I have namechanged out of respect for dh but I really need to talk about this.
I am not someone who blabs about anything and everything I have boundaries and respect privacy and in fact am a good listener (also have rubbish memory so secrets are often safe with me!).
I am currently a housewife with 3 children under 5 and living in a town where I have no connections before we moved here 3 years ago. I am lonely and have started making tenuos friendships with some local women with children at my ds school. One of whom I hope to become good friends with as I enjoy talking o her and am finding we have common interests (namely both have 3 similar age kids).
Anyhow was chatting too her yesterday and she mentioned her dh spends several nights a week playing an online game - I told her my dh also does this (different games). We enjoyed bonding over our similar frustrations with gamer dh's!
I mentioned that conversation to my dh that evening (not the bitching part!) - and he freaked out that I had shared such personal info with her! I ws shocked as I had no idea that the fact dh played an online game was confidental or crossing a boundary as I was talking about the effect his gaming has on me.
So this lead to an almighty row, tears (me) and ranting (him) - I have been given a very strong instruction not to discuss anything private relating to him or our sexlife with anyone aside from him.
However I feel somewhat curtailed by this and concerned that I will be headed for the divorce courts if I get pissed and talk about that time we had bum sex! Is he being ott about this and how do I broach the subject with the woman I talked to as I don't want her bumping into dh at Tesco's and making a joke about gaming to him and thereby pissing him off again!
I am really worried that I am going to either fuck up my marriage or remain a lonely housewife - how do I resolve this issue????
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i need to handle a delicate situation regarding my dh desire for extreme privacy and my guiless garrulous tendencies
indiscreet · 15/07/2009 22:34
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