I'm very fortunate to have never been cheated on, nor did I cheat in my 13 years of my first marriage. I'm struggling to understand what infidelity does to a man (who I am dating and whose marriage ended due to multiple affairs). There is such a wall up - I can sense we are at a stalemate. Now that we've become physical (which I know he doesn't take lightly) it seems I'm shut out. I know it must have hurt his self esteem in so many ways and I'm trying to reassure him and make him feel his "manliness" is still intact where I'm concerned...
As I said, I'm just trying to understand how this 'punch to the gut' changes a man's perception of himself so I can see how to best reassure him there's nothing lacking as far as I'm concerned. I feel his pain; I certainly have lurked and read the raw emotions here.
As I said, I'm just trying to understand how this 'punch to the gut' changes a man's perception of himself so I can see how to best reassure him there's nothing lacking as far as I'm concerned. I feel his pain; I certainly have lurked and read the raw emotions here.