After twenty years of marriage, my wife confessed to a three-year long affair with a co-worker. This happened after the co-worker’s wife learned of the affair.
After my wife confessed to her affair, I was a wreck. I left her (and my sons) and moved in with our bachelor friend, staying there about four months. We both discussed divorce; my wife said she was sorry and did not want a divorce. With two sons getting ready to go to college, I decided to stay. It came to a point where it was affecting my concentration, especially in my job.
One day when I was in Lowe's, I saw a close friend of the co-worker that my wife had the affair with. I asked him if the co-worker ever confided with him about my wife. One of the things that he told me; I remember vividly. He said the co-worker told him that my wife, “Really knew how to turn it on in bed, she knows how to bring it.”
I finally realized that I could not control what my wife was going to do. My mindset started to change.
I told my wife that I was okay if she wanted to have sex with another guy. She told me that she wouldn’t do that. After my mindset change, which took over a year for me to get to that point, my sexual outlet has been fantasizing about my wife being with her co-worker and her being with other guys. I realized that I was not satisfying her, so I set her free. I tried to get her involved with a couple of our bachelor friends; she would not go there.
I finally succeeded on our trip to New Orleans during Mardi Gras. After an afternoon of walking the streets (never got my wife to flash), we stopped in a bar where we met a couple of elder widowers. By that time, my wife had had a lot to drink. Long story short, one of the guys (Herb) ended up in our hotel room; the rest is history.
After her encounter with Herb, once again I tried to get something going with her and our bachelor friends; nothing doing. My next victim was our termite inspector, Alex, whom we have known for years. Alex lost his wife to cancer several years ago. My wife and I went to her funeral. It took a while for Alex to get over that. He would tell us of how much he missed her and said that he would never get into a relationship with another woman.