People's opinions on having an affair have a lot in common with Walmart.
Everyone denies going there, all hate it and vow to everyone they would never shop there....yet...WalMart is so popular that they are larger than their next 3 competitors...combined.
As of the last percentage I read a year or so ago...about 1/3rd of all married people...have an affair. 99.9% of them deny it vehemently.
In 26 years of marriage I have never had an affair...sort of... in 2000 we separated for awhile, filed for divorce - the whole thing. During that period, I met someone and ended up doing just that. At the time I totally believed the marriage was dead and gone.
Edit: yes
You were not happy.
but are happy now?
What is happiness?
At 50, I would say happiness is contentment, acceptance of ones lot as well as acceptance, honestly, of living the rest of their life as is.
Are you? I hope so. I honestly do. If not, then I hope you have the courage and ability to change it.
But you asked me, so we will stay with that.
I was not happy, have not been for almost 13 years. I sacrificed my life for the benefit of my children. And I would do it again 1000 times.
Those days are gone. They are grown. And doing extraordinary.
I am not. And neither is my wife.
We both deserve better. We are broken, and most likely beyond repair. That doesn't make us bad people, or failures. It makes us human.
I will find happiness. It is always there. If you have the courage and will to achieve it.