[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
^ I don’t know Pat, maybe I missed some details, but that’s not what I’ve gathered so far. From what OP has written it sounds like she has flirted with this guy through text and probably in person. He doesn’t know if anything physical happened correct?
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No, we don’t know for sure, but then again… The behaviour described fits the pattern of actual cheating, not ‘inappropriate flirting’. No we don’t know for sure, but if something physical didn’t happen, I’ll eat my hat.
The symptoms are absolute, crystal classic affair behavior. The change in behaviour, the deleting of texts, the admissions to a lesser crime, while still being evasive, continuing ‘to be friends’ even after said inappropriate behavior has ceased, etc. It’s standard fare.
Think about what would be normal behaviour if say it were you and you were just inappropriately flirting? Would you tolerate being treated like a cheater if you didn’t cheat? I sure as hell wouldn’t. You would defend yourself, not evade the topic. In the end the attitude for simple sexting should be:
“Yeah, I said some things I shouldn’t have, I flirted, but I’ll be damned if you are going to accuse me of cheating.” ← This didn’t happen. It was more like, “but we only sexted, but I’ll take the accusation of cheating because I shouldn’t have done even that.” Nu-uh.
The behavoiur expressed is the behavior of cheating.
I wouldn’t tolerate getting kicked out, losing my phone, maybe, but not kicked out.
The words and the reactions don’t match. Why is she being so timid about the consequences and being all nice if she was accused of, and being treated as if her crime were greater, if it were not?
Her behaviour gives her away. Right now, she thinks if she admits everything, it’s over for her. She might be right, but at this juncture getting caught after the fact will be FAR worse than coming clean now.
All we need is the body, the scene of the crime is pretty standard.
The reality is that flirting IS NOT cheating. It’s not right, but it’s also not riding another dude’s pole. One is far worse than the other.
And yes, there are 2 sides to every story, but unless Raven is a liar, the behaviour he described is standard, classic, affair behaviour. Even the time frame matches the average.
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OP, if you love this woman and your satisfied was faithful or able to forgive her, I hope you use this pot hole as a catalyst to repave the road so to speak. Go see a certified marriage counselor. [/quote]
This marriage doesn’t have to be over even if she did the ultimate betrayal. But other than the OP’s willingness to forgive and work through it, it’s all up to her. The only thing Raven has to do is demand the truth, find the truth and stick to his guns.
AND if there is ANY chance of saving this counseling is MANDATORY, there is no other option. You won’t figure it out on your own, the emotions are too strong.