Well I’ve made it this far. Six months since d day. I suppose it’s an achievement and in many ways it feels like it. I’m not totally devastated all the time, just some of it. My WW is working to repair the damage she caused, albeit imperfectly.
There are also challenges. The pain is still pretty intense and I deal with sadness most days. My wife tries to read me and check up on me. But it’s always there on some level. Always
That’s part of it I guess. Most of the time the pain isn’t as intense as it once was. The shock has worn off. But I’m learning that I’ll have to accept that things will never be what they were. There will always be this thing that she did and I’ll never see her, or is, on the same way.
We are approaching several one year marks. I know when the affair started, when the first pictures were sent, when the lies really got going , etc. I can tell those are going to be hard days.
What advice can you offer on this next phase? How do you handle the anniversary triggers?
