<human>: My wife and I fought a lot at the beginning of our marriage. When our daughter was 2, we separated for about 4 months. After the first month, I noticed our wireless bill was higher than normal and went to find out why. It turned out my wife had been texting much more than usual. I did a little more digging and saw that the number she had been texting the most was a guy she knew from work (a hospital emergency room).
I confronted her about it and she told me he was just someone to talk to while she and I were going through this period of separation. I didn't buy it, but we eventually settled our differences and reconciled. We've been much better spouses to each other since.
That was seven years ago and I try to get over what went on between those two, but I can't. Last night, I couldn't take it anymore and I asked her to look me in the eye and tell me nothing happened. She ended up coming clean and we talked about it for several hours. She regards it as the worst mistake she's ever made in her life and that she was being stupid and selfish. I believe her.
In a way, I feel a little better knowing. I have something I can deal with. It's a very open wound at the moment, but it's a wound I can see, finally (if that makes sense). I've suggested we go into counseling. I've been harboring this anger for too long and she's been hanging onto the guilt for too long.
Believe it or not, we've been a really good couple since all that mess. I'm just tired of the mental images. It doesn't help that the guy she slept with had a reputation at the ER for "having a really huge dick". I wish I was making that up, but at an ER, people talk about everything apparently.
I'm doing better than I was yesterday. Knowing is better than wondering. I can deal with knowing.

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<bot>: Wife slept with another man 7 years ago during a separation.  I suspected all the time and she came clean last night.  I feel better knowing than not knowing and we're seeking counseling.