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Am I letting my husband make me feel guilty or was I truly wrong?

I need to know if I was in the wrong. My husband has been having an "emotional affair" (he says no sex, but who really knows) with a woman who is also married. I have known about it for almost three months now, although they have known each other for 9 months. The womans husband works at the same place as my husband. I did not want to tell the other womans husband that my husband worked at the same place, however, I did stay in contact with him to give him information about what my husband was up to and to see if it corroborated with what his wife was doing (it always did). My husband promised to end his relationship three times with this woman, but instead continued to lie to my face and see her behind my back, went and bought a cell phone I didn't know about so they could stay in contact, went out of town with her, etc. Lies, lies, lies all the time. Long story short, I finally had enough. I called the other woman's husband and told him that my husband worked at the same place he did. I was tired of feeling like my husband and his girlfriend were getting away with murder while I spent sleepless nights wondering where he was. Of course, the woman's husband went to confront my husband at work, but did not get the result he wanted. Later that same day, the other womans husband found my husband and gave him two black eyes (not very serious ones, but bruised none the less). My husband now blames me letting his girlfriends husband know where he works. I think, hey, I gave you almost three months to end this thing before you finally drove me to it. However, I am starting to feel guilty and feel that now I have ruined any chance we may have had to fix our marriage. Any advice would be appreciated.

by Dee2    2 Posts   
Posted on 8/1/2008 9:27 AM    
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My husband has been friends with an ex girlfirend for 10 years.  He dated her before he met me and it was really about sex.  They remained friends all these years and now that she is married he has become friends with the husband.  I do not want to associate with them.  He knows how I feel but still mingles with them.  Am I wrong for not wanting him to be friends with them?
by JBOU   5 Posts
Posted on 8/14/2008 1:25 PM
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I don't think you did anything wrong. You are not responsible for the actions of others. He made the decision to have the affair. Emotional or sexual it's still an affair. You are not responsible for the consequences he has paid and will pay. You were more than fair to him in giving him a chance to stop it. You are trying to protect your marriage. You went to him first and that didn't work. For better or worse you did the next thing you thought would work. You didn't cause your husbands black eyes. He and this other woman did. He and this other woman hurt you and her husband. The other woman's husband reacted violently and hit your husband. I would have felt like doing the same thing. Its sad to say but you and this woman's husband can't stop this relationship from continuing. Only they can. I am sorry you are hurting. You have to take care of "YOU" now. If your husband comes around and wants to make it work and you still want him then that's a good start. If he/they won't end their relationship and devote everything they have to healing your marriage, you have to move on and do what's right for you. Don't let anyone make you feel guilty because. Even considering that you are guilty for the results of his actions is unhealthy. Hang in there. Don't compromise your ethics, beliefs or feelings to save your marriage. That wouldn't save it. You might think things were better for a while but you aren't the one that needs to change anything.
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by qb13   9 Posts
Posted on 8/10/2008 3:22 AM
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Thanks to everyone for your thoughts.  I did confront the other woman immediately after I found out about the affair.  I do feel bad about the physical confrontation, to be honest I didn't think it would lead to black eyes, but I guess I was being naive.  My husband and his girlfriend have been lying to their spouses continuously through this whole ordeal.  I know I should just stand up for myself and leave, but my children are devastated by this.  My 16 year old son was in heaving sobs earlier this week over this and he NEVER cries.  I'm just sick about this whole thing.  I just want to wake up one day and have everything back to normal and realize this was just some horrible nightmare.  For the record, we have gone to counseling, twice, but he now refuses to go anymore.  I continue to go myself and my counselor is wonderful.  She told me that the grief I am feeling is second only to losing a child, and she is right.  I blame my husband, but I am so angry with the other woman, too.  She has no idea what she is doing to my children and my life, and what gives her the right?  She thinks this whole affair is noble because she and my husband have an "emotional connection" and it's "not about sex".  I'd like to slap her.....
by Dee2   2 Posts
Posted on 8/2/2008 9:35 AM
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I don't think you did wrong at all! Why are the spouss of the cheating ones alwas the last to know? It was your husaband and ers.....he deserves the black eyes.....What did he expect? for you to continue to lie just to make it easier for them? I don't thik so......
I'm sure it  wasen't easy for you to do, but I would do the same thing in a heartbeat.....Don't let him lay the blame on you.....Its their faults for stepping out of ther marriage vows...
And once that trust is broken, (like mine was) it took years for him to regain my trust....then 15 years later, he did it again....With his manager at work..... Don't you  dare feel bad for it....You did exactly what I would have done!
by __STRIKER__   175 Posts
Posted on 8/1/2008 6:43 PM
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