(RealSimple.com) -- The shocking discovery of an affair nearly devastated their marriage, but a series of couples support seminars helped repair and strengthen their bond. Angie and Greg Cooper Duluth, Georgia Married 20 years One afternoon in the fall of 2002, Greg sat down at the family's computer with the intention of researching their upcoming trip to Walt Disney World. He never got that far. Once he woke up the monitor, he made a bewildering discovery: The screen displayed the in-box of an unfamiliar e-mail account registered to his wife, Angie, 43. Perplexed, he called her into the room. Angie realized she had forgotten to close her old account and knew it was time to come clean. "It's over," she said. "But please don't read the e-mails." Angie then made a startling confession: For nearly a year, she had had an affair. It had ended only seven months earlier. "I was sick to my stomach," says Greg, 46. "I thought, I'll never get over this. We're getting a divorce."
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Angie Cooper had been having an affair for one year before her husband found out
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Angie: "I didn't feel important to Greg beyond being our children's caregiver"
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Greg: Didn't know Angie was lonely-- thought she didn't love love me
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Relationship seminars helped heal Greg and Angie's emotional wounds
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