My wife continues to lie about her past despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary

This has some layers to it so I'll try to list the bullet points
1 before we got married my wife had a lot of guy friends but said she NEVER crosses the line
2 so I never asked her about her past upon that knowledge and we ended up getting married
3 shortly thereafter a friend of mine relays some information to me about my wife and someone or some people from work (it was a little vague but he got it from a guy who used to work with her)
4 I confronted her
5 she then starts spitting out all of these names of guys that she had contact with in the past
6 she limits her contact with them saying she just "kissed" them at various times
7 so now we know that she lied about a lot of people - because at one time or another I did ask her if she had any history at all with most of the people she mentioned (most of them her friends)
8 sensing this is now a window into much more than she is revealing I start to press
9 keep in mind I know about and could care less about her past relationships i.e boyfriends - but I have a real problem with one-night stands and lying. They are virtual deal breakers
10 after some discussion she reveals more of her past. A one- night stand with a friend a long time ago and a fling
11. I'm pretty pissed at this point but we move on
12. Since I now know she is a liar I continue to press from time to time and she continues to deny any one-nighters wih any friends from work or any of her other friends
13 her story doesn't pass the smell test so about every 6 months I bring it up and she denies it
14 finally I am absolutely sure there is more than she is telling and I press real hard. she finally reveals that she did sleep with one of her friends that I had been badgering her about. (Oh and in the same breath she tells me she didn't even like him) - which made it worse from my standpoint
15 so now we know she is a staunch liar and kind of a slut if you ask me
16 long story - short (although that ship has probably sailed) the situation becomes a disaster. A complete disaster.
17 we go see a therapist #3
18 not to bore you so I will just say that during this period I find out that her stories about anyone else still smell
19 but now she tells the therapist that there is no one else - end of story
20 I believe this to be complete and utter BS because of information I have gathered over time as well as admissions or semi- admissions that have come out of her own mouth
21 most of the dilemma centers around one particular person that she use to "kiss" on several occasions. Since I've known her she has continued to hang out with some of those other people in question and this particular one. To the point that we've gone into business with him, she's gone away on a business trip with him, and she stayed over his house one night when she was too drunk to drive home.
22 I am almost positive she slept with him (before we were married but wouldn't put it past her to have cheated on me)
23 she continues to deny anything else with anyone
24 if she comes clean it will be armageddon
25 if she continues to deny I will never believe and will go around thinking of her as a slut and a liar
26 if she's telling me the truth it will probably be survivable but barely
27 she's admitted to enough already to be a deal breaker for me (if we were single)
28 I don't want to break up the marriage because we have kids
29 but going on like this is not an enjoyable way to spend the rest of your life as a married couple
30 I can't get past it and have no real solution
31 wiser-now hit it on the head! That's exactly how I feel as pertains to this subject
32 She's dug herself too big of a hole to get out of and since this crap has been going on for 10 years I'm not really in the mood to give her an out
33 I carry around so much anger towards her it's off the charts!
I'm all ears to any suggestions. Thanks!

In order for a relationship to survive, both people have to feel they are getting more benefit from it than what it costs them emotionally. That is obviously not the case here. If you can't accept her as she is, your only choice is to get away from her. Otherwise you will spend the rest of your life trying to prove what you already believe, whether it's the truth or not.

If you don't want to leave her -- and if she isn't cheating now -- then really the only thing I can think of that you can do is learn to work through it. If she feels like you hate her, she may reach a breaking point of her own. If you're going to stay with her, neither of you can survive for very long in an environment filled with anger and distrust. If those two things don't go away, the marriage will probably end anyway.

Therapy is a helpful step. Hopefully, the therapist can help her learn to re-earn your trust, and help you learn to trust her again.

Otherwise.... you're kids would still be in a "broken" home. They'll learn that marriage looks like anger, distrust, and contempt. I would not want to teach my kids that that's what married love looks like.

I agree that not being truthful in the beginning was not stellar on her part. I can understand why you feel betrayed. But... as a marriage counselor once said to a friend of mine: "Do you want to be married, or do you want to be right?"

If you need someone to chat with you can try crisischat.org. I like them for when I need to talk out family issues with someone who doesn't know me and who is outside of the situation. They have an anonymous feature, and it's free.

Also, I agree with Rob.

Wow, I have a very similar experience with my wife as well except that it is much worse. My wife and I dated for 8 years before we were married and I was told by one of her friends she cheated on me with one of her close friends numerous time a couple years into our relationship. Asked her numerous times over the years about our and denied anything to do with the guy. About 2 weeks ago told everything about what happened that long time ago and was obviously a huge shock since we have 3 kids and have been married for 6 years. I completely understand where you are coming from in regards to the trust issue. Being lied to, no matter what it is, is unacceptable in a relationship. You start thinking about what else she or he could be hiding, you feel you married someone you really don't know, you dig and prod until you find something else to prove the other person is hiding more. In the end it destroys the relationship if you let it. I have chosen the path of forgiving and moving on. My wife is a different person now than she was when we were only a couple of years into the relationship. Her honesty now helped me move on from this thought in the back of my head and for you solution you can do this as well as long as your partner is being brutally honest with you and answering all of your questions. I hope things work out for you both but there's really 2 options here forgive and move on, about the dishonesty, or divorce and find someone else. I chose to stay and work hard to make my marriage work and I hope you do the same, we need more hard work in marriages and less easy ways out like divorce.

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You seem kind of shallow. I'm not trying to be hateful. If you fell in love with her, then who cares what she did before she met you. You had relations with other women. As did she with other men. Unless you believe deeply that she has cheated on you since you've been married you should just let it go. You're behavior in not knowing how to forgive and let go is what ruins marriages. You don't need to know about everything she did before she met you. You can't control what has already happened. And you calling her a slut, makes you look like a pathetic jackass. I'm surprised she hasn't already left you. If anything, treating her like this, will push her into someone else's arms. Bringing up things that happened before you, and using them against her is messed up. You must have the mentality of a 15 year old boy.