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[quote=Anonymous]I'm going to be an outlier here, but I think it would be weird for OP's husband to gather everyone around and confess that he's been lying all this time.  He's right that it would make everyone uncomfortable and it would be very weird.  If I was one of the friends and I've been hearing crap about my friend's so for 5 years - either in a joking or complaining way - I would not want to sit there and hear him tell me it's all untrue and he was wrong while the so sat there.

It just seems more like an elementary school aged punishment aimed at the husband.  "Now stand up in front of class and tell everyone you're sorry you were mean and you won't do it again."

It's just creepy.

Having said that, though, OP, if you're still reading.  If you want to accept your husband's limitations and try to move forward, then you can try to get him to start including you in these outings going forward and not going if you're not invited, cutting off any bad-mouthing from now on and just start sharing good things about you with his friends.

I think you'll have to hear and see him doing these things for a while before you'll gain his trust again, but I think that if he TRULY is sorry and really wants to fix this, then he should agree to doing all of this.  [/quote]

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