Are you single?Anonymous wrote:I have been in a long term affair with a coworker for a long time. Even though I'm younger and in better shape that my AP's wife, I'm still jealous of her! I know she's a victim in all of this but I still feel that way and have fantasize of telling her about my relationship with her husband. Just fantasy and I would never ever do that. I wonder if it's normal to feel that way.
Actually, it can't be a lie, even if he is telling the PP what she wants to hear. A person who connects with their spouse emotionally, by default, doesn't betray their trust by cheating.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP: I felt this way too. I'm not younger than his wife, but in way better shape and far prettier. We also shared a very strong emotional connection, something that by his own admission was missing from his marital relationship. The 'affair' such as it was has ended, although in our case it was a lot more emotional than physical. The emotional connection I had with him made me extremely jealous of his wife - the fact that he didn't connect with her emotionally made things worse for me, not better, with me frequently thinking "why could it not have been me". We didn't have a future together, and had to break it off, but I still feel slightly triumphant that he felt for me what he didn't feel for her.... But in the end, she has him, permanently, while I don't. That always kills any feelings of 'victory' that I might have.
That's what he told you and led you to believe. It often works when people (both men and women) seek to hold on to an affair.
Anonymous wrote:OP: I felt this way too. I'm not younger than his wife, but in way better shape and far prettier. We also shared a very strong emotional connection, something that by his own admission was missing from his marital relationship. The 'affair' such as it was has ended, although in our case it was a lot more emotional than physical. The emotional connection I had with him made me extremely jealous of his wife - the fact that he didn't connect with her emotionally made things worse for me, not better, with me frequently thinking "why could it not have been me". We didn't have a future together, and had to break it off, but I still feel slightly triumphant that he felt for me what he didn't feel for her.... But in the end, she has him, permanently, while I don't. That always kills any feelings of 'victory' that I might have.
Anonymous wrote:OP: I felt this way too. I'm not younger than his wife, but in way better shape and far prettier. We also shared a very strong emotional connection, something that by his own admission was missing from his marital relationship. The 'affair' such as it was has ended, although in our case it was a lot more emotional than physical. The emotional connection I had with him made me extremely jealous of his wife - the fact that he didn't connect with her emotionally made things worse for me, not better, with me frequently thinking "why could it not have been me". We didn't have a future together, and had to break it off, but I still feel slightly triumphant that he felt for me what he didn't feel for her.... But in the end, she has him, permanently, while I don't. That always kills any feelings of 'victory' that I might have.
Anonymous wrote:I have been in a long term affair with a coworker for a long time. Even though I'm younger and in better shape that my AP's wife, I'm still jealous of her! I know she's a victim in all of this but I still feel that way and have fantasize of telling her about my relationship with her husband. Just fantasy and I would never ever do that. I wonder if it's normal to feel that way.