Do you have a list of minimum requirements he must meet in order to have a chance at R? Post your list so we can be sure you aren't missing anything.
I do, but I am a little confused here because I don't know how to articulate clearly how I feel about R. There are things I love about my H. When I feel loved by him, I feel like can do anything or be anything. But when he is being detached, my first thought that is that there is a problem with us. And before I found out about the A, I assumed it was because I can be socially inept (I'm perfectly fine in the professional world, or in church circles, but if I relax and try to be myself, I say things that people don't "get") and that I was just making it about me and being paranoid.
When he is being detached, I don't want R. I want to break free and go back to being the strong, independent woman I was before this M.
That being said, I want to see the change that I see others on this board who are experiencing R.
I want complete transparency.
I want him to be in IC - and I want him to initiate it
I want access to passwords and no questions if I ask for the phone or to see what he is typing on his keyboard.
I want to see his bank accounts and get passwords so I can see history.
So here is a question. I realize that he is probably going to be blindsided. He may suspect I know, but he is probably in denial. I have a letter that I wrote to read to him so I can say what I need to say and not have the emotion make me mess it up. The letter is as non confrontational as is possible. I say that I know about the current A and I am aware there are others. I tell him that I want him to supply me with all the facts and that if he leaves anything out I will doubt his honesty and his honesty is going to play a large factor if we are going to try for a future together.
So, I was thinking this first conversation was going to be a fact finding mission.
So, let me lay it out and see where this goes.
He could be silent and say nothing in which case I lay out my conditions of R
He could give me some information, leaving out things I am aware of - then I can say - there's more, I have proof, keep going. If he doesn't I give my conditions for R
He could give me lots of information and it verifies what I know - then I give my conditions for R
He gives me more information than I have and I discover it confirms PA and it's worse than I imagined at which point I might not want R
So, in summary, it will go from fact finding to terms of R within the same conversation.
I think it is safe to say that as soon as my terms are laid out, he will become defensive and probably internally hostile and will probably not want R on my terms.
I think I will tell him to write down all his email accounts and passwords and facebook profiles and bank accounts. If he leaves any out, I will know he isn't ready. But here's a question. I can see the possibility that won't want to during this confrontation, but after thinking about it may want to. At that point, when he brings me the information, I won't know if he has just set up new accounts, or if he is really sincere. I guess it's one of those things I just have no control over.