[Dayman]

"I told her I will never be with another woman, that she is my only love forever." I may not be a rocket seorgeon but it sounds like you may have strayed. It's admirable that you want to patch up the relationship but understand that if you did what it sounds like you did then she may do the same thing to you. You need to be prepared for that. She might not, but she might. I'm still sorry for your situation. In the meantime get drunk, sober up tomorrow morning and go buy something you have always wanted. It doesn't matter what it is. You're about to be a much poorer man so if you want something nice you better go get it.

[savedbygrace]

No, I didn’t stray. I have anger issues, and over the years, I’ve thought I was just venting, which provided me with pressure relief.

I had no idea that the whole time I was venting, I was deeply wounding her. After 37 years, she’d absorbed too much of that and couldn’t take anymore.