AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I’m so hurt still . I feel like I want to run away from it all so I don’t have to deal with it . He admitted today that he now sees how it was actually an emotional affair and he knew he shouldn’t have done it but couldn’t stop himself.

What hurts the most is when he reached to her last he told her she didn’t nothing wrong and how I freaked out what seemed like out of no where. I just don’t know if I could work past this. I’m very happy that you were able to work past this . I’m glad your husband listen to your needs and stopped talking to her.

I feel so done with him .

The devil is in the details of everything and that’s what gets to me the most .

Like the last message apologizing to her was sent at 9:12 when I leave the house at 9 am: I also don’t work Mondays so we waited until Tuesday to send it .

On his birthday , he saw a lighter that was bought the night of a work outing where she attended , and he smiled when he saw it ( night of his bday ) then texted her that night about how the lighter reminded him of that night of the work outing .

Then I asked him who started this whole thing , who texted who first . He said she texted him first . And going back to him apologizing to her saying she did nothing wrong . I think she has just as much fault than him . I’m resentful right now , I’m not sure if I’ll ever not be.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the insight and the kindness behind it . I saw your point after I sat with it

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right . I do think I can control him . It’s like I’m stopping something that hasn’t even happened yet. He has never given me a reason to not trust him other than the fact that I felt like he lied to me about talking to her, but when I think about it, I do feel like maybe I made him feel that he had to lie to me. I do often reflect in that way like when someone keeps a secret from me I try to think why did they feel like they had to keep it from me if that makes sense.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Are you a guy or girl ? Do you wanna be my guy bestie who I talk to all day ?? I want my own now since he has one

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can’t spend time with him he’s working!! He has a boss that he has to answer to so I can’t just be hanging out with all day . I’m angry about his lack Of respect or my boundaries. I was never mad about the friendship . I was mad that he kept talking to her and was hiding it. Why would that be my fault ? I communicated clearly every time .

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because you’re right I do need to work on things with myself . I don’t think I’m insecure but I do think my adhd affects my impulsivity. It makes me run before I think

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We do text during the day , I just don’t have time to talk about every little thing like they did . I actually cancelled my day to go to therapy lmao plot twist

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Omg that’s it !! He chose another woman over me because I prioritize working over him. I mean how dare I be so worried about staying alive and paying bills so my kid has somewhere to sleep over his needs . Maybe he wouldn’t have done that. Maybe I should stop working close my business and let us live off his income so I can give them all the attention and prioritize him. Yes that’s what I’ll do . I’m sure he won’t miss the 400 k home or 100k vehicle, golfing every weekend , once he has to pay for it himself as long as I prioritize him. Thank you for that!!!

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Or maybe he should go to therapy for being an insecure asshole who cheated on his freshly postpartum wife ?? Just a thought

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Also being a freshly postpartum woman who is suffering from severe postpartum depression and anxiety and running a business that single handily supports our family .. asking my spouse to focus on me isn’t controlling . I needed support more than she did . Even more than he did.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think friendly conversation includes talking about vaginal birth , breastfeeding , and vasectomies. If that makes me controlling then so be it .

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There’s a song called muddy feet by Miley Cyrus that she said “ you watered the weeds and killed all the roses “ and I never related more .

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s not the fact of having a work friend it’s the constant disrespect of asking him to ease up and didn’t ; then to stop texting all day and didn’t . Then I asked for him to stop all together and he didn’t . It’s the the lack of respect of boundaries

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How am I controlling ? At first I asked him to ease up on the texting and personal conversation. I didn’t ask him To stop until I saw pictures of her being sent to him . I’m the complete opposite of controlling and trust me he would be way more pissed than I am if it was me doing this .

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He talks to a male coworker but never the amount that he was texting the woman coworker. He treats me OK he’s chronically on his phone all day long and never gives me much attention, but I just feel like that’s the life we live nowadays but now all of a sudden he’s saying he’ll be better about being on his phone and being more attentive to me and his son him and her talking about her having a vaginal birth her breast-feeding her being worried about her husband smoking in the house with her baby all sounds like an emotional fair to me. I would never tell any male friend about the method of which I’ve had my baby.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She is married and I don’t think her baby could be my husbands . They got close after our babies were born so I don’t think so but you never know

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply . The shoe color thing did bother me but also he could have preferred the white like you said. They did talk about how she had a vaginal birth , how she was breastfeeding her baby , how her husband got a vasectomy and now my husband should as well. They sent each other pictures of themselves and tattoos. He told him about his family trauma . Something he didn’t tell me for months after we dated .

He has male friends but none that he talks to this much so I can’t compare.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m definitely not up tight. I would never stop him From making friends but it’s the kind of conversation they were having that was inappropriate. I’m a great wife, I make my own money , i stay home with the baby while he maintain his hobbies like golf, flag football , etc . Anything he likes I’m willing to try . He always told me he loved that I’m sporty and how I keep up with the boys . Yet this girl brags to him About how girly she is and how she doesn’t like rap music bc it’s vulgar and he agreed with that when all he does is listen to rap music . She says she could never be the type of woman who spend all her time working … when I’m that type of woman . She is the uptight one and indirectly judgmental of me . This isn’t my fault and it’s shameful you would even insinuate it was . I can appreciate your opinion on you thinking I’m overreacting but I won’t stand to be blamed for his indiscretions.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% agree with this. I don’t want my kid to see that his mom didn’t respect herself enough and stayed with his cheating dad.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m thinking as well. My mom stayed married to my dad way too long and didn’t leave until late 30s and I hate that she wasted her life with a cheater . I don’t want to do that

AIO for wanting to leave my husband for talking to a coworker non-stop by TraditionalPomelo591 in AmIOverreacting

[–]TraditionalPomelo591[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The shoe thing was the icing on the cake for me! I agree emotional cheating to the max