DJ_Traveler said:
Since you guys think I am caving in. How would you guys handle it with the wife?
Before last thursday, I have to say that my wife and I have always been close. I felt totally comfortable being around my wife like we are one ( I know this sound corny).
Things will never be the same. I still love my wife, but I never thought she could be this dumb to pull something like this. The fact is that I will never know which is just as bad.
The sad thing is that she may not have cheated on you sexually, but she sure did break the trust.
Of course you know her better than any of us, YOU know her better than Latinoman, Speeddawg, iqqi, ect.
I personally think most of the guys are almost SILLY in their overloaded paranoid ideas here.
With the newer details that have emerged, I would NOT make that wager that she cheated.
Josh paid for her AND other guy.
She was with Josh AND other guy the whole time. Not just her and Josh, which led me to believe earlier, that it was intimate. I for the record DO NOT THINK SHE CHEATED now.
BUT. Her coming in that late was a BIG no no, and you guys are really going to have to work through this, you are most likely to benefit from marriage counseling at this point, and not a bunch of paranoid dudes on sosuave who call anyone who disagrees with them a woman.
What else was I going to say...
OH. The dad being sick thing, the new baby, the complaining of wanting to go out, it leads me to think she was depressed, overwhelmed, feeling underappreciated, and losing her identity. That last one is a biggie.
This has been festering, and I think it is very mature of you to be able to see your part in this, and what you didn't do right. (You ignored her pleas).
For this to work, she needs to be mature and take responsibility for her wrong actions.
Marriage counseling. DO IT!