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My Husband had an Affair — it Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us
New York Post ^ | March 19, 2023 | Jack Hobbs

Posted on 03/19/2023 4:00:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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Charity now works as a coach who helps other married couples overcome betrayal and fidelity.

“We were two empty vessels trying to suck the life out of each other,” said Charity. “We are each responsible for our own happiness.”

Despite the heartache, Charity says the affaire made their marriage stronger. “This affair turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to our marriage,” said Charity. “It shattered everything but we were in a toxic unhealthy place.”

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1 posted on 03/19/2023 4:00:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I was in that same unhappy, toxic place. I intercepted explicit photos to and from her ex.

Divorce happened. And you know what? Much happier with that result.


2 posted on 03/19/2023 4:02:28 PM PDT by Celerity
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I'm pretty sure that "Best thing that ever happened to us" would not be the reaction of my wife.

I could be wrong, but I'm not willing to find out.

3 posted on 03/19/2023 4:06:52 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,942,927 Truth | 87,539,833 Twitter)
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To: nickcarraway

Even if a couple spends the rest of their lives making the marriage, after infidelity, it never returns to the same state as before the affair. There is always an eternal barrier between the spouses that neither can really overcome. It can only be a different marriage for the rest of their lives.


4 posted on 03/19/2023 4:07:19 PM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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To: nickcarraway

She’s full of it. He’ll cheat again and she’ll pour more money on a liberal therapist.


5 posted on 03/19/2023 4:08:55 PM PDT by dragonblustar (WEF = World Economic Fascists. )
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To: nickcarraway

Did he give you a STD,too?


6 posted on 03/19/2023 4:10:16 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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“We were two empty vessels trying to suck the life out of each other,” said Charity.

Sounds like they needed some better sex counseling.

7 posted on 03/19/2023 4:11:38 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: nickcarraway

Saw the pic. He looks a bit afraid.


8 posted on 03/19/2023 4:15:55 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, that is their job. )
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To: dragonblustar

She’s actually making money on this, so I guess the family finances are now dependent on the music major keeping it zipped.


9 posted on 03/19/2023 4:18:14 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, that is their job. )
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To: SamAdams76

Same here, and besides, we’re happy, not much money, but we have a roof and food. Retired- done with that rat race.The kids are doing ok, why eff things up?


10 posted on 03/19/2023 4:26:21 PM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: nickcarraway

Another story about Hillary Clinton? No thanks.


11 posted on 03/19/2023 4:26:37 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: BlackAdderess

Well, music majors don’t get more for that?


12 posted on 03/19/2023 4:27:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Celerity
I had an ex who spent a lot of time "at the office" and got a surprising # of calls at home from her boss. This was in the days before caller ID was available, so I could only guess as to the number of calls based on the number I incidentally picked up. I very politely asked her if this was something I needed to know about and she lied to me and denied the matter entirely. I believed her and felt terrible for even raising the question.

We headed to divorce anyway, and I accepted a job in another state as the divorce neared finality. Movers were in the house cataloging and packing all my stuff (books for the most part) and one of the movers holds up a leather bound thin hardcover book and asks "does this go too?" There was no title and nothing on the binding, and I looked at it and realized it was her diary. She stored it behind a row of my books (!) I read it quickly and nearly fell down - it was a self-confessional about the affair she was having with her boss and her bisexual inclinations with friends and colleagues.

The night before I had read that I told her I would call off the movers and reject the job offer and stay if she was willing to consent to a stay of the divorce proceedings. She rejected that idea and I was really torn. But, the next day, reading the diary severed any sense of residual commitment I had left. It was like being shot out of a cannon on my way to a new job and a new life. Which happened to lead to meeting my wife of, now, twenty-one years, and the greatest happiness of my life.

I cannot believe that there is anything you can do to restore trust and commitment once one spouse engages in infidelity. You can fool yourself into thinking it does not matter, but then what you have at that point is not a marriage - it's an accommodation.

13 posted on 03/19/2023 4:28:01 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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I don’t know, but the woman also looks like she would cheerfully chop up the family pet.


14 posted on 03/19/2023 4:30:15 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, that is their job. )
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To: nickcarraway

A bottle blonde. Ain’t nothing real about this one


15 posted on 03/19/2023 4:30:45 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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16 posted on 03/19/2023 4:36:10 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Celerity

Same here. Stayed with her for the kids.

She cheated again. Divorced her.

I am so much happier and wealthier!

And the kids spend very little time with her.


17 posted on 03/19/2023 4:38:11 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Bible agrees.

Or maybe it doesn’t.


19 posted on 03/19/2023 4:47:30 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: BlackAdderess

I had to look for the picture.

Then I noticed - they met at church camp.

And he is something called a “music pastor”???

Whatever religion they say they are, they worship Satan.


20 posted on 03/19/2023 4:47:34 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic!)
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