My husband confessed that he has been having an emotional affair and it’s breaking me

I totally understand that this hurts. But honestly we're all human beings. We all have feelings and emotions we cannot control, but what we are able to control aee our actions.

And he took the action to tell you and he takes the action to stay with you as he seems to know that this feeling is fluctuating.

So again it is okay to feel hurt or to feel jealous about a dear person that feels for someone else as well.

But I think it's hilarious to consider breaking up with a person that has simply feelings.

Sometimes I read and hear problems of people (and I do this a lot as I work in film and documentary) and I cannot wrap my head around it, how little in touch we are with reality regarding our emotions or the naturality of our biology which !no one! of us can escape.

Did I have crushes on several people I worked with? Yes

Did I "flirt" with my office sweetheart? Yes

Do I have a girlfriend? Yes

Does she have boyfriend? Yes

Did I ever considered leaving my girlfriend? No

Did she ever consider leaving her boyfriend? No

Why did we flirt? Because we both want to feel attractive and it is fun.

And the feeling of being attractive to someone when you're in a relationship fades. And that is okay and its normal and I hear this problem over and over again. By people that are in relationships in their 20's and people that are in their 50's.

We only live ones and this life he has decided for you so be thankful for this and his honesty and you two can together work through this. This problem is so little compared to anything else that can happen to a relationship.

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