How I Started (the first) Reconciliation with My Wife After She Cheated and Left Me for a Coworker

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This is part of a continuous story about finding that my wife was cheating on me and what happened after. If you want to see how the story started you can read about it in The Day I Discovered My Wife Was Cheating, see how it all imploded in The Third, and Last, Day I Discovered My Wife Was Cheating. How It All Ended, or anything in between by clicking my profile.

It was 9 months into being separated from my wife, who was still with Donald. I was 7 months into a new relationship. And while I was still in a world of pain from what happened in my marriage, I was getting a glimpse at what a healthy relationship with a compatible partner was like. This was my second serious girlfriend. My ex-wife was my first.

It was also 3 months into a global pandemic. We still didn’t know if Covid would be done in a couple weeks or kill us all by end of summer. Those seemed to be the only two options. We had sold our house. Selling the house and splitting the proceeds was a major weight off our coparenting relationship’s shoulders and within a couple months, we went from not speaking to each other to being nice again.

Getting Along

Meanwhile, we still had my youngest son’s second birthday and Easter to celebrate…

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Much Reassembly Required
Unfaithful: Perspectives on the Third-Party Relationship

I’m a divorced dad reassembling life after my marriage ended unexpectedly. It’s been a ride, but I’m happier now than I was before. Hoping to help others.