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Originally Posted by Leo817
I have tried but I made a lot of mistakes in our marriage. I was highly codependent. When I was confiding in my friend and crying telling him
I wanted to fight for my marriage he was telling me to go on tinder. He spoke with my ex and told me he loved me like a brother but I had to move on. Then he gave her a book behind my back calling me a narcissistic sociopath. I caught her at his house. The same day he blocked me and started telling people I slept with his girlfriend when I I started telling people I caught her at his house. They denied they were anything but friends until about a year later when on his birthday she called to tell me they went out on a date.
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So, that guy took an advantage of your marital situation and your ex-wife's vulnerable state. He is not your friend.
Overcoming codependency starts with getting rid of people in your life that you have accumulated/attracted due to your codependency.
Those people are just toxic.
Friends come and go as you learn about yourself and grow as a person.
The reality is that your ex-wife is a free woman and not your wife anymore. She probably felt lonely and needed a comfort from someone to get over a bad marriage.
Your ex-friend was there to take an advantage of her situation.
She obviously feels bad about going out with him so she confessed to you about it. She knew that it was insensitive and inappropriate.
At least she is being honest about it.
You need to let this situation go, along with that ex-friend of yours.
Just focus on your ex-wife and your kids.
If you want to go back and be the kind of husband that you want to be, work on yourself and be honest with your ex-wife.