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Title: Cheating husband

Your Story: 20 months ago i discovered my husband had been having an affair for 3 months. I found out from messages on his phone. Up to this point hed started wild camping and walking. Hed become distant from me and constantly on his phone when i was working nights. I was scared to confront him in case i lost him. When i finally asked him why this woman constantly phoned a d messaged him he said she was just asking if he was walking or camping and seemed shocked that i thought there was more to their friendship. When i read the messages that night i confronted him and he insisted it was just flirty text and hed met her for coffee once. A week later her husband contacted me and explained they were having affair. I confronted him again and he admitted to sleeping with her twice and hating himself for it. I cant describe the immense pain i felt but he was remorseful and wanted to heal our marriage. She was vile to me in messages but i put this down to her feeling hurt hed dumped her for me and his children. 10 month later approaching our 20th wedding anniversary i still had my suspicion hed not been honest so i stupidly contacted ow. She relished in giving me all the gory details dated, places, nights away etc. Heartbroken once again i confronted him. He said he couldn't tell me because he loved me and despised himself for being weak . He desperately wanted to save our marriage and knew if id found out it had gone further id have left him. I asked him to leave the next day so i could decide what was best for me and my children. I thought long and hard a out what we had together and what we'd been through together. Even though i hated him for what he'd done to our family and the emotional pain he'd put me through i still loved him and wanted to make our marriage work. I was aware that ppl would think i was a mug and weak for staying with him but now 20 months on I actually feel like im a strong nice person and my marriage is better than ever. Affairs dont have to mean the end of a marriage and if your partner is truly remorseful this is so worth saving.