Annie Lane

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married nearly 15 years and have three young children. Until about five years ago, I would have described our marriage as good. Then he suffered an injury that left him with chronic pain and depression and caused him to emotionally withdraw from me — while I carried the extra household, yard and child care burdens he couldn’t help with anymore and battled my own anxiety.

A few months ago, things came to a head. So I looked at his phone without his permission and discovered he’d been hiding heavy drinking and was having an emotional affair with a co-worker. We had a painful conversation and agreed to recommit to each other, and he promised to end the relationship with her for my sake. He asked me to respect his privacy and not to go throug

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