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Dorothy123 (original poster member #53116) posted at 10:49 PM on Thursday, November 14th, 2019
This thread is my way to thank all the wonderful staff who selflessly work so hard to make SI happen for all of us.
So, please answer this
If it wasn't for SI , where would you be now ?
I'll start.
When I first got to SI , I thought that I was going crazy.
Reading here and helping people here have made me feel normal.
Today, I'm in a lot better mental position that I was in before I got to SI.
So, from the bottom of my heart thank you everyone.
So, if it wasn't for SI , I would still think that I'm going crazy.
[This message edited by Dorothy123 at 5:31 PM, November 14th (Thursday)]
"I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!" Wicked Witch of the West.
The1stWife ( Guide #58832) posted at 12:27 AM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
I’d be divorced.
I came to SI two years after Dday2. Still struggling even though he was doing everything right. Full remorse. Making amends.
But I’m glad I stuck it out. SI helped me with my anger towards him.
Survived two affairs and brink of Divorce. Happily reconciled. 12 years out from Dday. Reconciliation takes two committed people to be successful.
cancuncrushed ( member #28156) posted at 12:37 AM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
In big trouble. I didn’t know how. ...I came to SI , two years after day. The mind games and lies continued. The cheating continued. The emotional abuse was out of control. Etc. I didn’t know what to do. This was not the man I married.
Slowly ,from SI, I learned Exwh was serial cheater. An alcoholic, To the point of brain damage. And a narcissist. It really was to much for me to handle and figure things out. I never heard of narcissism. I was clearly in a fog. I couldn’t imagine what he was doing, was real. But it was. So my journey to protect myself and get out started.
I’m out. Im D. I’m no contact. I’m healing me. It’s very hard. It’s what has to be.
Thank you Si. You really do save lives.
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silverhopes ( member #32753) posted at 12:39 AM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
I’m out. I’m no contact. I’m healing me.
Thank you Si. You really do save lives.
(((((cancuncrushed)))))
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
BraveSirRobin ( member #69242) posted at 4:50 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
Probably still lying and running around inside my own head like a cornered rat. I wish I could say that seeing my BH's pain would have been enough to wake me up, but years of evidence prove otherwise. It's hard to overestimate what this site has meant to me.
StillLivin ( member #40229) posted at 5:32 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
I've made some great friends. Honestly, I'd probably be exactly where I'm at. I didn't find and join SI until after I'd hired an attorney and was kicking my cheater out. I probably would have taken a few weeks to months longer to heal because the folks on SI validated what I already knew in my gut, but I still would have gotten to this point. But the friendships I've made here are priceless.
"Bitch please a good man can't be stolen." ROFLMAO - SBB: 7/2/2014
Thumos ( member #69668) posted at 6:34 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
Why I still don’t have the resolution I want, I feel I am much closer than I was this summer. But for SI, I would still be floundering around in a state of generalized anxiety and confusion. Thanks to the perspective I’ve received here, I’ve been able move several steps forward, my wife and I are both in IC and I have made a polygraph a non negotiable for any reconciliation. I feel I’m much closer to the end of the tunnel.
"True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure. The greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character's essential nature."
BH: 50, WW: 49 Wed: Feb.'96 DDAY1: 12.20.16 DDAY2: 12.23.19
layla1234 ( member #68851) posted at 6:36 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
Honestly, as much as my husband hates me being on here he should be thanking his stars for this site. If it wasn't for SI, I'm pretty sure we'd be divorced now.
Married: 5-15-11
3 kids: ages 6, 3, and baby born in Sept.
D-day of EA with married COW:7-18-18
So much missing info from my story. I'm too exhausted to add it all. Divorce process started.
psychmom ( member #47498) posted at 7:15 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
I didn't find SI for nearly 7 months after DDay. Until then I had one girlfriend who had been through something similar who was with me 100% during my darkest hours. I sincerely credit her with saving my life because I was in so much pain that I was thinking about finding a way out.
But I knew I couldn't keep putting her through that, she had her own life and I needed to find a way to stand on my own. And SI was the lifeline I found to replace her.
SI provided hope that R was possible, even under what seemed like the worst of circumstances. Having a support system with others in similar situations was absolutely necessary to my ability to get through this trauma. To have my views challenged, as well as supported. At times I didn't like what I was told, but always, there were voices that were spot on, and seeing all the various perspectives helped me better formulate my own.
I will be forever grateful for finding this online community. I may never meet any of you in person, but you've helped me more than you will ever know.
BS (me); fWH (both 50+; married 20 yr at the time; 2 DD DDay 1- 9/13/2014 (EA)- 3+ yrsDDay 2- 10/24/2014(PA2)-July'14-Sept'14DDay 3- 11/12/2014(PA1)-Oct-Feb '14Reconciled
somanyyears ( member #26970) posted at 7:22 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
..can't begin to guess what other reality I might be living if not for this site.
If only it had been around in 1987, there would have been a different outcome for sure!
SI would have advised me to sue my stinking friend and lawyer for ethical malpractice and misconduct... and any other legal charges I could apply.
I might also have been told how to get the truth then rather than 22 years later! (2009)
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sadly, I must say that I've never learned as much about a topic as the one I've read here ..about infidelity.
smy
Thanks DS & MH
trust no other human- love only your pets. Reconciled I think! Me 77 Her 74 Married 52 yrs. 18 yr LTA with bff/lawyer. Little fucker died at 57.Brain tumour!
J707 ( member #63778) posted at 7:31 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
I found SI 2 months after my final Dday (wish I would've found it years back on my first round of Ddays). I spit out my story, got spot on advise and just kind of left and went on with my dazed and confused life. It wasn't until about 6 months later I came back, still dazed and confused as I was knee deep in the D process. Once again, spot on advise. I credit SI in my healing journey so much. We all understand and I love all of you for your time and guidance. I'm not sure where I would be without you all. I wouldn't have known about grey rock and NC. I wanted answers but you all told me to leave it alone because I wasn't going to get any, you were right and I'm ok now without them. Oh dude, it works miracles! Drama free everyday life from that soul sucking covert narcissistic evil XW of mine. I feel bad for her BF but she leaves me alone.
paboy ( member #59482) posted at 7:42 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
Probably still in the long term depression that I had been in. With the same anxiety levels. The same self esteem problems. The real feelings that I was desperately treading water and going under.
SI, you were a 'god send'.
BearlyBreathing ( member #55075) posted at 7:44 PM on Saturday, November 16th, 2019
I probably would have ended up in in-patient. I was a mess. And my head was buried sooo deep in the sand. Gentle people here kept pointing out the obvious (that I could not see to save my own life). It took me too long to get out of infidelity, but I might still be with him if SI had not helped me steel my spine.
Thank you MH and DS and all the mods and guides. You all are angels.
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
**horrible typist, lots of edits to correct. :-/ **
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