Linda asks…

My husband left me for another woman..?

My husband of five years(been together 10) left me a month ago for a woman he works with. The affair has been going on for about 3 months. She is married and has 2 kids and my husband and I have a 2 year old son. I had no idea my husband was unhappy. I thought that we had a really great relationship. There were money issues and stress from work but I thought we were in it together. We had that beautiful little boy and I thought things were pretty wonderful. We attended church(my husband was the song leader) and now he has totally turned his back on that too. I found her and her husband on facebook but she deleted them before I could send him a message. I have since decided not to try to find and tell him. My brother tells me about this 80 20 rule and says he will come back begging.I don’t think I could be with him after this but I would really love to see him beg, as I did the week he left. I am still so hurt by all this. My poor little boy doesn’t even cry after his father anymore because he is used to seeing him so little. Will this get easier? I feel like I will always be stuck here in love with a man who hurt our family so much. My husband is a manager at Wal-Mart and this girl is an hourly. They could both be fired for this. He doesn’t even seem to care that his paycheck helps keep a roof over our heads. I really hope that he regrets this and even though it might be too late, I hope he comes crying back. I really want to get to a point where he wants to come back but I don’t want/need him back. What do you think? Also, what is a 80 20 rule?
Also, he thinks she is leaving her husband to be with him. I said if she was gonna leave she wouldn’t be scrambling to erase their facebook pages so i can’t tell what’s going on.

Jason answers:

80-20 rule means that the “other” woman is the 20…and you’re the 80 because you’re the wife…and the man always comes back to the one who has the larger percentage which is you. A man never realizes just how much value the wife, the 80 percent, has over his life until he deals with the 20 percent – 20 percent isn’t much out of 100. You say (now) that you don’t want him back. That’s because he’s crushed your heart. You can forgive him and take him back, but things will never be the same. They’ve got to be better than they were for it to work. Have faith in your marriage and your decision to keep it going if your spirit tells you to do so. Or…he just might not be worth it. Either way, you’ve done your best, you’ve given him a large part of your life so you have nothing to be ashamed of or feel badly about. Bless your heart, God will take care of you. Just pick yourself up and keep going. Take good care of yourself and your child and you will always be blessed.

And you’re correct. She is NOT leaving her husband for him. Your husband is going through something that he’ll regret in the long run.

Michael asks…

What songs are good to listen to when your a woman and your MAD!!!?

My younger sister was in a relationship for over a year and a half and was recently left for another woman. She is beside herself as to be expected and is waiting for him to move out of the house. She has been listening to sappy Love songs and crying a lot BUT I want to make her a CD that has songs about STRONG WOMEN. Songs like “you oughtta know” by Alanis Morrissette and “before he cheats” By Carrie Underwood. I am just having a hard time coming up with more songs like that… I would really appreciate any idea and input =)

Thanks =)

Jason answers:

‘ring the alarm’ beyonce (angry song!)

‘survivor’ Destiny’s child (Strong woman song)

‘fighter’ christina aguilera (strong woman song!)

‘son of a gun’ missy elliot and janet jackson – (oooo that video is great – torturing the lil’ ..u-know-what!)
Here’s the url: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AgGWdOIkcbw
(revenge!)

‘single’ natasha bedingfield (liberation)

‘maybe’ kelly clarkson (angry/hurt song)

‘in demand’ texas (he’ll regret it song)

‘whatta man’ en vogue and salt n pepper (what a real man is!)

‘gotta work’ amerie (up lifting song!)

‘breakin’ dishes’ rihanna (angry song, about confrontation)

‘sorry’ madonna (‘not listening to your pathetic excuses’ song)

‘caught out there’ kelis (angry song!)

‘just a girl’ no doubt (frustration song)

‘lipstick’ alisha dixon

Mark asks…

How would you handle a situation concerning your husband & another woman that is “just a friend”?

My husband is a great, popular guy that likes to help people. I am his #1 supporter. We have had a great marriage, no doubt to his faithfulness to myself and our family. I have issues, due to my past and my adulterous father, I have grown to be weary of pretty much all females. 7 months ago; I started to feel lonely due to the busy lifestyle, having always spent a lot of time with him during our marriage. He invited me to get involved with the chat communities that he was in and hang out with him while he worked. I did this and found that he had befriended a lot of people; men and women alike. I expressed my feelings about him and other online women and he understood. A month later he did it anyway. She is married, with a family and he thinks that this is safe. He told me of her and I’m not thinking that it’s serious because of our discussion. Wrong, 2 months ago I find out that they talk to one another every weekday for about 3 hours on IM and she sends him drawings she calls “gifts”. He presses me to become her friend and has invited her to hang out with us on or vac/anniversary trip. I am skeptical of her intentions, because “why does she spend so much time on my husband”. He has made statements about missing her and noticing when she isn’t on IM because “she is half his daily conversation”, but she is “just a friend”. We meet on or trip; she happens to be identical to me, with my demeanor when I was about 25 even though she is my age. Everything that he fell in love with 12 years ago. She hangs out with us all weekend and I see complete adoration in her actions for my husband. She bought him a gift too and “do I mind if she mails it to him”. I mention this to him and he is OK with it but, this was/is unacceptable to me; I tell her she is crossing a line and it makes me feel uncomfortable, she backs down and says forget that she even mentioned it. After she left, I express my concern for her attachment to him and he denied noticing anything. We return from the trip unsettled, I continue normal relations with her as did he. A week later, my husband comes home and mentions a “really weird” video she sent him. I waited all weekend to ask her for the link and she produced it for me to watch. I did, only to see that it was Die Antwoord – Evil Boy, (watch it). Totally appalled, and feeling utterly disrespected, I didn’t know what to say. She freaked out thinking that I was mad at her (she was right), (she had guilty conscience, knowing that it was a totally inappropriate video to send to my husband). I handled it gingerly, so as to not embarrass my husband, but it didn’t sit well. I asked him what they talk about that would make her feel comfortable to send him something like that and he said that it was just a goofy video and defended her. A week passed by and I overheard a conversation between my husband and a few friends from the online community; there were some sexual insinuations from the friend and it was the final straw, on top of everything I didn’t want any rumors. No matter what I thought about this women, he never listened to me he‘d just shake his head and call me crazy. I begged him to end contact. After crying everyday and having him choose the feelings of another woman over my own for 2 months, he decided that he would not be talking to her anymore over IM, “not because he didn’t want to, but because I couldn’t handle it”, my complaining “wasn’t worth it”. Under the bus I go, right. Later that evening, the two of them happen to be on another chat site that I am on as well and she posts a link to a song; songs that he always listens to (except this time he didn’t), I did though; Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees, listen to it, you’ll understand. I recognize her message and let her know and she denies it of course, because “Why would she do that”? One thing leads to another and my husband reluctantly promises to never talk to her again. I don’t like being this way, I want him to help people and be happy, but not at the expense of my sanity. He can help people without creating any issues at home. He chose to let me suffer, so that he could keep her happy for months; truly suffer. He‘s sad now, because “he shit on her”, but there is no remorse for what he did to me. I honestly don’t know how to get my feelings for him back to the way they used to be, I feel cheated, hollow & crushed. Like I don’t have the place next to him anymore; like I am easily replaced. Even though he says that he could not live without me and she was just a friend. I feel like he resents me for separating them. He has NO idea what damage he has done to me, all the fears that I have worked so hard to get rid of from my childhood are right back and agonizing. I need advice, PLEASE; Did I do the right thing? How do I get through this?

Jason answers:

I am so sorry for your situation, I am going through the same thing… I actually went to this so called friends house and confronted her and him and it was the best thing I ever did although it killed my trust in him. He now begs me to come back and says he is sorry all the time but to me the damage is done and he should have not crossed that line nor should have the so called friend. I also was told nothing was going on but I wasn’t there all the time so how do I know???/ You have to follow your head in a situation like this, you deserve respect and to be treated with the utmost respect as you are his wife. I think your husband was aware of what it was doing but was so caught up in getting his ego stroked that he chose to ignore your feelings, now he is trying to lay the giult on you for wrecking his so called friendship with this other woman??? Hell no you are the priority not some outsider. Don’t let him make you feel guilty anymore, stand up to him and let him have it with both barrels.he shouldn’t have put you in that situation in the first place. Once the trust is broken it’s so very hard to get it back. I wish you all the best, pull all of your strength from inside and don’t let him make you feel guilty for protecting what is yours, which is your husband and your marriage. He should have respected your feelings from the start.

Ken asks…

Is there a song that describes this type of relationship?

I’m writing a story.
There’s a man and a woman, they were together.
He left her for another, came back and forth, and got kind of insane.
They he became abusive to both women, but mostly towards the other with which he used to cheat on.
He now wants to get back together with the first woman.

Is there some kind of song for that?
xD
It’s pretty . . . not glamorous.
Though I was wondering if there was a kind of violent-and-unhealthy-break-up-then-get-back-together song.

Jason answers:

Aviation – you were my everything

Maria asks…

I need a song to let someone know I’ve moved on.?

My hubby left me a few months ago for another woman. Well now he wants me to take him back. I want a song that says no way no how, I have moved on. Any ideas?

Jason answers:

Forever and always-taylor swift
the best damn thing-avril lavigne
forgotten-avril lavigne

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