometimes I feel that the joke is on ME!!!
The Bomb: 08/05 H moves out: 06/2006 H moves back: 01/07 & Out again: 01/07 H moves back: 03/08 & Out again: 04/08 H moves back: 05/09 & Out again: 07/09 Divorced 08-12 Kids: 22, 20, 19
Oh my! I guess my own personal favorite was this one:
"You'd probably get along with him and think he was a good guy....if the circumstances were different..."
My other fav:
"I have two great guys in my life, and I don't know what to do."
Hmmm, nice...I've stuck through thick and thin over the last 12 years, this guy has been around for 5 months...but yet his achievements match mine??
"Achieve success, but without vanity; Achieve success, but without aggression; Achieve success, but without gain; Achieve success, but without force." Lao Tzu
mine said "exactly" the same things to me, almost word for word, even #2, just replace OW with OM. Do they all own the same manual on affairs?
It also turns out he is extremely jealous of how much I can earn in a year. He works as a mechanic in a local garage, from 8am to 5pm, no overtime. I own several businesses, potentially earning enough to be comfortable. When I asked her why he is so jealous she told me "because he thinks thats why I won't leave you, and he calls me a gold-digger because of it" and "he hates it when you buy me presents and flowers, because he can't afford to." We have been married 26 years and I have always bought her presents etc. and I won't stop now, just because he hates it. Mind you the frequency has slowed down.
and PArob,
Iv'e even heard my wife say variations of yours at times...
"You'd get along well with him and think he was OK....if the circumstances were different...shame you two can't be friends"
"I have two men in my life, and I don't know what to do. I can't choose between you. Help me make up my mind, please"
Other dumb things she / he have said range from downright hillarious to quite sad to unrepeatable on a public forum....
Some of the more notable ones,
1)"he doesn't sleep with his wife, he has his own room"
Then why did he tell you he "had a stiff neck from sleeping on the sofa after he and his wife argued" last night?
2)"he told me he can't get aroused or orgasm because of his medication, which he's been taking for 18 years"
So how come he's fathered 2 kids in the last 5 years then?
reply " I don't know "
"What is this medication?, in 18 months, have you ever seen it? or seen him take it?"
reply " I don't know. No, I have never even seen it"
3)"he wants to marry me, he's going to fly out and ask my parents for my hand in marriage"
So when did we get a divorce, when did he get divorced?
reply "I don't need to get divorced, I can just leave you. And anyway, I don't want a divorce."
4)"he's asked me to have my coil removed, so I can have his baby"....(for humour see no.2)
"Do you want another child, now you are 45 years old?"
reply "NO WAY, I've had OUR 2 kids, and thats enough".... our kids are 23 years old.
5) When caught embraced together one afternoon, "i'm not having an affair with your wife, but i'll get the man who is and the 3 of us can go and have a 'talk' ".
When I suggested he and I went for a 'talk' alone he said "NO WAY, I know all about you. You are a psychopath, she's told me all about you". he's a 6'2" bodybuilder, 3' wide, weighs 260lbs and 34 years old. I'm 5'10", 2' wide, weigh 140lbs and very nearly 50 years old.... She just sat there, jaw dropped, totally shocked that her knight in shining armour had dropped her in it.
He then turned to our son, who had just arrived, and threatened him.... Our son is bigger and more frightening than him and me put together.
6) After she 'genuinely' tried to end things with him (again)... "I've finished it, but I feel really terrible, he's told me he has cancer, it's incurable, and just wants to spend the rest of his life with me. he only has 6 months to live.".... She wouldn't lie about the cancer, it really freaks her out, especially after she found a lump and had tests for it last year.
That was 3 months ago.... Last week I asked her "how is his 'cancer', is he getting any treatment etc.?"
reply "he hasn't mentioned it since that day, I must remember to ask him."
7) When I calmly asked her to finish her affair on D-Day, 18th July....
reply "Oh the affair finished last month, now I'm just 'seeing him'"..... She is still 'seeing him'.
8) "I must remember I'm 45, and stop thinking I'm only 30. I need to grow up, don't I, darling? ".....
I couldn't help it, I nearly wet myself laughing.
9) When caught in a kissing embrace with OM at his workplace, one hour after ML and proclaiming undying love for ME, I couldn't help but laugh at the pair of them.
Later she asked "Why were you laughing? I thought that really was the end of you and me then. I thought I was going to lose you, and I don't want to lose you!"
My reply, in a very rare, but particularly spiteful moment, "It was like seeing a son kissing his mother, tongues and all."
To this day she tells me that really hurt her, made her think seriously about things and was her biggest wake up call in this whole crazy episode. She says it was like a huge slap in the face, metaphorically, and it really, really hurt. She cries about it still... That was about 11 weeks ago, and, despite 'ending it' numerous times, she still carries on 'seeing him', though not as much as before, which is completely verifiable.
10) After walking into the gym, where my wife and I were training together, the very jealous OM tried to start a fight with me..... (see no.5 for humour, this was 2 months later). I just politely ignored him and carried on training.
When he calms down a bit he says "...anyhow, you need to bulk up a bit if you want to look like me, I can help you out, give you some tips etc. You can even train with us if you like. I've been training and body-building for 17 years, I was your size once, so I know what to do."
My reply "Thanks, but I couldn't fit into my racecars if I was your size, and any way, if i'd been going to the gym for 17 years and looked like that, i'd want my money back."
He's so dumb, it really did go right over his head. Even my wife smiled.....
There are plenty more where they came from, but those are just some of the more memorable ones. Enjoy.....
truly amazing...there really must be a WAS handbook of phrases.
"Achieve success, but without vanity; Achieve success, but without aggression; Achieve success, but without gain; Achieve success, but without force." Lao Tzu
I really love this line: " I am leaving to get my freedom and to learn to be myself, I have been smothered in a R/M for so long. I just want to be by myself" Then they say I am moving in with ow/om and we are soulmates.
This kills me. Lisa_c
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage.
~ by Lao Tzu ~
I think WASs say things that make sense to them. They may not make all that much sense to the LBS, because the LBS is on a different page then the WAS is, and thinks differently, and also has a different perspective. I think also WASs probably could have a list of the "dumb" things LBS they've heard their LBSs say (and do) for sure!
I think understanding what the heck they're saying at least clears up some of the WTF? type moments we LBSs have. I and a lot of us have heard that "I need to find myself and I feel smothered" only to have them run off with their affair partner much to our bewilderment as that seemed to conflict with their statement, yet understanding what they're really saying is, "I feel smothered in THIS relationship with YOU and feel freer to be myself and feel more independent with this other person", it begins to make sense. Then further understanding that under that, what they're saying is, "I can't figure out how to make this work for me, and I've been unhappy as a result. I don't really want to leave and be alone, because that's scary and I don't want to be lonely, and this other person makes me forget all that and gee, makes me feel so good when I compare it to the way I feel about our relationship, so I believe this is what I want", then the meaning becomes even clearer.
hhhmmm in oct 04 byron told me & daughter both on the phone while he was at work...
"wasn't me i've never slept with (poison pu$$y) robin she's just a friend..."
this the day i found out that poison pu$$y gave him herpes & he gave it to me
mind you since marriage no man has touched my body but him & i was definately CLEAN before we got married
o by the way are we counting dumb stuff in-laws say?
mary byron's mom had the nerve in jan 05 to complain that daughter cursed byron out on the phone after byron bold faced lied to duaghter about the herpes
also the day after a blizzard in feb 05 mary had the nerve to say that i wasted money buying a pair of snow boots... "you don't need snow boots"
in CT we had 12+ inches of snow the day before & i don't need snow boots
I think you should date too. Just promise me one thing.......it's very important.........don't give him your car keys. Because I will not be understanding about that.
Several months after he moved out with ow, I heard this beauty: upon finding out I was seeing someone also. What kind of person are you that you can bring another man into OUR bed? I would never have done that. Doesn't that bother you?
this the day i found out that poison pu$$y gave him herpes & he gave it to me 
in CT we had 12+ inches of snow the day before & i don't need snow boots