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Any Advice?

My stbx has had two affairs that I know of.  Over the past two years she has grown more and more distant. 

 

The first affair was devastating to me.  It was with someone I thought was a friend and it lasted six years.  She wouldn't tell me how long it lasted until I pieced it all together.  She wouldn't go to counseling, and proceeded to drink a bottle of wine almost every night, then go into rages.

 

 

Now that I've filed, she proceeds to tell me that the affair years ago was a "rape"  She claims to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time and that he forced himself on her.

 

It went on for six years.  Is it even possible that this could be the true scenario?  Our families were friends, we camped together, barbequed etc.  I've gone through years of her drinking, the affair, the new affair, and I've just had enough.

 

Now she is trying to get in my head by saying she'd never have filed for divorce.  I tell her "No, I did, I'm tired of the way I've been treated, and I'm finished with this relationship".

 

This is just bizarre to me.  I want to proceed with my divorce, but I gotta say that this is a spin I didn't see coming.  We talked before I filed and she could care less, now this.  Any advice or ideas where this comes from?   

 

 


by HereIgo   336 Posts 
Posted on 10/16/2008 7:18 PM
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I feel for you to have to DEAL with that person... I am sure now that reality has hit and she knows you are real about your intentions to pursue this divorce she is trying to figure out ways to manipulate what you decide... Do what you know is best for you!! :-)
by stressed95   2 Posts
Posted on 10/17/2008 4:43 PM
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Oh the pain...I know it well.  Never will be easy...thank God there are no children involved.  It's time for a change-follow through with your word!  Maintain your dignity-you don't have to be cruel or even fight.  If she's sincere someday you might forgive and retry a relationship.  But you have to regain some self respect as well, you deserve better treatment.
by Living4Him   32 Posts
Posted on 10/16/2008 1:00 AM
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You deserve the very best and I'm sure you know that, clearly, she is not the best.  Let her go on the journey she needs to go on and you go forward with your journey.  You deserve to be happy.
by KV   190 Posts
Posted on 10/15/2008 9:17 PM
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I feel so bad for you, I really do and I would still file, In my opinion I think she made up the story of rape either to make you feel bad for her and not file or to make herself not look so bad for what she has done, I find it very hard to believe that you would continue a relationship with your rapist for six years or even one day, then go out and cheat again ?? No I'm sorry I just don't believe it to be true, I don't mean to sound so harsh, but that doesn't seem to be typical behavior , I think ( from the sound of your post) that maybe you have some doubts about it yourself, I would say go with your  gut feeling they are usually right . Good luck and stay strong !
by veryclueless   34 Posts
Posted on 10/15/2008 8:12 AM
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i hope everything works out for you. good luck and also take care of yourself at the same time.
by cherbear   1221 Posts
Posted on 10/14/2008 11:35 PM
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Her drinking and the rages sounds like guilt to me.  Heck of a way to express guilt, but cheating makes you turn things around in your mind.  You have to in order to be able to wake up every day and still think of yourself as a good person.  If she can convince herself that it was rape, then it wasn't her fault and she won't have to feel lousy about how much she has hurt you.   
by meteor   239 Posts
Posted on 10/14/2008 11:24 PM
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