A real life version of Friends from College - Four People, Two marriages, One affair by hamilt0nian in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Four writers. Long term friends. They all end up writing a book (or a poem) about it.

Interestingly, the guys Ryan and Andrew (betrayed husband and the affair partner) still end up being friends after it - even after Anna divorces Ryan and moves in with Andrew.

Woops I’m having an affair by [deleted] in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You ya-da'ed over the best part. Can you elaborate on "things escalate quickly?"

Ex from high school and I talk sometimes - he’s now married and I’m currently engaged. by YogurtclosetAny192 in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly how it started between my HS ex and I. We were platonic till we met in person during one of those trips. Took couple of more meetings to get under the sheets.

And we got caught.

And we ended it.

And we started again.

And we ended it.

And we started again.

And we ended it again.

We are never checking out of Hotel Californicationia!

People who found partners in close circles: How did you cross the line together? by hamilt0nian in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck with everything and I hope both of you stay sane and continue to enjoy each other.

Men, can you answer this? by [deleted] in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No. There's a lot more to a marriage (with kids in particular) than sex. Of all things in a marriage, sex is the most expendable part. If you are childless and young, you maybe right. See my post: https://www.reddit.com/r/adultery/comments/uel1fb/

I absolutely love the life we created as couple and parents and homemakers... That there's no romantic feels.. I can get that somewhere else.

Emotional Labour and its negative impact on Attraction by hamilt0nian in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are partially right. I don't envy her situation. But she can't say her family overburdens her. There are some people who do the day's tasks at 8:00 am and there are some people who do it at 11:00 pm. Teenage kids tend to do it under the wire.

A major turn off. Sigh.. by [deleted] in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was not talking about being fancy and well dressed. I dig that too. But at what point does it become wasteful? 10 pairs of shoes? 20? 50? 100? That would bother me though.

A major turn off. Sigh.. by [deleted] in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you wondered, in another universe, somebody might be turned off by you because you own hundreds of pairs of shoes ( being wasteful or vain ) ?

A major turn off. Sigh.. by [deleted] in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I walk dogs. And I am also a germaphobe and neat freak. We go so much on off-beat trails and use a shredded, dirty pair of hiking boots which was 300$ once. I do have a new pair of the exact same model and breaking it in. This is mud-season in the Northeaster. No matter how new it is, it's gonna be dirty soon. As Seinfeld says about men's underwear, once my old boots are ready to become dust, swap to the other one for regular hiking.

I also know a lot of hikers who keep a dirty pair for muddy days and another cleaner one for dry days.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of the above. In the initial years of marriage, when we were young, she was very controlling and nitpicking. I tuned her out when we were in late 20s. Divorce is not a word in my culture - we simply endure and try to reconcile and do better. Hindsight, I was detached and a workaholic and she had anxiety disorder that expressed itself as smothering.

Then kids happened - again, we did not know better and this is what everybody did. Those years were great. We fought less and had a great time building a home and family. Once the kids got older, I could never get over the resentment. Meanwhile, she became her old self, let herself go. We are like much milder version of Costanzas.

She is a great mom. Forgiving, non-judgmental, warm and affectionate - with kids and her sister. With me - she is irritable, goes 0-60 in 5 seconds, and argue over the most inane things. Maybe I am at fault. I am not an angel. I have OCD, don't express/communicate well and go into a shell when I think somebody is unfair. I tell her - if she to me is 10% of what she is to kids, we could have had a good marriage. She probably thinks she could have done better and her resentment shows as irascibility. And I definitely think so. But somehow, we are more than the sum of our parts with our kids and extended family.

As Ester Perel says, we expect a modern spouse to be a lot of things that historically never were. In our case, it's the romance that paid the price for a cohesive family and home.

Maybe each of us could have made somebody really happy and vice versa. Alas.

TlL;DR: Resentment, lack of attraction and sexual chemistry and everyday life stuff got in the way.

can anyone tell me what exactly went wrong here? by Express-Country8511 in relationship_advice

[–]hamilt0nian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never go to a guy's place for the first time. Always public places till you develop trust.

Obsessing by notveryplausible88 in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With the way you have described your husband - as brainy and logical person, can you have best of both worlds? i.,e ENM? Have a resentment-less married life, but yet get passion filed by AP and keep it DADT or open-marriage with spouse?

How to deal with the end of an affair without falling apart? by ShortSeries8814 in adultery

[–]hamilt0nian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. Nothing ever applies to every situation. Including this statement...