I know that you are having an affair with my wife XXXXX. I love her very much and I want to save my marriage and keep my family together. Your relationship with XXXXX is NOT okay. This affair is coming in between us and making it impossible to heal our marriage. Please respect our marriage and end all contact with XXXXX immediately and forever.
If you so much as make any contact with XXXXX, either directly or indirectly, or if XXXXX even finds out about this e-mail, I will not only get LOUD about the affair, I will take LEGAL ACTION against you for alienation of affection. By-the-by (Note: by-the-by is a jab at "the other guy", who uses this phrase all the time) XXXXX does talk to me about everything, no matter how private the information, or how secretive you would ask her to be. Even if she tries to hide something, I can read her like a book. I’ve only been with her every day for almost 10 years.
If you contact her, I will know about it. Period. I already know stuff that you spoke with her about, as well as many of the things that you had discussed with her or did with her when she was at your house last Wednesday. I’m also aware of your dinner at XXXXXXX XXXXXX, and many details of your e-mail exchanges that she forwarded to me. I know of the secrets you shared with her about your mental condition, and XXXXX came to me crying when she told me about your time with her last Wednesday, and she has many times since said she is having doubts about our separation. For such a smart guy with a heart that is so susceptible and vulnerable to prolonged periods of agonizing darkness, you sure didn’t think.
If you now think you can pass a note to her under the table and expect her to keep a secret & not tell me, go ahead and throw the dice. It’s not just the XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX I can contact. I can also contact the director of the XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX (his father), her family, your co-workers, etc… I’ll put a big huge spotlight on it, and my family & hers will treat it like a regular intervention.
If she decides to quit her job in order to avoid humiliation, that will be on your head, along with everything else.
If I go public, my claims and evidence will validate an already-existing rumor mill, and it will make things very uncomfortable for you both.
Just stop. Cold turkey. There is no reason for this to get any uglier for either of you. I care about Sarah, and she has a lot to lose, but I have a lot to gain and little to lose if this doesn’t end right here, right now, and forever.
I gave ten years of my young adult life to this marriage; I will make it my life’s mission to save it.
As to why I would want to be with my wife still:
Because she is the mother of my son, I love her, and even if she isn’t committed, I am. I DO have my limits, but they have not been reached yet. I am a very patient and forgiving person.
I am aware of the law in my state, and have read the compiled statutes. This is not blackmail, intimidation, or harassment. I do speak with my wife about it. She is in the fog of a new/exciting relationship and won’t end it herself. She also doesn’t think I will go as far as I will to make it end, and I’m not going to tell her if I don’t have to. My best course of action is to untangle them inconspicuously.
I’ve done much research before deciding this course of action. I just need to know if the letter is ok. Please and thank you.
Please… enough with the middle-brow advice and the suggestions that I divorce my wife. I AM being a MAN; a MAN doesn’t pack up and leave when stuff goes south. I’m not a coward; I’m not afraid that this will happen again. I am aware of the problems in my marriage, I am working toward making improvements in my life and in our relationship… I don’t need advice in that category, thank you.
Confronting the OTHER man face-to-face will not make me any more of a man than will sending him a letter. I feel my words are strong enough; meeting him face-to-face will only be seen as a threat and may end up with me being arrested. I have thought, researched, pondered, meditated, and considered WHAT I REALLY WANT, and HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING IT. Once again, I am just asking for feedback on the letter.
Actually, she HAS forwarded me emails from him.
Here is some information for those curious about why I’m even bothering doing what I plan on doing:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Your-Spouse-Caught-Up-in-an-Affair?–Stop-it-Now!&id=1869007
http://www.saveyourmarriagecentral.com/getinformed/articles/endingaffair.html
I don’t live in California. I live in Illinois.
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