My life fell apart when I found out my childhood sweetheart was a cheat
DEAR DEIDRE: WHEN I found out my childhood sweetheart was a love cheat, my life fell apart.
It felt like the trust we’d shared for 30 years was gone for ever.
But thanks to you, Deidre, I am finally getting my relationship back on track.
I’m 46 and my husband is 47. We met at 14 and have been married for 25 years.
A mutual friend died recently, which led to a frank conversation about the past.
He admitted he’d slept with a girl when he was 17 – something he’d always denied.
It made me doubt everything. I figured that if he could lie about this for three decades, what else had he lied about?
He said he was just an immature kid back then.
But I couldn’t get over it. I even moved into the spare room.
You reassured me that one indiscretion didn’t mean he had cheated since, and we could rebuild trust.
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You sent me your Looking After Your Relationship support pack and recommended couples counselling.
The counselling sessions helped us to open up and we’re becoming stronger than ever. Thank you.
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DEIDRE SAYS: Sometimes, doing counselling can really help a couple to talk frankly and productively.
I’m so glad you’re repairing your relationship.