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« on: August 02, 2010, 10:08:10 AM »

Here is the situation:  We have been married 5 years and are going through a divorce, very early stages.  Here is what happened.  We argued and fought alot.  My wife was physically abusive and emotional, I really tried my damnest, I cook, clean, get the kids ready for school, anything but it seems as though it was never enough.  I was a pharmaceutical rep and she swore I was having an affair with my female partners, but as God is my witness I never did.  I am a very social person, I speak to everyone and love to laugh, she is the opposite, very serious.  In 2007, I went to a conference in Orlando, she linked up with her ex but says nothing happened while I was gone.  It took me a while to get over all this.  We still continued to argue about half the month, every month and I hate arguing, she always accused me of messing around but I wasnt.  I dont club and after 5 I am at home.  In 2009, I did have an affair (Sept, she didnt find out till June 2010), a one day one, my wife was only sleeping with me about once or twice a month and our relationship was getting bad, then good,..I was dead wrong, I have constantly told her that.  In December 2009 she said she should be allowed to club and admitted that she hates when I touch her.  We separated in December after a lot of hurtful things were said.  In Jan 2010 I was really mad and didnt want to work on nothing, I couldnt believe she gave up our marriage for the club.  I started calling people, texting, etc, she put a P.I. on me and I dont deny but I wasnt sleeping around, me and her would still sleep together till April.  She drew the line then b/c she thought i was sleeping around.  I told her in June that finally after all my anger over her moving out, I really saw that I loved her and wanted her back.  Initially I didnt buy her saying she loved me in January b/c how can you go from hate in December to I love you in January.  Anyway, now, she wants out since she found out about my affair, I still love her and really want her back, what can I do?  We both made mistakes in our marriage but she seems to think she didnt do anything and I cheated.  We had dinner last week and I told her to at least try for 3 months and if she sees that her feelings cannot change, I will let go, she says she stills love me but cannot trust me.  I do flirt but I dont hit on these women, i just love talking to people, I really want my wife back, what can I do? I feel broken without her.

Also, what drove me to the affair, that was a one time thing, was I was getting no affection from my wife, no hugs, no kisses, almost no sex, and I would tell her this but nothing changed.  When we went away for the weekend without the kids, everything was always beautiful, I mean we really enjoyed each other for every minute.  Once we got back around the kids, all changed.
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2010, 09:54:36 AM »

Takeback,

I'm sorry things are the way they are right now. I know kids can make a marriage hard at times but that's not the only thing that's wreaking havoc on it right now. There are many factors that make a marriage have problems. And all of them have to do with needs not being met. Your wife obviously wasn't meeting your needs and I'm sure you weren't meeting all of hers, otherwise she wouldn't want to go out clubbing.

Her accusing you of cheating all that time sounds a little off to me. It's almost as if she wanted you to be cheating. Does your wife have jealousy problems? If so, that can be easily fixed. You mentioned that you want to save your marriage and for her to "try" for 3 months. That's good but you also said you did cheat once and that your wife cannot trust you which right after that you said " I do flirt but I don't hit on these women..." Um...I'll tell you what you can do. Don't flirt! You can be nice w/o being flirtatious. If you want any chance of your marriage working out, you need to hear what she's saying to you and make the necessary changes.

I'm not saying you are the only one that needs to change, your wife isn't blameless in this either. I don't know her story but I've read enough to know that she needs to take responsibility for whatever her part in this was and both of you need to work on this. Have you looked into attending the LovePath 911 workshop for marriages in crisis? That would be wonderful for y'all! It will really help both of you to see what needs aren't being met, how to meet those needs and how to have a happy and fulfilling marriage.

I hope you look into this. Especially if she is wanting out, you can say something like "Let's go to this and after it's over if you feel there's no hope then we'll go our separate ways." Or something like that. You can also call 866-903-0990 and talk to someone directly about ways to approach your wife to get her to come. But, if anything will save your marriage, this is it! 
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