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afraidspouse (original poster member #19435) posted at 11:55 PM on Thursday, May 8th, 2008
I am just curious?? how many of you think their wives or husbands if not gotten caught would have taken it to the grave..I mean there cheating or affairs.. I know mine only told when his old boss rated him out.. I do believe if he ever would have it's only out of fear of someone else telling me..what do you all think??
Elecin ( member #16484) posted at 12:04 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I think most of them would. If they knew they would never be found out and could go on living like nothing ever happened, I think they would.
The first time I was cheated on I said to him "when were you going to tell me?" and he said "probably never."
cantlivewithouth ( member #11939) posted at 12:07 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I know my STBXH would have. He still says it never happened yet he has a baby with one of the OW.
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
Holly-Isis ( member #13447) posted at 12:10 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I think he would have tried, and failed.
Just living w/ the lie that 1A was an EA instead of the PA it was tore us apart and weighed down on WH for years. You can never let a single thing slip. Hell, I'm surprised he ever had a drink, I would have been afraid of an unguarded word in his shoes.
Based on how the lies of EA vs. PA weighed on him, I think hiding 2A all together would have torn him apart...at the very least torn us apart, it nearly did anyhow.
"Being in love" first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. *CS Lewis*
wifehad5 ( Administrator #15162) posted at 12:18 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
Mine tried. She even confessed to a priest who told her not to tell me as no good could come from it. She went on to have four more A's
FBH - 52 FWW - 53 (BrokenRoad)2 kids 17 & 22The people you do your life with shape the life you live
64fleet ( member #18710) posted at 12:18 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I'm certain my wife would never have told-I'm still in the dark about what REALLY went on-she will prolly never come clean.
tputer ( member #11353) posted at 12:19 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I know for an absolute fact FWW planned to take it to the grave with her. She admitted as much. But then again, my DDay wasn't until 12 years after her last little fling, so I'm sure she thought it was dead and buried, never to see the light of day. Unfortunately for her, some secrets are just too big to keep.
Me FBH/WS: 48
FWW/BW (JP12861): 48
Married 25 years
Kids: 2 DD's 24, 20
My DDay: 7/16/06
Hers: 4/5/10
sevens wife ( member #13531) posted at 12:20 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
My FWS told me right after D-day that he was going to tell me when Christmas was over and the OW had moved out of the country. I know him pretty well after 20 years of marriage and he would NEVER have "man-upped" to his affair. He can hardly talk about it now after 1 1/2 yrs. out.
Me: 43
WH: 42
together: 20 years
Married: 18 1/2 years
Children: 2 girls 9yrs., 4 yrs.
DDay: 11/26/06
One step forward, 3 back on road to R.....
soheartbroken ( member #19307) posted at 12:22 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
That is something I have been trying to get out of my husband since I found out. His affair lasted 3 years, and only ended when I found out on my own.
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything.
ms ladybug ( member #8438) posted at 12:32 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I know my WH would never have told me. In fact those were his words.
Separated 7/2002-12/2002
10/07-current
D-final 5/25/10
daugher 6, son 4
survivinglies ( member #19376) posted at 1:02 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
WH fully planned on it, but that single lie tore us apart. He mellowed out and treated me better on the outside but couldn't allow himself to fully open up to me. It also made him continue to lie in every aspect of his life. Now, 13 years of my life seem like one big lie!
It would have been way better if I had known back then. I think the lie is that hardest part to endure.
BS (me)
WS (him)- ONS 1995, 3 month EA 0708
Married: 23, Together: 26, DS & DD
"Onlies" until ONS
95-08 trickle-"we didn't have sex"
D-day #1 (1/23/2008- EA OW#2)
D-day #2 (5/1/2008- ONS OW#1)
Isaiah 40:31
stronger08 ( member #16953) posted at 1:04 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
Mine would have for sure. She has this way about her that she can talk herself into believing her own lies. Even after I caught her and OM together she still denied. He was only a friend dont you know. I am sure there have been others as her behaviors over the years point to it. But she will never admit anything. Even with concrete proof she will still try to deny. Its very scary.
You cant eat soup with chopsticks.
cryinginside ( member #18540) posted at 1:13 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
Oh yea!!!! He never ever would have told me...ever!!!
Me(BS)~ 28
Him~31
ds~14
ds~10
dd~9
D-Day~2-10-08 *Even though I "knew" before then...
~~~He can't stop cheating, and I can't stop loving him~~~
~You ruined me~
~How do I start a new life when all I've ever known is you in
hissadwife ( member #14982) posted at 1:27 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
Does this wedding ring make my dick look big?
scared&stronger ( member #15942) posted at 1:31 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
My FWH said he would have. He didn't tell me about the other EA until I discovered the PA.
WS 45
BS 43
Met when we were 17 and 15. Together since 1983, married since 1985. Two kids, B21, G15.
d-day 4-3-07
Life has a way of making us get our panties in a wad.....I refuse to wear panties ever again.
not4me ( member #3089) posted at 2:01 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
Mine would have if I had not started searching and came up with the evidence.
He told me, "I thought you'd never find out."
"I've looked at life from both sides now." Judy Collins
JERZYGRL ( new member #19458) posted at 2:23 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
YUP.... when i asked my WH how he could of did this.. his answer was... "i thought you'd never find out... " :(
Revkwd ( member #4933) posted at 2:55 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
In fact, those were his words and his plan. And, I never thought you'd find out. I did; 30 years later, when my daughter told me. Best laid plans!
980003 ( member #18884) posted at 2:57 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
My STBXH was sure going to. He flat out told me that he was going to let it die out, and then continue our life as normal until another A possibly happened on down the road.
Considering that he had a make out session with our kids' friends' mom two years ago and never told me about that until D-day, I'd believe it.
BS (me) - 30
WS - 29
Married almost 11 years, together over 13
3 children
D Day - 3/14/08 PA
Separated - 3/22/08
SerJR ( member #14993) posted at 3:28 AM on Friday, May 9th, 2008
I'm sure there are many that have been caught that will still deny it to the grave as well.
Me: BH - Happily remarried.
Hope is never lost. It exists within you - it is real. It is not a force in and of itself - it is something that you create with every thought, action, and choice you make. It is a gift that you create for yourself.
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