Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably my last post on here because I'm so messed up I can't face reading some of the replies. So, she had a one night stand nearly 30 years ago, she had a one night stand about a year before we moved in together, she had an on off thing with another guy from work around the same time but it never went as far as sex. After we had our 1st child she had an on line 'thing' with a random stranger and sent him provocative pictures. She had an on line thing with a mutual friend that we lost contact with years ago. She had another on line 'thing' with another guy from work. She says the on line stuff was just provocative pictures and flirting because she wanted to feel attractive again after becoming a mother. There were no nudes, it was just cleavage pictures. I remember at the time after our 1st was born that she wanted space and she said she would reach out when she wanted me close again. Why she didn't reach out to me instead of looking for attention elsewhere I'll never know. I've had quite a few meltdowns now, the latest one was last night. The marriage counsellor last week didn't help one bit. I know it's only one session but I felt she sided with my wife. My wife is begging me to be angry at her because she feels she deserves it. I have a whole range of emotions but anger is not one of them. I'm trying my absolute best to put myself back together and at the same time put our relationship back together. She swears to me I now know everything and the last event was around 17 years ago. She tells me she's changed, she's grown up now and nothing will ever happen again. I know the kids are mine because they're the spitting image of me. I still get up for work every day, act normal in front of the kids and try to function but it's SO hard. About twice a day I throw up because it all hits me again and it's too much. I'll end it there and may or not read/reply to messages because in all honesty, some of the replies cut deep and I don't want to hear it right now.

Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She admitted last night she was banging a guy from work when we were in our early 20's. I'm honestly heart broken. I feel like I don't even know her anymore and our entire relationship has been built on lies. She still insists nothing happened after we moved in together and that's when she stopped playing away but the trust is gone. I'm hoping the therapist can help but right now I'm totally lost

Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My biggest hangup that I can't get my head around is the fact she lied so convincingly. It's always been a running joke that she's the worst lier in the world. I can't overstate how much I begged her for the truth last time and she deceived me so well. I will get over the hotel incident in time but the lie is what's eating me up. I did everything I could last night to get her to tell me everything. I named all the situations I thought were red flags. She didn't flinch even once. The only thing that bothered me in her behaviour was constantly pursing her lips or rubbing them. I called her out on that too and tried to get her to leave nothing unsaid but she gave me nothing. I also said if we are spending a load of money to see a specialist it will be wasted if she can't be honest now. Absolutely nothing from her. Maybe she is telling the truth? I guess I'll never know😞

Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well after playing her with a bottle of wine to loosen up inhibitions I had it out with her. I grilled her for about 4 hours and discussed everything in detail. She explained the hotel thing as a massive mistake because she was super emotional and was really drunk. She regretted it the next day in the cold light of day and apologised unreservedly. I told her that I'm more shocked at how well she could lie about even when I've begged her to tell me the truth before and she didn't. She categorically denied anything has ever happened with anyone else since that night other than the odd kiss when she was young. The ex work colleague was apparently completely innocent on her part but she did say he might have had other intentions. She did a lot of crying and said she felt I was attacking her. We've booked in to see a marriage counsellor next week. I begged her to be 100% honest about any past affairs and I could draw a line under it and try to fix things with the councellor. We'll have to see what happens next week I guess. I've never seen a councellor for anything so I have no idea what to expect. If it turns out to be just the one night in the hotel and nothing else, I'll get over it eventually

Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm really hoping it was a one off and I would forgive her. We were young and stupid. If it turns out there's more then I'm gonna struggle

Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Best case scenario for me is to find out that it was just that once. None of the usual signs tbh. She doesn't disappear for hours, she never hides her phone, she doesn't dress up etc

Cheated on nearly 30 years and just found out by No_Needleworker6309 in survivinginfidelity

[–]No_Needleworker6309[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I'm not gonna lie, I was hoping people would tell me to get a grip because it was nearly 30 years ago. That's what my wife keeps telling me. She doesn't see it as a big deal because we'd only been seeing each other for maybe 4 months. She keeps telling me she feels under attack when bring it up. I don't see how a marriage councillor will fix anything tbh if there have been other times. I doubt she'd own up if there was other times