I am totally confused..HELP
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I am totally confused..HELP
| Tue, 05-11-2004 - 7:49am |
Ok so I can;t believe this but I am totally considering ending my EMA. I don't know what has come over me. It certainly isn't b/c my H has stepped up tp the plate. I am just getting tired. MM was great on Friday and we talked all day. We had our usual NC for the weekend. He called twice yesterday so you would think I'd me feeling fine but I am not. I am just getting exhausted. I am tired of feeling like I always want to check my email to see if he's written. I am tired of waiting for my cell phone to ring (which does happen everyday). I am tired of wishing the weekends away so we can talk again. We actually got got into an arguement last night b/c of me. I am sure today he is annoyed. I just don't want to work at this so much. It should be easier. Of course I am scared to death to even tell him I need a little time, never mind I want to end it. I don't know what to do. I don't want to do or say anything I may regret! This is the first time in a year and a half that I have even thought like this. What should I do?

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Some of your insights were on the money. One of you mentioned that you should end it when you are at the height of that roller coaster ride; when you are the strongest. She was right. After 1 1/2 years into my A, the rest of my life tumbled when my daughter left for college. She was my pillar of strentgh. I ended up having to move twice in a 4 month period and where was MM? The same place he always was....unavailable except for once or twice a week for an hour of sex. BFD!!! This is when the roller coaster ride screeched to a halt and I jumped off. I abrutly ended my A because I was totally fatigued, stressed, depressed, etc. Affairs can do that to you. It took me 9 months (just like a pregnancy ) to re-create myself. It was the toughest thing I ever had to do, but I came back a much stronger, focused, and healthier person; until MM and I plunged into it again...only this time, I have the upper emotional hand. He KNOWS I don't need him. His words, "I have never known a woman as strong as you. Even though I am always worrying about you, I realise now that there isn't any need to. I just want to :)"
**Terri**
I don't know either!
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Once we realize that an affair is mainly a timed, planned encounter; that it's value is in understanding there really isn't any value other than a few moments of connectiveness with someone we love/lust. Eventually the "dream" becomes harsh "reality" and just like the earth settling over a period of time, a shaky foundation is formed. But I equate affairs as being built over earthquake faults. At any given moment they can abruptly activate, and cause great destruction. I always keep this in mind when there is "yuk yuk" in my "ya ya". (bad days mixed up in the good ones). Yeah, all relationships have this, but you and I decided to take that rocky road. If you are at all like me, and can enjoy living in the moment, your A will survive and possible even thrive.
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Hah! I have said this many times but finally realized that he is only trying to share the parts of his life he thinks would interest me. I told my MM a long time ago not to mention his W....EVER, before or after intimacy. Sometimes you just have to set the rules. It's the only control we have.
T.
**Terri**
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