Infidelity or Depression?
Hello all.
In our 4th year of marriage, happy until recent. My wife shows signs of cheating on me during two recent business trips, I confronted her, she denies and now is upset, hurt, etc. and doesn't trust me anymore. I am writing this from deep in the "doghouse"!
So how did I arrive at my conclusions? Our closeness physically has tanked in the last three to four months, she spends a lot of time on her laptop, she's quiet etc. Then she started crying if I tried to hug, kiss her. When I asked for sex during this time (two weeks before my first confrontation) she would look at me like I was joking! Anyway she went to her GP and was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and prescribed an anti depressant.
Ok so that seemed to explain her actions but our lack of closeness did not improve. Two weeks after her GP visit she was sent out of town for three days. Both locations were on the coast. Her first two nights stay she booked an ocean front room, which seemed odd to me for a business trip, although her company did reimburse. So I didn't make a scene just went along. Well here I am alone with those thoughts of cheating vs depression, etc. I start researching "signs of a cheating spouse", man Google that and see if you don't get flooded! well her actions matched most of the "signs". So here I go, looking into her email, which I know was/is veryvery WRONG, and found the ocean front room confirmation and bam! It had down for TWO adults. Well I went nuts and called her immediately and she lost it with anger at me for snooping into her laptop, that the hotel made a mistake, she swore to be alone, etc.
Two weeks later she was sent back to one of the towns, separate from the ocean front room town, but she books another ocean front room. Well after her last day I tried to call her and she didn't answer. Oh boy here goes my insecurity and anger again, so I called the hotel asking if she had checked out and the desk clerk tells me "yes THEY checked out at 11:30am" I asked the clerk that who is "they", my wife was alone? She quickly said "I can't give out any information like that" and hangs up on me! Well a few minutes later the wife calls and here I go confronting her about the information from the hotel. Again, she denies that anyone was with her, that again the hotel made a mistake by saying that, and her anger exploded for me snooping again by calling the hotel, etc. Now I'm back in the doghouse even though we are social to each other and I had to agree to therapy (which I DO feel I need) to calm my insecurities or the next time it happens she will leave me.
My question is what do I do because I still feel she MAY BE cheating, although she's never done that before and is pretty convincing in denying it face to face. Is it the depression causing her actions, is it me and my insecurities and dependence on our love and marriage??
Any help is greatly appreciated in advance.