I recently found out that my wife has been having an affair for the past five years. Five years. Half of our marriage. The part that stings the most isn’t just the betrayal, it’s that she feels almost no remorse. When we talked, she said it “just happened,” that she “needed something for herself,” and then she blamed me. She said I was emotionally distant, that I stopped making her feel wanted.
And here’s the painful part, I can’t completely deny it. Somewhere along the way, I got caught up in work, in being a dad, in just trying to keep everything afloat. I stopped paying attention to her the way I used to. So yeah, I can see how I contributed to the distance.
