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 heartbrokeninaz (original poster member #40779) posted at 11:24 PM on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

My WH and I went out for supper last night. I brought up the A and he changed the subject. I brought it up again and he said every time I keep asking the same questions and it is getting very repetative. That is true, but shouldn't he be there for me anyway? Do I need to move on? I am somewhat of an obsessive person. I am getting no new info or answers. Is it time to stop asking? He has made very positive steps. He is remorseful, we have full transparency, and he is taking huge steps in communicating with me. Our mariage is no longer all about our child. We have our own time now. Am I beating a dead horse?

BW 51(me)WH 51DDay 1 07/31/13 ONS with whorenado DDay 2 05/09/14 texts to another woman (not returned)Dday 3 06 15/18 texting to meetup with a mutual friend not reciprocated. I live a real life fairy tale.

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authenticnow ( member #16024) posted at 11:28 PM on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

My BH asked the same questions over and over. But...he had to keep asking until he got to the point of feeling some kind of peace.

It was his way of processing and putting all the pieces together.

He told me at the time that it was a good way to reestablish trust. If my answers remained constant he'd know I was telling the truth. And my reaction to his asking showed my commitment to our R.

If you feel the need to ask it is not beating a dead horse, it's just what you need. It will change, but it takes time. Your H needs to be patient.

DS, you are forever in my heart. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spirit with me. I will always try to live by the example you have set. I love you and miss you every day and am sorry you had to go so soon, it just doesn't seem fair.

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sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 11:46 PM on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

I would say pretty much exactly what AN's H said - answers built trust; when I got the same answer to the same question at different times, my trust level increased; when my W answered difficult questions without defensiveness, despite her shame and guilt, my trust increased. So answering Qs tends to be very good for R.

Sometime during the 2nd year, I started asking myself why I was asking each question. If I thought asking would lead to a positive outcome for me, I'd actually ask the Q. If I didn't see a positive outcome for me, I tended not to ask.

Sometimes I realized I wanted to hurt my W by asking a nasty Q. When that happened, I realized I was hurting, and instead of trying to hurt her, I asked for support.

In other words, IMO, sometimes the way to go is to ask the Q. Sometimes it's better to ask for something other than answers.

With a D-Day 3 months ago, though, my bet is that it's too early to 2nd guess your Qs. I suspect the best way for you to heal is to ask just about any Q that occurs to you.

Since your H is balking, you might come to arrangement of asking is a more structured way - maybe an hour every 1 or 2 or 3 or 7 days, or asking in writing, or something like that.

fBH (me) - on d-day: 66, Married 43, together 45, same sex apDDay - 12/22/2010Recover'd and R'edYou don't have to like your boundaries. You just have to set and enforce them.

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Alex CR ( member #27968) posted at 11:48 PM on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

You ask because you need to hear him answer...it doesn't matter how long it takes or how many times you ask.

We are fours year out and I think I stopped asking about six months ago.....H was tired of answering and his memory isn't what it was four years ago, but he answers because I need him to.

You are not beating a dead horse until YOU decide it's dead....nobody else.

Has your H read Joseph's letter from the healing library? It might help. Also the book 'How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair......good info that explains to the WS what they must do to help their BS heal......

At this point, it's about what the BS needs, not what the WS

needs.

Take good care of yourself.

BS Me 63
WS Him 64
Married 35
Together 41
DD 11/16/09
I can dwell in the negative or seek the positive...one road is lonely...the other teeming with life.

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