tornbetween
Oct 16, 2012, 01:34 PM
Let's see if I can make a long story short. 12 years ago, I was in a terrible marriage of 16 years. A husband that had numerous affairs. I tried to stay in this marriage for my kids at that time were ages 8 and 9. I had a very close friend who had a child the same age of mine. Kids were actually friends. Due to the situations at home, I spent a lot of time with this friend and spent endless hours with her and her family. An attraction between her husband and I began and eventually ended up in a 4 month affair. I know this is wrong and all of you are going to judge me on this.
I realize this situation is ruthless, but things happen. This man was wonderful to me, to this day I am grateful to him for the reason I feel that he saved my life. He showed me that I didn't need to be treated as I was by my husband. My husband was not only a cheater, he put me in compromising positions with other males/females to help feed his sexual desires.
4 months into this affair, I wanted to continue but this man I was involved with felt what he was doing was wrong and we ended our relationship due to the fact that the kids were so young and he felt that it was more important for him to be a father than for him to be happy with me.
I need to express that our relationship was out in the open. The kids knew, which ended their friendship and to this day there are hard feelings between kids. His kid turned into bullying mine, which basically I am just learning about now 12 years later.
Time went on and we saw each other by coincidence from time to time. For the last 7 years we never saw each other, I got remarried unfortunately that didn't work and I recently filed divorced papers on 2 months ago.
3 months ago I ran into this man from my past, please understand that I NEVER got over him. I moved on with my life, but I always wished that it was with him. I NEVER stopped loving him. I just came to terms that it just was never going to happen. I ran into him unexpectedly, we started talking. He was still living with his wife that had filed legal separation papers 4 years ago, because she said he never got over me. He was miserable and was going forward with a divorce. To shorten the story... even though it's hard to... he and I continued to talk, both filed divorce papers, now in a relationship together for the past month or so... my kids now 20 and 21 won't accept the idea. I am continuously fighting with my kids... they won't even consider forgiving the past.
I tell them that we can forgive, but not forget and that's fine. He is a very kind man, loves me dearly and wants to be friends with them. I ask my kids why they hate him and neither one can tell me why. They were put in a bad situation many years ago that they just cannot forget. I knew this wasn't going to be easy, but I have had an awesome relationship with my kids in the past and just felt that if I was happy they would be happy for me. I neglected to mention that many years ago his wife, put a restraining order on me - which lead me to tell my kids that they had to stay away from these people and his kids were told the same.
Being that our kids are grown up now, we thought this would be easier - but it's not - it's a huge mess. I don't want to give this relationship up. I know that if I did, it would hurt him so badly that I would never have another chance. I love this man so very much. I love my kids and have always put them first and to be honest, I am very upset with them because I feel that they are being very selfish. I told them I wanted to know their position and soon. I want to know if they are willing to just deal with the situation because it's what I want and he makes me very happy.
To be honest, I am hoping that their true love comes through and they will say they will try. But... I am also afraid that they will say that they can't be a part of this and that will force me to choose. From the very start, I refused to choose, but I am so tired of arguing I don't know what to do. It takes time away from my job to where I fight via phone/text messages and brings me to tears and lack of concentration.
This is such a unique situation, that probably no one can compare - but I would appreciate any words of wisdom you can give. What should I do?
I realize this situation is ruthless, but things happen. This man was wonderful to me, to this day I am grateful to him for the reason I feel that he saved my life. He showed me that I didn't need to be treated as I was by my husband. My husband was not only a cheater, he put me in compromising positions with other males/females to help feed his sexual desires.
4 months into this affair, I wanted to continue but this man I was involved with felt what he was doing was wrong and we ended our relationship due to the fact that the kids were so young and he felt that it was more important for him to be a father than for him to be happy with me.
I need to express that our relationship was out in the open. The kids knew, which ended their friendship and to this day there are hard feelings between kids. His kid turned into bullying mine, which basically I am just learning about now 12 years later.
Time went on and we saw each other by coincidence from time to time. For the last 7 years we never saw each other, I got remarried unfortunately that didn't work and I recently filed divorced papers on 2 months ago.
3 months ago I ran into this man from my past, please understand that I NEVER got over him. I moved on with my life, but I always wished that it was with him. I NEVER stopped loving him. I just came to terms that it just was never going to happen. I ran into him unexpectedly, we started talking. He was still living with his wife that had filed legal separation papers 4 years ago, because she said he never got over me. He was miserable and was going forward with a divorce. To shorten the story... even though it's hard to... he and I continued to talk, both filed divorce papers, now in a relationship together for the past month or so... my kids now 20 and 21 won't accept the idea. I am continuously fighting with my kids... they won't even consider forgiving the past.
I tell them that we can forgive, but not forget and that's fine. He is a very kind man, loves me dearly and wants to be friends with them. I ask my kids why they hate him and neither one can tell me why. They were put in a bad situation many years ago that they just cannot forget. I knew this wasn't going to be easy, but I have had an awesome relationship with my kids in the past and just felt that if I was happy they would be happy for me. I neglected to mention that many years ago his wife, put a restraining order on me - which lead me to tell my kids that they had to stay away from these people and his kids were told the same.
Being that our kids are grown up now, we thought this would be easier - but it's not - it's a huge mess. I don't want to give this relationship up. I know that if I did, it would hurt him so badly that I would never have another chance. I love this man so very much. I love my kids and have always put them first and to be honest, I am very upset with them because I feel that they are being very selfish. I told them I wanted to know their position and soon. I want to know if they are willing to just deal with the situation because it's what I want and he makes me very happy.
To be honest, I am hoping that their true love comes through and they will say they will try. But... I am also afraid that they will say that they can't be a part of this and that will force me to choose. From the very start, I refused to choose, but I am so tired of arguing I don't know what to do. It takes time away from my job to where I fight via phone/text messages and brings me to tears and lack of concentration.
This is such a unique situation, that probably no one can compare - but I would appreciate any words of wisdom you can give. What should I do?