![]() ![]() He wants to talk to the man I kissed, and I agreed-but actually I think that would be unwise and unhelpful. He has agreed to counseling, but every day he changes his mind and says he wants a divorce. I made a huge mistake in kissing someone else, and I feel disgusted that I could hurt him like this. We are capable of so much more, and there is a real, profound love between us. My husband and I only talk about chores and money. I felt alone, unliked, and unwanted, and I looked to someone else to remind me that I am a person worth talking to. I have expressed my discomfort with his drinking many times over the years and he brushes me off. While he doesn’t have a drinking problem, he is a bad drinker, and all of his trauma comes out in a way that is upsetting to me. My husband is a wonderful person, but we both come from traumatic backgrounds. Putting my boys into another school is not a feasible option, but I just don’t know what to do. I haven’t told my husband about this woman because I’m a little ashamed at how I used to treat her. She smiled at me in a creepy way and said she went through therapy for what I put her through. I asked to meet my former classmate and apologized for bullying her as I was young and stupid, although I don’t much remember what I did. My younger son was not allowed to join a game of hockey during recess because another boy told him, “My mom says your mom is a b***h.” They are now openly being ridiculed and ostracized at school by their peers. Eventually my boys started coming home, crying and upset that other kids wouldn’t play with them. I think she must have told them about how I used to bully her. After that day I noticed other moms slowly avoiding me. It turns out that she was someone I bullied in high school. At a school event I bumped into an attractive woman whom I didn’t recognize. I enrolled my two boys into an exclusive private school in our new hometown. Join Slate Plus for even more advice columns-your first month is only $1. Each Sunday, we dive into the Dear Prudie archives and share a selection of classic letters with our readers. Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years. ![]()
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