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[quote=Anonymous]I am now almost fifty years old and started to date my beloved spouse when I was only twenty-one.  They have been my one and only in all of those years, I have never cheated in any way.  (Though even now I am considered attractive, and other people are/have been attracted to me.)

Sadly, almost eighteen months ago my beloved spouse (BS) began an affair.  I believe them when they say it was their first affair in all our years together.  Seven months later BS left me, their family, and their career, and moved away to pursue a life with the affair partner (AP).  In that time BS claims to have broken it off with their AP,  but I know BS continues to actively pursue the AP and maintain an on/off relationship with them, and that BS has also carried on at least one other serious relationship, as well as slept with a number of others.  They have also taken to drinking and partying more.  It is an exaggerated midlife crisis of narcissistic self-indulgence, combined with pheromonal madness, and the psychology of confronting one's own mortality.

I continue to raise our children, mainly in BS's absence, and to try to keep us happy, healthy, and focused.  I also continue to wear my wedding ring to this day.  And I have still never cheated in any way, shape, or form, not even so much as taking a date after a year's abandonment (though friends want me to).  Neither of us has filed for divorce.  I still love BS as much as I ever did, despite the incredible pain and hardship their actions have brought our family, I cannot help my love for them.  And I remain always hopeful that one day we will find a way back toward working to repair our relationship and family, and be with one another again.  [/quote]

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