excellent question....true, the unfaithful needs a safe environment. the betrayed can't say 'tell me everything....tell me it all.....with a proverbial gun to their head, then they tell them it all and the betrayed blows their head off with anger yelling screaming and a decision that right there, at that moment it's over... that's not safety. the betrayed also can't create an environment where all they get is in fact "condemnation, vile threats to tell others" the betrayed also can't keep punishing the unfaithful........ however, remember they may not be willing to hear that right now due to the trauma, the anger, the confusion, the ptsd or the complete chaos of it all....or they may not hear that from YOU, the unfaithful. They will need an expert third party that can help them hear that, embrace that and understand that. it would be a toxic environment as well. HOWEVER, it's common for them to do that early on and not have a safe environment. the two biggest struggles I see early on are: 1. the unfaithful drip feeds information.....over time....trickle truthing as some call it. 2. the betrayed wont get help or wont get help to help them in their response mechanisms and then tries to commit to early to the marriage or to divorce. there is a better way for both to react and move forward. it's hard as hell. this is life crisis. it's not a simple bump in the road at all. there is a sense of suck it up my friend as quite frankly, we cheated. we have to deal with the consequences. we shouldn't have cheated if we didn't want all hell coming our way, not that our spouse is hell. the pain and trauma is hell. so, i'd have to say that at some gut level honesty.....suck it up. get help. get the right people involved in your recovery and then you can create safety for both of you the unique ways that both of you need safety. i hope that helps.

geoff, thanks so much for the kind words my friend and for posting. if you have iphones you can do 'find my iphone' and she can track you at all times and see exactly where you're at. it has sattelite as well as map views. there is also find my friends which you can use on iphones. i'm sure there's something for android if you're not using iphones. i also would take pictures of things at times. sometimes i'd take a picture right out of my office window. or a computer that had the time on it ya know on the lower right side? something like that. i would also call her from a land line in the office so she knew i was on a hard line, in my office, or something like. she also knew our land line number and would call from time to time just to check in and talk. the secretary knew she would call from time to time and would chat it up with her so it wasn't so awkward or what have you. it's two parts: one part you showing and proving you're where you're at early on and another part her understanding there is only so much proof you can offer and she has to accept that she can't control your every move but you'll do all you can to help her feel safe. i hope that helps. this article on the truth about trust will help as well if you haven't read it: https://www.affairrecovery.com/shocking-truth-about-trust-0 would be a great read for you and for her. take care my friend.