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Help Husband Cheated for years I need help.

I need advice. My husband have been married for almost 15 years. To give some history my husband and I dated for 3 years and got engaged, after getting engaged he broke it off. He told he cared about me but did not love me like a person who was going to marry should. I found out a month later I was pregnant. I told him and I guess I should have gotten a clue, but during the whole pregnancy he never came to see me. He was not there when our first child was born. After the child was 7 months old I traveled to the state he was living in and to show him the baby. We spent the day together and he told me to go ahead and plan the wedding that we would get married. I was so happy I thought we could make it work. We were married for a 4 years and he told me he didn't want to be married any longer, but I ended up pregnant again. After this he decided to stay. A couple of years after my son was born he admitted that he had a one night stand. I forgave him and I've tried to do everything I can to move on. About six years ago he started having an affair with another woman. After they had seen each other for two years she got pregnant. When the baby turned two he admitted to me that he had an ongoing relationship with this woman and they had a child. I told him that we would make it work. I tried contacting the woman, who will not call me back, and send her emails to try to make the child apart of our lives. Well fast forward I found out he's never stopped seeing her. I found an email that she sent him and she referenced bad things he had said about me and that he had promised to leave me to be with her. This has been going on for a total of 6 years. I did call her this time and told her that I wasn't going anywhere and she needed to leave my husband alone.  I told her I wanted to hear it from her that she would leave him alone and she wouldn't agree to this. She hung up on me and I've tried calling her back but she won't answer and I think she has blocked my emails.  They keep coming back to me.  He is still here and we just kind of pretend like nothing has happened. I don't think he has contact with her but i truly don't know. this is eating me up but I want so badly to keep our family together. I'm not sure if he's staying for our kids for money or what. I don't know if he loved her or still loves her. It's such a mess. I feel happy that he's home but I feel like I'm waiting for the next shoe to drop. What do I do to make this better?

by rfc   3 Posts 
Posted on 7/16/2009 12:35 PM
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You're not stupid, you're just caught up in a stupid situation.  None of it being your fault, so I'd say two of the three people involved might be stupid and I'll let you figure out which ones I'm talking about.  :-)

You're just "wrapped up" so that'll make you do things you may not do if you weren't.
by lifeinpurgatory   1830 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 10:33 PM
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You are not stupid. My therapist told me I was not stupid for not being 100% ready to leave my lying spouse. I have a couple friends that told me to ask myself some questions:

1.  What does he do to show me respect daily?
2. What do I expect from a spouse and am I getting it?
3. What does he do to show me love?

When I sat down and really looked at things written out, i was able to be more objective and see things clearly. We have a 1 yo  and it breaks my heart because I know he loves him dearly, but I have to get my life back. So do you.
by Pokey40   70 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 6:18 PM
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Yes there was a DNA test done and it is his child. You're right I am driving myself nuts. I know I should say enough is enough. I know I'm stupid, I'm just scared to death.
by rfc   3 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 4:44 PM
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"I don't think he has contact with her but i truly don't know."

I have a feeling that since he does share a child with her, he's got some sort of contact with her.  btw - it is confirmed that he's the biological father of this child isn't it?

I feel like you must be driving yourself nuts trying to keep him.  Like if you do one wrong thing, he'll walk.  That must be so stressful.  I think you deserve to have someone who wants to be there, who'll do right by you and your children.

You and the woman are competing for this "prize" but is it really?

I really hope you can all work this out.  The o/w has no place in your family.  Now that she's had a child, it makes it a little more complicated.  Take care
by lifeinpurgatory   1830 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 2:41 PM
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Truth is, he is never going to change and the fact that he would carry on another life and family with someone else while he is married and has kids with you means he is a selfish jerk who is only worried about himself.  He doesn't care about any of you if you think about it, someone who truly loves you and their children wouldn't be sneaking around having an affair and raising a child with the other women.  The other women needs to open her eyes as well, who in their right mind would start a family with someone who is already taken and who is to say he's not going to do the same thing to her too.  You need to leave him.  You and your kids would be much better off.  I believe you can find someone that will love you unconditionally and would cringe at the thought of hurting you.  Everyone deserves to be happy and there is someone out there like that, but you need to stop wasting time with the wrong one so you can find the right one.
by Openme   7 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 2:12 PM
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I don't know. It scares me to death to think about him leaving me.  I've never told anyone this but I know if I told him to leave he would and not look back.  But I just keep thinking that as long as we're together we will eventually be happy.  We have had some happy moments in our life.  Our children are wonderful kids.  I don't know.  I just feel so confused.
by rfc   3 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 1:48 PM
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rfc, I hate to say this but it doesn't get better.  I don't mean to be mean, but you have to decide if you want to continue living your life like this or doing better for yourself and your children.  For whatever reason some men just can't be faithful to one woman.  It's horrible but it's the truth.  I suggest you get counseling because you have classic co-dependency issues.  Once you are able to focus on yourself and get healthy you will be able to see things in a clearer light.
by flutterby   829 Posts
Posted on 7/16/2009 1:04 PM
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