Hi Guys, I’ve been married almost 20 years and my wife has been slowly withdrawing from me the past few years. It began with her paying more attention to her phone than to me when we were in the middle of conversations. Then, several months ago, she dropped the bomb that she’d lost interest in the sexual part of our relationship. I confided some of my home issues to a coworker. Turns out, she was having similar issues with her husband. We began texting each other and she admitted feeling attracted to me. She’s 16 years younger than I am and some of her texts I’d definitely describe as inappropriate and graphic. Things blew up when her husband saw the texts. Nothing physical ever happened. But you could say it was an emotional affair. Now she’s saying that there’s no way we can work together and that her husband wants me to resign. I’m pretty high up in the company but I’m not her supervisor. We’re in different departments and have little contact on a day-to-day basis. Normally I’d go to HR to get a sense of my options, but she works in HR. It’s absurd to consider throwing away my career over flirtatious texts. How should I handle this?
