Originally posted by werfghj@May 21 2005, 12:25 PM
1. YES i do want to continue the marriage, we wouldnt be going to counseling if we didn't.
2. she DID not have sex with the guy. but she did "fall in love" with him
3. our daughter is 2 & 1/2 and she loves her mommy and daddy. together.
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You're going to learn (the hard way) that the good part of your marital therapy will involve really getting to the emotional root of what the affair had done to both you and her, exploring your anger and your want for revenge on the guy, validation of your feelings, acceptance of your partner, and working toward trust resolution. You're a big man physically, but therapy is really going to feel like 12 rounds of hell for you emotionally. I'm glad that you have the resolve to want to make things work. And I'm sure that you'll learn that this will be tougher than you think.
I'm not going to rehash how you're putting the emphasis on the wrong person if you think fucking
him is going to make you feel okay or make the situation right. Listen to those members wisely.
If your therapist is worth his or her salt, then I think your therapist will spend a good deal of time letting you both air out what the affair meant to you and to balance and validate those feelings in such a way that sessions don't become an hour of "beating your partner down verbally and emotionally." Go get in a ring if you feel like you need to take out your frustrations like that. And it's going to be tough, man.
I suggest that these things you wrote need to be plastered someone you can see 'em and reflect on 'em... whether it's in your wallet, at a gym locker, something. So you can say to yourself over and over, if need be, that despite how angry you are, part of you feels really hurt inside and wants to get your wife and kid and you back together and to move past this.