bonus hax chat q: what to do when you meet someone who sparks something that isn't there in your current relationship?
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pixitude (aka chris)
Apr 6 '12, 12:54
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INTELLECTUAL SPARK
Carolyn, What are you supposed to do when you meet someone who so clearly highlights everything you've been missing in your current relationship? I recently started a new job and have connected on a serious level with one of my co-workers. He's in a 5-year relationship and I'm in a 7-year relationship (5 years married). He's 8 years younger than I am, but we often find ourselves in these intense conversations and seem to relate to each other on just about everything under the sun. No topics have verged on the romantic or suggestive, but I'm strongly attracted to him, and I suspect he feels the same about me. Also, we seem to be finding more and more excuses to spend time together outside of work. I've never had such intense conversations with my husband, and after becoming friends with this co-worker, I realize how much intellectual stimulation I've been missing out on in my marriage. And it doesn't seem like something you can simply "reignite" or "recapture" -- it seems like that mental spark is either there between two people or it's not. I don't know where this leaves me. Does this sort of thing end marriages??
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