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Reconciliation :
Fog is lifting? Maybe...

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 ILINIA (original poster member #39836) posted at 10:13 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

First, this roller-coaster ride is hard! I feel like WH is making progress. He has been reading Sexual Detours and below are some of the things he as told me the past few days:

--It really wasn't about her (OW), the sex or even our marriage. It was all about him and his fu*&ed up head. He never really let anyone in. (Ding, ding)

--He really has been a jackass to me and the kids. (Yep.)

--That he won the wife jackpot and he is such an idiot. (I couldn't agree more!)

--The day after we switched the clocks back, I slept in for the first time in long time. When I woke up, he was folding laundry in our room. He came over and kissed me on my forehead and told me to sleep in and “just heal”. (Kind of sweet.)

I think the fog is lifting?!? It is kind of a strange feeling that I am quietly celebrating that he has hit bottom. He is starting to feel the shame, embarrassment, and recognize the devastation of his actions. Prior to this week, he was OK if I needed to tell people and he even thought he may tell a few of his friends. For some reason that always bothered me. It felt to me that he didn't think it was a big deal who knew, like he wanted people to know that he was this “stud” at 40, but lately he as done a 180 and desperately doesn't want anyone to know.

Maybe we are taking one small step forward?

Just wanted to post notes on my semi-good week...thanks for listening!

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painfulpast ( member #41038) posted at 10:16 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

That is great news!!!

It's amazing how them just 'getting it' even in part can bring so much happiness and relief.

Very happy for you!!!

DDay - 12/2010
Fully R'd - I love my husband

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bionicgal ( member #39803) posted at 10:45 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

We liked that book a lot - it gets at deeper stuff, and really got my H to think about the "why" of it all.

me - BS (45) - DDay - June 2013
A was 2+ months, EA/PA
In MC & Reconciling
"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point to move forward." -- C.S. Lewis.

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bionicgal ( member #39803) posted at 10:46 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

We liked that book a lot - it gets at deeper stuff, and really got my H to think about the "why" of it all.

me - BS (45) - DDay - June 2013
A was 2+ months, EA/PA
In MC & Reconciling
"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point to move forward." -- C.S. Lewis.

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I think I can ( member #17756) posted at 3:13 AM on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013

That sounds really positive--actions, not just words.

I'm not the winner, I'm the prize.

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