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Dear Prudence,

My wife and I have been married for 25 years, and for 24.5 of those years I was unfaithful. She never knew about it; I even missed the birth of our first child because I was in Paris with one of my then-mistresses (I lied and said I was on a business trip). Well, six months ago, a shocking surprise changed everything.

I suffered a stroke and couldn’t do anything for myself. I had to relearn everything, and throughout the entire time it was my wife who stood by me like the Rock of Gibraltar. During my convalescence, I did not hear from a single one of my girlfriends. I have 95 percent of my function back and i

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