@tcook,
Quote:I can't get over him...I still miss him.
I pray to God every day that this man gets a divorce and we find each other again.
If you believe in prayer, use it to help you let go of this man so you can move onto other relationships, so you can find one with a man who will be totally committed to you, something you never had in your affair.
Pray for the courage to let go of this man, and the strength to deal with the pain of his loss in your life, and the determination to find someone more worthy of your love and devotion.
Whatever you felt for this man, you can feel for someone else--the capacity for those feelings is
within you.
This man has always been unobtainable, perhaps that even contributed to the excitement of the relationship for you, there was always the drama of whether he'd leave his wife, the illicit nature of the affair spiced things up, and you never had to live with him on a day in day out basis, your time with him was largely confined to the romance and sexuality an affair can offer during these "stolen moments". You were able to settle for that before, but honestly, I really think you do want more in a relationship now, and more than he is willing or able to offer, something he also realized.
He never really duped you before, you duped yourself into believing him, for well over a decade, way past the time a light bulb should have gone off in your head telling you that his actions were inconsistent with his words--he was always fully involved with his marriage, and his wife, and he had no intention of ditching those things, no matter how much he enjoyed his relationship with you, and no matter how much he told you that you were the love of his life, you were not his main priority. That realization may sting, and be painful, but it will also help you to let go and move on.
Quote: I know I made a mistake by calling his wife. I feel that if I didn't, I would have him in my life in some way...even part
That's your only regret about calling his wife--that it drove him away? Your rage over feeling duped by him led you to do something very callous and hurtful and malicious toward someone else--his wife--because you were trying to use her to get back at him. If that's the toxic effect this relationship has on you, you should regret a lot more than the fact that phone call caused him to back off even more--you should regret, and try to change, the kind of person you're turning into.
Let it go, tcook, allow yourself to mourn the loss, just as if he had died. Do not reach out to him or try to communicate with him again, let it go. It's time for you to move onto a new chapter in your life, with the promise of new relationships in it. You'll never be able to do that if you allow yourself to remain emotionally connected to this man. Stop nursing your regrets, and your anger, and your hurt feelings, and your desire for this man. This affair was good for a time, but it's clearly not good for you now. You really don't like being "the other woman" in a married man's life, you do want someone whose main commitment is to you, and, after 10-12 years, it's time to realize that it's not going to happen with this man. Let him go, so you can move on and find happiness with someone else, and convince yourself that's possible, because it really is.