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My WH talked to multiple women online for months. The last one specifically was an emotional affair. It completely broke me , my health , my life and my heart. He was deep into affair fog already by 1.5 months. He was confused about his feelings for her and had felt disconnected from me for years he says. I on the flip side was more in love with him than I had been in many years. I thought we were finally reaching the calm point of our marriage. I was immensely blindsided by his admission. He then false reconciled with me for another 1.5 months. He told me it had ended. That we were working it out. We’re making love OFTEN. And then he abruptly ended it with her behind my back. I found out two months later that it was false reconciliation at first when I discovered alll of the game chat logs on my own. Every detail. So full disclosure has only been since may 26th. I have never been so messed up in the head in my whole life and that is an impressive achievement for my life unfortunately. I’ve authentically tried to understand him, myself, the validation seeking and ego addiction. The secret porn addiction I also didn’t know about. I’ve been genuine in my healing for myself without his constant reassurance. He was previously doing mostly everything they recommended the WS do to regain trust. Until yesterday when we had a massive eruption of a fight. We both broke boundaries, pushed too hard and withdrew too hard. He ended up saying things to me out of overwhelm and pain that I can’t reconcile today. Such as "other women would laugh at you if you told them your story, other women’s husbands actually have sex with other women ecs." Or he doesn’t worry AS much about me cheating on him as he used to, and that is how’s he felt since before he cheated. I don’t think I can reconcile if he his experience is that it wasn’t as bad as an in person physical affair. I’ve already explicitly explained to him in the past that it would have been easier to forgive a one night stand where he didn’t even remember her or have intimate feelings towards. So I’ve made it clear that this is more damaging TO ME than a singular physical interaction would have been. He has always said rotten things when extremely overwhelmed , it’s a defense mechanism to get people to leave him alone. But this is beyond that. He genuinely has compartmentalized it in his own head. He barely remembers feeling that way or the things he typed out to her. But I do, I probably always will. How can we reconcile from different perspectives? I’m a very fragile person please please be kind in your responses. I’ve already been through it and my health is slipping also

How can we reconcile from different perspectives?

You can't....nor shouldn't. This isn't a marital issue that is resolved with compromise; this is a character deficiency issue. Only after that is addressed can you see if reconciliation is possible.

Sorry that you are here. The answer to your topic question is 'yes'--emotional affairs can hurt just as bad as physical affairs. Worse is many situations. The bottom line is your pain is the worst one here, because it is your pain. No one can tell you that your infidelity situation is 'less than' someone else's....except their own. Your pain is unique to you, but what we all can say here is that we understand. We get it....unlike your husband.

Keep reading and keep posting. You may be very fragile right now, but with guidance and effort, you can turn this into strength. It may seem impossible--it did to me when I first came here. Knowing I wasn't alone, and there were others that could really relate made a huge difference. It can for you also.

I am so sorry to hear your story. While I don't have advice on how to handle it yet, I deeply relate to the pain and depression. My husband also cheated online, then went to stay with a divorced woman and her 11-year-old son at her house for five days. When he came back, he texted me, 'Dear, I love you.' But when I confronted him and forced him to confess, he told me they had spent 3 hours on a video call, they had sex even when she had period and they had unprotected sex the last day when her period finally over and that she gave him a sense of peace he never felt with me.I hope knowing you aren't alone in this nightmare brings you a little comfort.