His Wife Admitted To Having Feelings For Her Coworker, And He Isn’t Sure Where To Go From Here

This 42-year-old guy has been married to his wife, who is 40, for 15 years. And since tying the knot, they have had two kids together.
However, he claimed that for the past six or seven months, their relationship has been rocky.
His wife has apparently excelled in her career, but all of the accomplishments have become extremely demanding of her time.
“This has made her stress and anxiety go through the roof, which has basically made it so I try and pick up all the slack as a supportive husband while she figures the time balance out,” he explained.
On top of that, his wife is constantly exhausted– which means she never wants to do anything when she gets home. Not even just talk to him.
That’s why he no longer feels like his wife’s partner. Instead, he simply feels like he’s just “there.”
He has brought this up to his wife twice over the past six months, too. However, nothing ever really changed.
And just yesterday, his wife approached him with some shocking news. She admitted to developing feelings for a coworker who is also married. She also swore that nothing physical occurred between them, which he does believe.
Now, he detailed how they had a “reasonable” discussion about the situation and owned up to being a bit emotional himself.

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During that conversation, his wife recalled how she and her coworker both tried to stop engaging with each other. However, they eventually started talking again, and they began flirting, too.
At that point, his wife began to wonder why she was unable to just “say no” to her coworker and stuff the feelings down.
And while nothing physical has happened between his wife and her coworker, he just has no clue where to go from here.
“I don’t understand how all that we’ve been through can change in six months. I don’t understand why she just can’t say no with a hard line,” he said.
His wife claimed that she needed some time to process the situation and figure everything out. He also proposed going to counseling or his wife getting a new job to remove herself from the temptation.
However, he knows that she will need time to decide which path she wants to pick.
“I also told her I can’t just sit around and wait until she figures things out when there is no end in sight,” he recalled.
“It’s not fair to me because there’s no way I’m sleeping or functioning at a somewhat reasonable level until there is at least a clear path forward.”
That path could result in his wife recommitting to the relationship, them going to counseling, or their marriage ending altogether. He just needs to know whatever path his wife wants to take.
And in the meantime, he’s been trying to figure out how to cope.
He thinks that if he pulls back from their relationship, then his wife will have all the more reason not to fight for their marriage.
“And I feel like if I continue as normal, then she doesn’t get the space to figure it out,” he vented.
So now, as he navigates feeling both in love and hurt at the same time, he’s been left wondering what to do while his wife figures out what she wants.
Do you agree that he should give his wife space to make a decision? Or do you think she would pick him right now if she really valued their marriage? How would you handle this?
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