My husband broke my trust again last week, and the way I see it, ended whatever relationship we had. It isn't "fixable", and I've told him from here on out any relationship, or friendship, will have to start from the beginning. I mean this as building a friendship to base our joint parenting on, I don't know if any future romance is possible...I don't know if I could leave my heart vulnerable to him again.

Talking with him tonight, he says he knows he destroyed whatever we had, but is hoping to find a "new best friend" in this relationship, and that he hasn't given up on the marriage. He says he knows there isn't any quick fix, and knows it's going to be a long road, but it's me he loves and wants to be with.

Am I cynical in thinking this may be an act? He's done half attempts at counselling before, and he is doing and saying different things this time, but why can't I believe that he can change?