I post rarely on any forum, but this is something that I think I should post on.
There is nothing wrong with fantasy, we all have them, infact they are quite healthy, but as long as they stay as just that, fantasy. You stated that your wife cheated on you before marriage, cheating is cheating, regardless of you being married or not, marriage is a legal document, the bond and the trust should be there in any relationship. Obviously you know this as you have been hurt by it to such a degree that two children and probably countless years later you still carry the venom. So this is my professional advice to you, and yes it is professional.
Commiting adultery yourself will not make you feel better, it will only make you loathe yourself, it will destroy what you have left with your wife, and most probably destroy your relationship with your children, you need to cut contact with this other female on all levels but business, by mixing business and pleasure not only could you be out of a family but also out of a job.
What you need to do is make a decision, do you want your family and your marriage or not? If no, then you need to explain to this other woman that you have matters to deal with first, and end your marriage the correct way, then move on.
If you do want to keep your family, then you need to enter counselling, alone and with your wife. You need to go alone in order to work out what you are really feeling and why, and how to deal with it, and you need to go with your wife so she can understand and you can work through it together, it can be forgiven, but it is a hard road.
As a final thought, remember that she has a family too, do you want to be responsible for wrecking her home also? The guilt you would most probably carry after this, will be far worse than anything you may have felt to this point.
Thanks
JT
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