I can’t think of anything more painful or heartbreaking than hearing your husband say “I don’t love you anymore. Maybe I never did.”Or “It’s over. I’m in love with someone else.”Or—maybe even worse—to discover those things without him saying anything.It’s only human to be angry with him for being such a thoughtless jerk. It’s natural to want him to hurt the way he hurt you.
Unfortunately, there’s no real comfort in making him suffer, even though it’s more tempting .There are, however, specific things you can do to give yourself real relief from that continuous ache and to put your family back together.
You can put everything right again but only if you do things very, very differently than you’ve been doing them.Everything I’m going to suggest will sound counter intuitive. But these radical measures are what I’ve seen breathe new life into broken marriages for thousands of women in your distressing situation—and what I did to revitalize my own broken marriage.Whether he moved out or found someone else or both, that was an incredibly painful betrayal. It was the worst!
I would never diminish how hurtful that is. But he didn’t do it to hurt you. He did it because something was missing in your marriage. You’ve felt it too but didn’t know what to do about it. He didn’t either.He was vulnerable because your marriage lacked oxygen. It doesn’t make it right, it doesn’t make it okay. It just makes him human.
If you can set aside his crime for the moment and stay focused on the worthy goal of saving your marriage, you’ll give yourself a huge advantage.If you’re having a visceral reaction to this idea right now, it’s not the end of the story. It’s only the beginning, and the story will get much, much better.
While it may seem impossible when you’re in the most heartbreaking pain of your life, it’s imperative to make yourself ridiculously happy right away.Do whatever you have to do to make yourself laugh, feel inspired, delighted, self-expressed, alive, and loved by family and friends.
Yes, you’re in shock and grief. It sucks! It feels like your life is on fire, but you can reclaim it by deciding to have some pleasurable moments every day.I can’t stress this one enough. It’s an indispensable step to reclaiming what’s rightfully yours: a gratifying life with a monogamous, playful, passionate marriage.You may one day look back and think of that Dickens book that starts, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”It’s already the worst of times. What can you do today to make it the best of times?