“My mistress is a huge threat to my marriage, but my life is incomplete without her. I regret that I got involved with her in the first place, but now I’m trapped. How can I get my old life back?”

Your mistress is not the threat to your marriage; YOU are the threat to your marriage.

How will you get your old life back? You won’t. There is no way back, and things will never be like they were before. And don’t tell me it just happened—you actively started it. I always hear of ‘accidents’—it’s a disgusting lie, like slipping on a banana peel and falling into the bed of another woman.

Your wife should dump you and squeeze every penny out of your spoiled life. Don’t look for mercy or understanding here. You are trapped? How are you trapped—did she put a lock on you?