This is an email I sent my WH on why it's so hard for me after his affair with his high school sweetheart.
Subject: What is hard
You gave her intimacy
You gave her sex
You gave her your kisses
You gave her a feeling of importance in your life
You gave her time
You gave her caring
You gave her good times
You gave her a place of importance with Tom
You gave her our boat
You gave her our money
You gave her information about me
You gave her information about our marriage
You gave her information about my family
You gave her protection for when things get "ugly"
You gave her loyalty over me
You chose her over me on the forth of July
You chose her over me for the football trip
You gave her the protection of your lies to me
You gave her all of the good parts of you but none of the bad
You gave her a feeling of being special to you
You gave her kids things to make her happy
You gave her your text messages
You gave her phone calls
You gave her shared meals
You gave her a ride in our car
You gave her your creativity
You gave her your dishonesty towards me
You gave her a place above me
You gave her more thoughtfulness than you gave me
You gave her your confidence while shutting me out
You gave her your patience
You gave her your interest
You gave her your wisdom
You gave her your laughter
You gave her your humor
You gave her your kindness
You gave her your plans
You gave her your smiles
You gave her your companionship
You gave her the secrecy
You gave her the knowledge that I was married to a cheater
You gave her the knowledge that I had chosen a man with major flaws
You gave her the knowledge that one day I would suffer humiliation
You gave her the right to feel pity for me
You gave her the ability to hurt me without me being able to hurt her
You gave her the pride in knowing that she still had a hold on you
You gave her the feeling of being desired
You gave her your desire
You gave her your lust for her
You gave her your fantasy about her
You gave her the impression that you would leave me for her
You gave her the knowledge that you were willing to risk me being devastated for her
You gave her the knowledge that even though you'd been discovered, you would still go to her house and spend the night
You gave her the knowledge that she was so important to you that you would find her at a quickly mentioned nail salon in order to spend more time with her
You gave her the knowledge that you would drop by her house on a Sunday evening to be with her even though you were living with your wife again
You gave her the knowledge that I would suffer if I found out and that was not important enough to you
You gave away your duty to protect me from any sexually transmitted diseases
You gave her the knowledge that I was not important enough to you to protect me from any diseases she might have
You gave her the knowledge that you didn't care if I died from one of them if she had one
You gave her your filth, your dirt, your lack if character, your selfishness, your immaturity, your consistent habit of putting what you want ahead of all others and then blaming them and making excuses for your horrible behavior.
You gave her my husband.