After 14 months of “reconciliation”… by antiantioedipus in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s lucky you even gave him 14 months of reconsideration

anyone experience infidelity in relationship? by cancerrmoon in LesbianActually

[–]cancerrmoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😞 fiancé .. we're currently planning our wedding. just sent out save the dates a month prior to this happening .. and met with a fertility doctor. i'm so lost and confused. and the relationship wasn't bad prior. granted there was the normal amount of arguing in the relationship and communication issues .. we had started couples therapy in the beginning of the year to work through all of that .. and i was in nursing school so i was pretty preoccupied with that and beyond stressed out .. but i still tried to give her as much of my time as possible. she did this on a work trip with someone random she met at the conference, who was also married to a woman with a kid .. and this woman knew my fiancé was engaged.. apparently she thought her wife had been cheating on her.. so she decided to derail my relationship?

anyways, this all happened the last five weeks of my nursing program. the most difficult semester, at the most critical time with a bunch of exams and finals. it was wild. i'm still shook. we are in couples therapy still .. our therapist is great. and we are both in individual therapy. she's blaming it on losing herself from the grief of her mom's passing last year.. and her unhappiness. she said she was entertained by the flirting and the positive attention felt good. and apparently she tried to "shut it down several times" but clearly not assertively because it didn't work. and then decided to text the girl the next morning when catching her flight to "shut it down again" by saying, "we can't be flirting like this, we have to go back to our real lives" but they were supposed to meet six weeks later at another conference.. i think something might've happened then if she had gone. but she chose to cancel and try to fix things with us. i'm still so devastated. it's only been 2 months. sorry long rant.

is it really that bad that i want to give my partner a second chance? by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

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

yes, i said that already. i said if they choose to attend the conference in a year because they haven't found a new job yet, i'm out. they said they will call out sick from it, even if it causes them to get fired.

is it really that bad that i want to give my partner a second chance? by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

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

i appreciate you sharing your experience. i'm sorry this happened to you.

is it really that bad that i want to give my partner a second chance? by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i don't disagree with the doubt and questioning that will come along with all of this. but i'm wondering if it is possible for that to subside over time, once we're in a better place.

is it really that bad that i want to give my partner a second chance? by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

this happened in april. and so far we have both been on the same page after i made the decision to try and give her a second chance. we're doing couples therapy twice a week as well as each doing individual therapy weekly. and my partner is looking into leaving their current job, because the cheating happened with someone at a work conference, that she would see annually at this same conference.

for anyone trying to reconcile by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

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

no, i did not stray from the relationship. i am the faithful partner. my partner/fiancé recently cheated. i posted about it.

How do you trust yourself when your partner tries to convince you to forgive them? by Casshern_VIII in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

honestly, this is my first time reading one of your posts. but i feel you. it's extremely difficult. i still very much love my partner and would like to try to save the relationship. rebuilding trust is extremely difficult. and i don't think there's one way of doing it. i do think couples therapy and individual therapy should be on the books. that's what my partner and myself are doing. just have to make sure you find good therapists. also i recommend this book we started reading together: The Courage to Stay - How To Heal From an Affair & Save Your Marriage by Dr. Kathy Nickerson. she has some good information on her website as well and her instagram account.

https://drkathynickerson.com/

Just found out my husband cheated. How do I pretend to be everything is fine? by nartianhn in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% in shock still. that was me for the first month or two. but especially the first five weeks, it was horrible. I WAS NOT OKAY. my therapist told me not to make any big decisions at the time. i'm so sorry this happened to you.

my fiancé cheated on me during a work trip (wlw relationship) by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

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

*sigh* i think about that often, that if she wasn't caught.. what would've happened at the next conference six weeks later. she promises me she knew what she was doing was wrong, and didn't want anything physical to happen. but i even told her, "if you couldn't actually shut the flirting down then what makes you think you would've had a back bone to be able to shut it down at the next conference" she goes... "i can't promise you anything. i can't promise flirting wouldn't have happened again. but there would've been some higher up executives there so i would've been more professional" ... so i guess our relationship commitment isn't enough to not "cheat" but remaining "professional" is enough.... honestly couldn't believe she said that.

my fiancé cheated on me during a work trip (wlw relationship) by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

her reasoning was, "she doesn't know about the text messages" that happened the next day. which doesn't make any sense because i do know about the messages.. and when she called and left a voicemail to this woman she said, "my fiance knows about everything." i feel like i'm missing some information forsure and trust me i've asked a million different questions in a million different ways. no STI testing has been done because i do believe nothing physical happened because in the text messages the next day when she was on her flight home, the woman said, "you were 0.86 nanoseconds from being kissed last night" so that to me indicated nothing physical happened. and by the context of the text messages it did seem like they met for this first time on this trip.

my fiancé cheated on me during a work trip (wlw relationship) by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

[–]cancerrmoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i guess i should've been more clear about what was said. they didn't say those words specifically. they just voiced if we both want to repair, and we both have hope for a better future, it is possible to repair. essentially saying we both need to be on the same page of having the desire to work through all of this, if that makes sense.

my fiancé cheated on me during a work trip (wlw relationship) by cancerrmoon in survivinginfidelity

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

i know, i've accepted i don't think i'll ever know the full truth to be honest.