April 24, 2009
I don't want to lose this man.
I am a married 30 year old woman. I have been with my husband for 8 years, married for 5 years and we have a 5 year old daughter. Our marriage has been on the rocks for about 2 years now. I am a housewife and I have been talking to this man online for over 8 months. He is also married and he has two amazing children. We both went online not hoping to fall in love with one another but just for someone to talk to; someone who can relate and understand one another. We have never met, but I know what he looks like and he thinks I am a nurse. I am not. He thinks the world of me and I think the world of him. We fell so head over heels for one another, and he told me yesterday that he told his wife that he wanted a divorce, and I told him I also wanted a divorce from my husband. I am not happy in my marriage. I am tired of the look I get from my husband; the look that wishes he was married to someone else. I hate that look I get from him. I feel like such a complete loser and failure when I am with my husband. This man make me feel so special and we have talked about getting married and a future together. He is studying to be a doctor and he assumes that I am this amazing woman which I am not. I have sent him pictures of women that he assumes are me which are not me. I don't know what I am going to do. He thinks I will be going there to see him in a few weeks and I am not. I don't want to lose this man. I love him sooooo much my heart aches for him. He talked to me without even knowing me, without even knowing what I looked like. He said in the beginning that he fell in love with my personality, but the more we talked as the days and months went by I can tell that he is so amazing, more than words can put into play, but in reality he knows nothing about the real me, only that I have a child, that I am married, and my name. And that I am head over heels in love with him. I don't know what to do. I love him I can't lose him.
ANSWER
You must take responsibility for your misinformation and correct any misunderstandings as quickly as possible. In a sense you will have to start over by sharing with him photos of what you really look like. Postpone the meeting for now and try to reconnect, perhaps using a camera with your chating. Most likely, if he is as wonderful as you believe him to be, this will not be a problem.
Many people conceal their identities when meeting with others on the Internet for honest and legitimate reasons of wanting to protect themselves against people who could be dangerous. Surely he will understand that. But you must be prepared for the possibility that when he sees what you look like, he may not be as enthusiastic as he was with the false image you originally presented.
Don’t rush into a personal meeting, but rather continue your Internet correspondence until this is all behind you and you still are sure you both are as excited as before you revealed the truth. If so, then set another meeting and go for it.
The other point would be for you to ask for a divorce now, rather than to continue to deceive your husband. I am sure you would want to be treated with that same courtesy if he were involved with someone else and you did not know it.
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