This was a horrible story to wake up to but I feel compelled to respond.
Buddy, this will get better, but not forever,
not a chance of forever.
Once upon a time, women had a larger deterant against cheating....
The white picket fence might be lost. They might feel unsafe. However ... now, woman will survive, in fact - they will get richer with each marital iteration.
It's not their fault, it's the fault of men. If I put my garbage out a day early, the racoons will spread it all over the lawn. The house pets won't because we would or have beat them for it. 'nuff said!
Jack, let me tell you a little story for you to reflect upon ...
I met my HB9 wife when I was younger and ripe for the plucking. She was 10 years younger than me and I felt king of the world whenever we were out together. She got pregnant 4 months after we hooked up and a little over a year from meeting her ... pop!
When my son was two years old, I caught her cheating. Her lure was not the c0ck, but rather the dependance on a man to get where she wanted career wise (Eastern-european thing ... sorry for the generalization, but every Canadian boy should understand the calculating monster he will potentially get if he ends up with one). It tore my $!#$!@#$!@#$ heart out. Did the lawyer thing (scum sucking vampires - sorry brad, you I've repped, you're maybe different
). I could have kicked her to the curb, gained
full custody and she'd have had to pay me child support (hadn't been three years yet ... Canada is high tax, but ... the justice system here is fair!). She got on her one knee, said "hon-yose" (some czech pet name for me), we can fix this, we can work this out... I caved ... I've made mistakes, I've cheated before, I've ... learned enough to understand the consequences for these things ... even if it is nothing more than the memory ... you're stuck with it forever.
However ... never assume everyone (especially women) will learn such a seemingly logical lesson... sermon over.
10 years pass. My son has a mother(ish) for that time. She cheats again (while trying to nail down a tenure track position). Did she want to end it (yep). Did she want to retry with me (yep). Did she find a way to make it my fault (yep - women are never wrong!). This time however, I had a teenaged son, not a baby. Boot!
Important part follows...
I kicked her to the curb because I had learned that this would not be the last time. Once a cheat, likely always a cheat. They will always have one foot in another man's bed (whatever their motivation). If you prevent it, you will live a life of anguish and control (you would be the controller). It's a crappy life of anger and despair! Not a good option.
Another important part follows...
When I left her, I went through a huge depression. Mostly because (as one of sosuave's more "colourful" contributors on this site would say) ... I was a beta-fagot. But more specifically, I never thought I could be with another woman that was 10 years younger, and HB9, a professor, a, a, a, ... you get the picture? I thought it was all downhill from that point on.
Nothing could have been farther from the truth!
I've met/banged/owned women that gave me much more than my EE wife ever did. Sex was off the charts better with ... almost all of them (a beautiful woman can ... but if she doesn't need to ... you will get a starfish!).
Move on my friend! Do it smart, do it with class, but do it!
Your troubles will be behind you when that woman is behind you. Don't be like me and countless other forgiving, stupid men and wait for years to have your prostate ripped out from inside you! You, like me, might have to sign away a half million+ bucks (where the first time, I'd have gotten off with no dept).
Find an honorable woman. Don't think that there is one ethnic better than the rest. Eventually, they all are aware of their options. Or ... learn the trade that is taught at sosuave and have some fun, a lot of fun!
In short, if you keep this women, you will pay. You will lose half+ of your retirement. She will cheat again and guess what ... it will again be your fault!
BTW, there are better sites than this one to help you through the breakup (enotalone, or ojar), but there are no other sites better to help you become a man prepared for 2014 than sosuave.
I usually don't make such an effort when posting, but your story moved me a little! Do consider my writings, I've lived much in my 51 years.
SH.