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  • 10/11/2007 @ 16:09 red said:
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    I have been having an affair with a married man for ten years. I have been through all of the stages of thinking he would leave his wife and be with me - and realised he never would. In many senses that is fine. In some ways it has been easier to not have the day-to-day of someone around the place. Yet now as i get older - and winter nights start drawing days to a close so early - i find that i miss companionship. Perhaps i should get out there and finally find someone of my own.
  • 10/11/2007 @ 16:45 Swon said:
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    Red, if you have put up with this situation for 10 years, I don't think you will be able to walk away, even though you probably should. Maybe this guy would like to be with you too, but he loves his family and doesn't want to hurt them, even though he's hurting you who he also loves; possibly more than his wife.  I really hope you work it out because I know how much it hurts not being with the person you want to be with, got the T-shirt etc.  All the best.
  • 10/11/2007 @ 21:39 muffin said:
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    Hi Red - sadly there is no answer - thid relationship was good at the time as you have recognised bit it is time to move forward.   Its tough when you have fallen for someone and believed there is a future together - but as you have realised there isnt then the control is back in your hands and you need to decide what works for you and what doesnt - you now call the shots and sitting alone in the evenings may well not be the answer - a change of direction  - maybe?

     

  • 11/11/2007 @ 07:45 red said:
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    I feel you are both right - s1dg5y and muffin - i cannot walk away and yet i need to find a new direction. I know that he is terrified of losing me - and he is loyal to his family too - he does not want to hurt them - he is a good man - just stuck. I am not sure that i can love anyone else - or want to - but perhaps i need to go out and spend time with other people. I think some company may help - not that i lack friends - but i could make more effort. It is so very hard knowing you will never be with the person that has most touched you in your whole life.
  • 11/11/2007 @ 09:29 roze said:
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    I am not sure. I feel that somehow we can be most moved - touched - loved - by someone who we are not meant to be with. I think there are all sorts of things happening at a subconscious level that are shaping who we can be with. I had a brief and yet incredibly intense affair at the beginning of this year - which blew my marriage apart - and yet i do not think the person i was passionately in love with would have ever been 'the right' long term partner. Yet - now slowly - i find my husband and i (who still live apart) are talking better than we ever have done. There is something in all of this about knowing yourself - or being open to exploring yourself - okay - you can tell - i am in therapy - but it has opened doors i didn't know existed let alone those that i thought were closed.
  • 02/03/2008 @ 20:42 viperstrike said:
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    Red, i totally feel your pain here....to an extent.  I have been involved with a married man for several years too.  the difference is i am not in love with him.  i love him, he's my friend, but i never saw us together in the traditional sense.  i never expected him to leave his wife for me, nor ever thought he would.  and that is ok with me.  now that it's pretty much over i miss my friend more than anything else.  i still see him on occasion and we laugh and catch up, and that spark is still there, but as for the "affair"...it's done.

    this guy of yours...he may be a great guy and love you.  but you said he is loyal to his family.  that is the key phrase.  if he is still with his wife, then she must be his priority.  he is being selfish.  not wanting to lose you, not wanting to lose his family.  sounds like he is trying to have his cake and eat it too.  i don't mean to sound insensitive, and please don't take this the wrong way.  moving on after 10 years sounds torturous.  but girl, you need to make YOURSELF the priority.  take care of you.  it'll hurt, but in the end you will be stronger and have a stonger sense of self. 

    it took me a long time to comes to terms with end of my relationship.  i remember the nights standing at the window watching and waiting and him never showing up.  it upset me so many times.  one day i finally realized that i was never his priority nor would i ever be.  i decided at that time to never wait like that again.  and let me tell you, i feel better for it.

    you can do it....be strong. 

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