I agree, it's the emotional attention they give the OP that is most hurtful, however I do believe that it is women who find this most hurtful, men tend to find a physical relationship with the OP more hurtful....(Venus and Mars...)
Let's just hope that the emotional part of the affairs just dies once they see that they actually have no history together and nothing else in common but this particular subject....the marriage having gone wrong and having to talk about it.
Love Cinders xxx
"In the depths of my winter, I realized there is within me an invincible summer" Albert Camus