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Anonymous asked in Family & RelationshipsMarriage & Divorce · 1 decade ago

What should I do about my marriage?

I'm twenty eight years old and I am married to a wonderful man....I love him but I am not in love with him. This is a long story but I'll try and make it short.

I married my husband at twenty, we were friends in high school and dated our Jr. and Sr. year. My husband was loving from the start, protective, sensitive towards my feelings and would/will do anything in this world for me(we were happy).

I have a brother who is five years older than me, and he has a friend that we both grew up with that is the same age with him, (let's call him david). I have known david since I was eleven years old, and which at the time he was sixteen, I know it's strange but from the beginning with us there was something there even as kids, but my brother and him were best friend. Throughout the years we flirted, hugged, expressed our love for each other but at the age of fifteen him and I talked and decided we could not hurt my brother like this, my mother knew and said he was too old for me and my brother would kill him...so we went on hiding our feelings and basically shutting each other out.

He married in 2002 and I was literally sick at the thought at it, I cried for weeks, months after he married he came to me and said I'm sorry and I know I made a mistake by getting married, I love you, I been in love with you since we were kids and I gotta be with you...I looked at him with this look of "now you man up" and I said to him I'm engaged and I can't be with you, he cried and said please don't make the same mistake that I made, I know you love me so don't this.... and I did.. I married .

Fast Forward.... One year ago I went back to my hometown to prepare our family business for remodel and my brother showed up with david..(why..why..why) I was in town for a month and within that month we began to have an affair, all the old feelings just resurface and we still loved each other. Anyway, today I am two months pregnant with my first child and it is davids baby, my husband and I have been apart for four months and have not had sex in four months, he recently came back home and said he wants to be with me, but now things have changed too much. David has a wife and a child and I have a husband. My husband keeps asking me if I'm pregnant because I'm starting to show, I keep saying no..I know I have to tell him. David wants us to both go and file divorce papers at the same time, so we both know each other is free, he wants to get married and have this baby together and get joint custody of his son. I don't want to hurt anyone, but we both love each other deeply.

A lot is at stake, I earn 135,000 a year, my husband earns 150,000 a year and we own property together(3houses), two cars in both our names and a joint bank account with over 80,000 dollars in this account, and most of all he paid for my schooling (pharmacy), could he make me pay this back? and what should I do about my marriage? I'm scared and confused but I know I am in love with David, I know he's my soul mate.

sorry about the length.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You're right, a lot is at stake here. But even so, your happiness is at stake too. The first thing you have to decide is what's more important, the things you listed above or your happiness. This is what I suggest:

    You shouldn't run and hide anymore, with your affair, pregnancy and feelings. Because first off it's very disrespectful to your spouse. It's hard to deal with these feelings, but it's not your husband's fault so you shouldn't punish him by lying to him. It's going to be harder to do that in the soon future anyway, since your pregnancy is starting to show.

    So I think it's time for you to come clean. Continue hiding and your journey is going to get so much harder from here. As hard as it may be you should get together with David and talk to him about what the both of you are going to do. Soon later both you and your spouse and him and his spouse should get together and explain everything. Be adults about it. There will be anger and disappointment involved, but if you spend the time yelling and arguing instead of talking and figuring things out then things won't be much better.

    If you end up getting everyone together and discussing the situation then here's another bit of advice to make the trip a little easier. Before meeting, get together with a counselor. Tell him/her the situation and ask if they can be around to help with advice and to keep things under control just in case things start to get out of hand.

    So don't hide any longer. You already hid this long and look what happened. An affair and a big mess. Imagine what will happen the longer you wait. If you're a good person and care about the people you love, then you should be honest to them, even though it may hurt.

    I hope my advice helps and the best of luck to you.

  • 1 decade ago

    First, you're not in love, nor is this guy your soul mate. Love takes time and shared experience together. You haven't had that with this new honey.

    Second, do you really want to be a homewrecker? Is that the nature of your character and integrity? YOU are doing things against his wife, child, HIM, and your husband as well. The husband you made vows with. Do your vows mean nothing? Even if your husband divorces you now, you'll always have the knowledge that you did the wrong thing and that it resulted in destroying a lot of people's lives.

    You talk to your husband and do it ASAP. He may give you what you want. Perhaps your new honey will leave his family, perhaps not. Statistically, it's not likely to happen. He's got an obligation to his child first and foremost, even over the one he's making with you. He's got a financial obligation to his child for at least 18 years. He stands to lose quite a lot. Perhaps your pregnancy isn't looking all that wonderful right now, especially since you're the 'other woman". Your husband could have the option of suing you for future earnings, which he should especially do under the circumstances. You seem more concerned over "stuff" than people. I think the very best thing that could happen to you under the circumstances is to learn some lessons in life and to grow up a lot.

    No! No blessings and happiness for you, not the smallest bit right now! YOU look into David's wife and child's faces and YOU tell them what you did! YOU watch your husband's reaction when you destroy his world. You explain to your child someday, how s/he came to be. Then wonder why s/he can't rely on you to be a good parent. How can you ever talk about honor, courage, integrity, marriage, relationships, with what you're doing to all these others?

    Tell your husband and let him give you his answer. Then leave. Let David take care of his family. You can make a living in another part of the country and raise your child. Let something good come of all of this shame.

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    1 decade ago

    Well I see divorce in your future whether it's by choice or not, so that is basically going to answer itself in time. When your husband realizes your pregnant, and he will, he'll do the math and then it's divorce court time, I'm sure. Do not try to pass the baby off as his, because you will only dig a deeper hole for yourself. As for the money, plan to lose some. You committed adultery, the baby is all the proof he needs, he will get a lot of your assets and such in community property. And in some states, mine included, no matter who the father of the child is, if the baby was conceived and/or delivered during a marriage, the husband is automatically considered the father and put on the birth certificate as such. My state is weird so it may be one of few. But I would look into that. Your husband could be the legal father of your child since you were married. I'm not saying that to worry you, but that's how it goes in situations like this. If this is the case you need to look into what can be done to get around this. If anything it will take time to fix. You mine as well get everything over with before the baby comes, you don't want to bring the baby into all this drama. Good luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    It sounds like you have already made up your mind. You want to be with David. I have to say up front that the way things happened were not ideal. You already know that and are living with the consequences. You have to sit down with your husband and be honest. It's past time for that. He probably already suspects something is going on with you. If he is asking if you are pregnant, he already has some suspicions. In the end, you will have to not worry about the financial aspect of your life with your husband, the court will take care of that for you. If you want to be with David, you will have to take what you are dealt. Good luck with all of this and God bless.

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  • 1 decade ago

    You had an affair and from what i hear thats not good in a divorce. You need to tell your husband your not in love iwth him anymore and havent been and be honest that you are pregnant cause you wont be able to hide that for long. As for david, i hope you know for a fact he is going to leave his wife.

  • 1 decade ago

    if you are only 2 months pregnant than you would not be showing. People don't start showing until 4 or 5 months. Also why was your husband just away for 4 months? Troll?

  • 1 decade ago

    Sounds like a movie! Lol! Good Luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you are the typical american skank, selfish and deluded. you believe your happiness is paramount and that you alone deserve what you want. you are spoiled and selfish, you have betrayed your covenant with your husband and defiled yourself. you poor husband doesn't deserve to be treated this way, you have dishonored him, you have insulted his worth, he will never forgive you and never should. Any man that would bang another man's wife is nothing but a dog, a slave to his lusts. you hope for some meaningful relationship with this old friend, there is no chance, to him you are not trustworthy, and you will end up kicked to the curb once he has had his fill of you. you just ruined a mans life and dignity, hope you are proud of yourself

  • 1 decade ago

    Talk. You have to talk to your husband. Don't ask questions online. Or talk to your mother. Mothers know everything.

  • 7 years ago

    What was the outcome? Hope everything is ok.

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