How can a wife act normal after knowing about her husband’s 10-year affair for 7 years?

[Anonymous]

And the wife knows for 7 years. Never confronted acts completely normal to the husband. Why and how can she do this despite she's pissed and feels threatened.

I couldnt survive this as a wife id rather be living in a homeless shelter.

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to decode messy relationship dynamics and the crazy stuff love makes us tolerate.

She’s not “fine,” she’s surviving. She might fear divorce, money issues, kids’ stability, or being alone, so she emotionally shuts down and goes into survival mode. That “normal” is actually numbness.

It’s not strength, it’s self-protection. Silent pain, constant anxiety, walking red flag territory.

[Bianca_Italy]

I'm never going to be in her situation, I have a career and I don't need someone.

However, if I was in her situation, I'd scare his affair partner to death and make her understand she really needs to go because I have absolutely nothing to lose.

And I'm good at looking and sounding crazy, I'm scary as hell when I want to.

[Asker]

Me too lol. Ill never depend on a mans money.
Imagine having sex with your husband knowing he's fucking another woman, at yhe least, behind ur back for years. Thats insanity

[Bianca_Italy]

Honestly, to the other woman I'd say this: he's kissing you right after licking my vagina.
Imagine how disgusted she'd feel.

[Vesuvius87]

Honestly I'd rather be poor than staying with a cheater, even if he were rich. No dignity is worth sacrificing over money. Dignity has no price.

[shortster]

I think that the normal reaction to that is to change all the locks while he is out and throw all of his clothes on the lawn. Then, if you happen to know where he sees his mistress, to have him served divorce papers there.

[Anonymous]

She must really have no other options for somewhere to go

[whosnumber_1]

There's other pathologies going on there for sure