What happens after the affair?when you have kids
Rachel* will never forget the night she saw the email that, she says, ?I wasn?t supposed to see.? It was an evening like so many others in her marriage. She?d dozed off when putting the kids, then six and 10, to bed, while her husband, Marcus, worked late at his communications job. When she woke, she heard Marcus downstairs making a snack, so she went to their shared computer to check her email one last time before bed. That?s when she saw the emails he?d just been reading. ?Hey, I?m missing you,? said the note from a woman she didn?t know. ?I can?t wait to hold you and feel you in my arms, my love. It?s been so long,? read her husband?s reply.
?My gut clenched and my heart beat faster,? says Rachel. (Like others in this article, she asked that her real name not be used.) Her mind reeled. Cheating was the last thing she had expected of her ?faithful as a puppy? husband. This moment was also the last thing Marcus expected. He was on the couch in their Guelph, Ont., home when he saw his wife running down the stairs, weeping and gasping for breath. ?I said, ?What is wrong" What is wrong"? I thought something had happened to a relative or friend,? he says. Then came her questions: ?Who is [this woman]" Do you love her" Do you want to be with her"? It took him half a second to realize what had just happened: He?d left his email open, revealing his nearly two-year affair with a woman he?d met at work. It was his little secret. He?d never meant it to endan...
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