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anon
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posted June 30, 2001 10:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for anon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am 32, she 36.
WAW - separated since 05/30/01.
Married 2 yrs. 05/28/01.
Having affair w/recently divorced "friend".
I am currently in counseling and started taking Zoloft this week for depression.
She is doing absolutely nothing to help relationship, saying that she needs to find "herself" - guess the guy is helping her look in her bed.

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scarlet pumpernickle
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posted June 30, 2001 01:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for scarlet pumpernickle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Male

both 33

BS

11 years married

2 years have known spouse before marriage

3 months since "discovery"/Pre-discovery

4+ months total length of the affair

Both EA&PA

1 Affair

Currently in: Plan A / Recovery /for 3 months

Living together

OP is: married

OP is: co-worker/a friend

Has divorce been: discussed

Following principles of: MB

2+ months on the Marriage Builders forums

Very personal… Very optional…
(no need to respond to these unless you think you want to/can help someone)


2 children of the marriage 14 - 9

Who has physical custody? both

Aborted Pregnancy

In counseling? Alone/with Spouse

On medication/anti-depressants?… What kind? NONE

Mid-Life Crisis involved? no

Alcoholism involved? no

Has there been STD as a result of affair? no/unknown

Abuse? no

Suicide attempted? no

Lesbian/Gay issues? no

Anything Else…it's completely up to you…

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...Keeping a stiff upper lip
-Scarlet Pumpernickle
s_pumpernickle@yahoo.com

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tossedwave
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posted July 07, 2001 08:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tossedwave     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1. Female

2. BS53/WS55

3. BS

4. 32 YRS MARRIED

5. 6 years

6. 4/21/01 D-DAY

7. A POSSIBLY STARTED IN FEB OR MAR

8. EA AND SOMEWHAT PA

9. 2 AFFAIRS IN THE PAST 22 YEARS

10. PLAN A BUT GAVE HIM A PLAN B LETTER. STILL LIVING TOGETHER

11. LIVING TOGETHER BUT WS STILL REGULARLY SEES OW

12. OW IS 26 YR OLD SINGLE GIRL WHO WAS ENGAGED DURING AFFAIR

13. OW IS A co-worker

14. Divorce was discussed when H felt he did not want to be married anymore but now cannot make a decision

15. Following principles of: MB

16. Found in April 2001

Very personal… Very optional…
(no need to respond to these unless you think you want to/can help someone)


1. 2 children of the marriage--S31 AND S26

2. NO CUSTODAY NEEDED. THEY MAY NEED TO GET CUSTODY OF ONE OF US

3. NO OTHER MARRIGES OR CHILDREN (THAT WE ARE AWARE OF)

4. NO COUNSELING AT PRESENT OR WORKING ON MARRIAGE IS HAPPENING AT ALL

5. NO MEDS

6. MLC-WS HAS MENTIONED IT SO IT SEEMS LIKE AN ISSUE FOR HIM

7. YES --ALCOHOL IS A MAJOR LB FOR US AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN

8. NO STD

9. NO ABUSE

10 NO SUICIDE

11.NO GAY/LESBIAN ISSUES

12.WS IS A PARAPLEGIC SO I GUESS THE A IS MOSTLY A MAJOR EMOTIONAL THING

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Caribgirl
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posted July 09, 2001 02:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Caribgirl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've taken a long time, but here goes:

1. Female
2. I'm 32 - Spouse-35
3. I'm the Betrayed Spouse
4. Married 5 yrs this Sept.
5. Were close friends for 12 yrs prior to marriage
(platonic relationship)
6. D-Day: Feb 2001
7. According to tel bills: 6 months (Aug 00-Feb 01 )
8. EA (no proof of PA)
9. Only this one
10.Plan A
11.Living together
12.Don't know status of OW
13.OW is Friend
14.No Divorce discussed
15.Following Principles of MB
16.Five months on MB forum

1. Our 4-year old son
2. Both of us have custody
3. No other children involved
4. I read Dr. Harley's books - no other counseling
5. No medication
6. No mid-life crisis
7. No alcoholism
8. No STD's
9. No abuse
10.No suiside attempts
11.No lesbian/gay issues


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CPL

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Caribgirl
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posted July 09, 2001 02:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Caribgirl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1.Female
2.My Age-33 and Spouse's Age-36
3.Betrayed Spouse
4.Five years married (this Sept)
5.Have known spouse 18 yrs before marriage (platonic
relationship - best friends)
6.Five months since "discovery" (Feb 2001)
7.Length of the affair is 6 months (Aug 2000 - Feb 2001) according to telephone bills
8.EA - have no proof of PA
9.## of Affairs - only this one (known)
10.Currently in: Plan A for 6 months
11.Living together
12.OP is: Don't know OP status
13.OP is: A friend
14.Has divorce been: discussed/requested? NO
15.Following principles of: MB
16.## months on the Marriage Builders forums - 6 months

1.## children of the marriage (Only 1: Our 4-year-old son)
2.Who has physical custody? Both of us
3.Are there Other Children(OCs) involved (pregancy wrt to wayward)? NO / GOD FORBID!!
4.Reading Dr. Harley's books - HNHN, LB....Alone
5.No medication/anti-depressants.
6.No Mid-Life Crisis involved
7.No alcoholism involved
8.No STD's
9.No Abuse
10.No Suicide attempts
11.No Lesbian/Gay issues
12.As far as I know, H has had no contact with OW since D-Day. He's improved in a lot of ways, but I'm still on the lookout. Shows remorse when wrong, and makes up in an acceptable way. Hoping to convince him to read the books with me. Wish me luck!!

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CPL

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Caribgirl
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posted July 09, 2001 02:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Caribgirl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1.Female
2.My Age-33 and Spouse's Age-36
3.Betrayed Spouse
4.Five years married (this Sept)
5.Have known spouse 18 yrs before marriage (platonic
relationship - best friends)
6.Five months since "discovery" (Feb 2001)
7.Length of the affair is 6 months (Aug 2000 - Feb 2001) according to telephone bills
8.EA - have no proof of PA
9.## of Affairs - only this one (known)
10.Currently in: Plan A for 6 months
11.Living together
12.OP is: Don't know OP status
13.OP is: A friend
14.Has divorce been: discussed/requested? NO
15.Following principles of: MB
16.## months on the Marriage Builders forums - 6 months

1.## children of the marriage (Only 1: Our 4-year-old son)
2.Who has physical custody? Both of us
3.Are there Other Children(OCs) involved (pregancy wrt to wayward)? NO / GOD FORBID!!
4.Reading Dr. Harley's books - HNHN, LB....Alone
5.No medication/anti-depressants.
6.No Mid-Life Crisis involved
7.No alcoholism involved
8.No STD's
9.No Abuse
10.No Suicide attempts
11.No Lesbian/Gay issues
12.As far as I know, H has had no contact with OW since D-Day. He's improved in a lot of ways, but I'm still on the lookout. Shows remorse when wrong, and makes up in an acceptable way. Hoping to convince him to read the books with me. Wish me luck!!

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CPL

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Caribgirl
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posted July 09, 2001 02:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Caribgirl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1.Female
2.My Age-33 and Spouse's Age-36
3.Betrayed Spouse
4.Five years married (this Sept)
5.Have known spouse 18 yrs before marriage (platonic
relationship - best friends)
6.Five months since "discovery" (Feb 2001)
7.Length of the affair is 6 months (Aug 2000 - Feb 2001) according to telephone bills
8.EA - have no proof of PA
9.## of Affairs - only this one (known)
10.Currently in: Plan A for 6 months
11.Living together
12.OP is: Don't know OP status
13.OP is: A friend
14.Has divorce been: discussed/requested? NO
15.Following principles of: MB
16.## months on the Marriage Builders forums - 6 months

1.## children of the marriage (Only 1: Our 4-year-old son)
2.Who has physical custody? Both of us
3.Are there Other Children(OCs) involved (pregancy wrt to wayward)? NO / GOD FORBID!!
4.Reading Dr. Harley's books - HNHN, LB....Alone
5.No medication/anti-depressants.
6.No Mid-Life Crisis involved
7.No alcoholism involved
8.No STD's
9.No Abuse
10.No Suicide attempts
11.No Lesbian/Gay issues
12.As far as I know, H has had no contact with OW since D-Day. He's improved in a lot of ways, but I'm still on the lookout. Shows remorse when wrong, and makes up in an acceptable way. Hoping to convince him to read the books with me. Wish me luck!!

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CPL

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Caribgirl
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posted July 09, 2001 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Caribgirl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1.Female
2.My Age-33 and Spouse's Age-36
3.Betrayed Spouse
4.Five years married (this Sept)
5.Have known spouse 18 yrs before marriage (platonic
relationship - best friends)
6.Five months since "discovery" (Feb 2001)
7.Length of the affair is 6 months (Aug 2000 - Feb 2001) according to telephone bills
8.EA - have no proof of PA
9.## of Affairs - only this one (known)
10.Currently in: Plan A for 6 months
11.Living together
12.OP is: Don't know OP status
13.OP is: A friend
14.Has divorce been: discussed/requested? NO
15.Following principles of: MB
16.## months on the Marriage Builders forums - 6 months

Optional:
1.## children of the marriage (Only 1: Our 4-year-old son)
2.Who has physical custody? Both of us
3.Are there Other Children(OCs) involved (pregancy wrt to wayward)? NO / GOD FORBID!!
4.Reading Dr. Harley's books - HNHN, LB....Alone
5.No medication/anti-depressants.
6.No Mid-Life Crisis involved
7.No alcoholism involved
8.No STD's
9.No Abuse
10.No Suicide attempts
11.No Lesbian/Gay issues
12.As far as I know, H has had no contact with OW since D-Day. He's improved in a lot of ways, but I'm still on the lookout. Shows remorse when wrong, and makes up in an acceptable way. Hoping to convince him to read the books with me. Wish me luck!!

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INDY_357
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posted July 09, 2001 03:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for INDY_357     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1. Male
2. I am 24/wife 27
3. Betrayed
4. 6 years married
5. 10 years have known spouse before marriage
6. 6 months since "discovery"/Pre-discovery
7. Still ongoing
8. Both EA&PA
9. 1 of Affairs (approximate)
10. Currently in: Plan A 6 months
11. Living separate (6 of months)
12. OP is: divorced
13. OP is: co-worker
14. Has divorce been: Filed by W in Feb 2001.
15. Following principles of: MB
16. 3 months on the Marriage Builders forums
Very personal… Very optional…
(no need to respond to these unless you think you want to/can help someone)

1. ## children of the marriage- (3) 7 stepdaughter, 6 son, 3 daughter
2. Who has physical custody? I have custody of the two in the marriage. My IL’s have my stepdaughter.
3. Are there Other Children(OCs) involved (pregancy wrt to wayward)? OM has a son the same age as mine.
4. In counseling? With Other…and…Alone
5. On medication/anti-depressants? None.
6. Mid-Life Crisis involved? No.
7. Alcoholism involved? No.
8. Has there been STD as a result of affair? Unknown
9. Abuse? No.
10. Suicide attempted? No.
11. Lesbian/Gay issues? No.
12. Anything Else…it's completely up to you…

Indy

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BINthereDUNthat
Member
posted July 12, 2001 04:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for BINthereDUNthat     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1.Female
2.I'm 39, he's 34
3.Was an OP when single, have been a faithful wife, fighting temptation tho. The devil is persistent.
4.8 years married
5.Knew spouse 1 month before engaged, 9 months total engagement period.
6-9.There has been no affair. Working on prevention mostly. That's what brought me here.
10.No plan
11.Living together happily.
12-13.No other person
14-15.No divorce, but lots of blowups and close calls. We basically didn't know each other after only 9 months engaged.
16.Signed onto MB in 03/2001

We have 3 kids, oldest from my previous involvement as an OP.

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trueheart
Member
posted July 12, 2001 09:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for trueheart     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi all....here we go...

Male
I am 44, W is 45
I am the WS
D-day was 3/2001
Off and on A for about 3 months on net, other *flirtings* before this
A was cyber in nature, mostly to fill void
We Plan A'd before I even knew what it was. I cut off all contact after D-day, before finding this site, have had NO contact since, and dont want any. We are currently in recovery.
Currently not Living together due to nature of jobs
OP is from internet
Currently, I am employing the MB rules and she knows about the site, but has not been here yet. I relay information to her on a regular basis. I found the site about two days after discovery.

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tears of sorrow
Member
posted July 17, 2001 08:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tears of sorrow     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Female
I am 32, H 34
Betrayed
9 1/2yrs married
Known spouse 5yrs before marriage
2 1/2months since discovery
3 months length of the affair
Both EA&PA
2 AFFAIRS
Currently in Plan A(sort of)
Living together
OW IS: married, OW IS: single
OW Both from internet
Divorced has been on my mind. Not so much discussed.
1 month on MB forums

1 son, 18months old
In counselling with Spouse, however now we will be attending individually with different counsellors to get past certain issues which are affecting our path to repairing our marriage.
N/A to the remaining questions.

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husband in pain
Junior Member
posted July 21, 2001 08:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for husband in pain     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Male

Age 50 Spouse 27

Betrayed

4 years married

4 years have lived with spouse before marriage

3 weeks since "discovery"/Pre-discovery

2 weeks total length of the affair

Both EA&PA

2 Affairs

Currently in: Plan A 3 weeks

Living together

OP is: married

OP is: Other

Has divorce been: requested by WS

Following principles of: MB

3 weeks on the Marriage Builders forums

1 children of the marriage 19 months

Who has physical custody? still married

No other children involved

In counseling? with Other…and…with Spouse

On medication/anti-depressants?… No

Mid-Life Crisis involved? No

Alcoholism involved? No

Has there been STD as a result of affair? Don't think so

Abuse? No

Suicide attempted? No

Lesbian/Gay issues? No

You will no doubt note the age difference but OM is older than I am.

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29Guy
Member
posted July 24, 2001 09:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 29Guy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here goes:
Male,
30 / 27
BS
4.5 years married
knew/dated W for 4 years before marriage
1 month since D Day
length of A: unknown
EA for sure, probably PA as well
# affairs: 1
Currently in: Plan A
Living Together
OP is: VERY recently divorced
Op is: high school friend of W
Divorce: has been discussed, (by her)
Following MB principles
1 month on MB forums


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techlady
Junior Member
posted July 26, 2001 04:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for techlady     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1. Female
2. I'm 28, he's 29
3. Betrayed
4. Married for 5yrs
5. Knew my H for 5months before marriage
6. 2 months since I found the emails
7. 3 months of chatting with each other
8. EA (he says they never met)
9. 2 emotional affairs
10. We are in recovery
11. We are still living together
12. OP is single
13. He met her playing spades online
14. I have discussed divorce w/ him...I don't want to be w/ someone that feels like I'm not good enough. He doesn't want a divorce...says he just made stupid mistakes.
15. We both are trying to meet each others needs.
16. 3 months on the forum.

1. 1 child, under 2
4. His idea to see a counselor, we have attended weekly...going on 4 weeks.
5. no meds
6. no mid-life crisis
7. no alcoholosism
8. no STD
9. no abuse
10. no suicide attempt
11. no gay issues

We met, fell in love, and got married very quickly. He said in the emails that he thought it was a mistake and felt that we moved to fast. He says to me he was talking crazy and that all he wants is me. I don't really know what to believe.

I'm 5'5", 115 lbs, long dark brown hair, brown eyes, work full time. He works full time as well. We both do our share at home.

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