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Is it worth staying with a wife who lies and cheats?

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She's Trying To Find What's Missing In Herself By Having Affairs

It's obvious that your wife has major intimacy problems probably stemming from the childhood abuse.

Lefty

It doesn't matter WHY she's doing it. He shouldn't let her hurt him anymore.

She doesn't value herself much, and she's looking for value by sleeping with other men. Instead of dealing with her problems she uses promiscuity to help her cope. Or something like that. Whatever she's doing it is because she doesn't love herself enough and because of the past which has scarred her. I'm no expert but I've been in a similar situation. I'm not going to go into detail about it, but my experience with that is guiding my intuition to tell you that:

Your Wife Is a Walking Emergency

Jeannie

I agree, his wife IS a walking emergency, but at this particular point in time, so is HE.

She should be getting counseling and getting better, and if she can't admit that she is cheating or that she is hurting and that she has all of these problems you need to let her know that it is imperative that she do. Not because she is only hurting you. But she is hurting your future child and herself when she acts this way.

Love Yourself

I don't know if you heard this before. But you can't love someone else if you don't love yourself. And you wife has a bundle of problems and you knew this when you first met her. "Love" doesn't always conquer all. You can't make someone well adjusted and happy because you love them. Is that what you felt that you could make her forget her past and move on?

You Alone Can't Help Her

She can only do that herself with the help of counselors, and professionals who know what they are doing. But this didn't happen. And for six years you've been married to a woman with a whole bunch of turmoil inside. And what's worse is that you decided to have a child to be a "proper" family.

Do you really believe that?

You're hurt and your wife is probably hurting as well. This sounds like major damage that she has been through. It's going to take major time to fix whatever's broken between you and inside her.

Separate

I think you should separate for a while and try to get your own life straight and in the process tell her that she needs help and can only help herself is she wants to.

I don't mean to burst your bubble but I don't think that she will be any more faithful or any less distant any time soon.

Be Fair To Yourself And To The Child

You shouldn't waste your best years with her as harsh as it sounds even though you do love her. It's not fair to you and it probably hurts like hell to break away from her but you have to do it. For you and the child that may be yours.

Good Luck
Jayne

 

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