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Drunken argument with DH - revealed he has pleasured himself to photos of my friend

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Hilly25 · 05/04/2025 21:41

I had a night out with my DH last night, our DC were with grandparents so a very rare occasion to let our hair down. We’ve had a challenging 2/3 years in our relationship for various reasons, and our sex life has really suffered with it becoming less regular.

What started as a nice night with food etc turned into a slagging match with shouting and swearing at 1am this morning when we got home - both of us had far too much to drink.

I am not proud of certain comments I made - basically blamed him for our sex life and said he’s a lazy lover. He took offence to this and told me that I can’t talk as I’m a lazy lover ‘and that’s why I have to wank to photos of X’ (my best friend). I told him I didn’t believe him and he went on his phone and found screenshots he’d taken on social media of my friend, some of which were cropped from group photos.

I went ballistic and told him not to talk to me and to sleep downstairs on the sofa. This morning, he is claiming not to remember the details of our argument as he was too drunk and has denied what he said and showed me.

Our DC are back home with us now and I don’t want to cause a scene but I am still furious and feel utterly disgusted.

Can you ever see a relationship coming back from this?

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Jay from the inbetweeners? That you?

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Bit early to be on the booze

Unless you are the husband?

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OneAquaFatball · 06/04/2025 07:41

gd its grim enough he did it but then he told you and then when he went to PROVE it when you didnt believe it?

this man doesnt love you, he doesnt even like you

Watermill · 06/04/2025 07:26

No.

I mean, unless you’re ok with him pretending you’re Emma every time you have sex?

I think this relationship is done.

theoriginalpinkpowerranger · 06/04/2025 07:00

I reckon he’s secretly shagged/shagging the friend.

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Hilly25 · 05/04/2025 22:03

I wasn’t in any of the photos, and he was very specific in naming my friend and not me! Not that it would make me feel any better

It’s triggering because he said something about my friend in the past which I let slide (about her bum) again when drunk but it all makes sense now that he has obviously had a thing for her going back years.

I remember you now and the post about your friends bottom.

Most of the advice then was leave.

He is telling you who he really is. He wants out but he just wants a nuclear way to carve a path for him.

PurpleFlower1983 · 06/04/2025 06:58

No way, but the relationship sounds crap anyway.

Beeloux · 06/04/2025 06:56

Jabberwok · 05/04/2025 23:14

Thank you. I perhaps didn't word it well but my cousins are stunning but I don't think of them that way, as I don't think of my wife's friends, etc. You just don't go there, you can acknowledge they are pretty.

as I said I'm not close to many of my cousins...I have 51 first cousins!

plus I have to point out in several cultures, especially Pakistan Muslim it's usual to marry a cousin...so several people have been racists here but ok...

Reproducing with your first cousin is proven to cause fetal deformities and genetic disorders. I find it very unfair on the child. I’ve lived in an Arab country so I’m aware certain countries offer genetic testing before marriage to avoid this from happening but these tests are not 100% foolproof. It's not racist to disagree with the practise.

Whatonearthdoiknow · 06/04/2025 06:55

Basically, you told him he was a crap shag and he then admitted wanking over your friend. This is dead in the water op.
Telling him in that scenario that he is crap in bed is never going to end well. If you have issues with his sexual performance or other reasons why you don’t want to have sex with him (is he lazy, doesn’t pull his weight at home etc) you discuss it soberly and in an appropriate manner. The VAST majority of men would feel extremely hurt in this scenario. He obviously did and he’s lashed out.
The cropping of pictures from social media though of your friend is just beyond awful. Couldn’t he have found some stranger to wank over? If he’d said he’d used porn because you wouldn’t have sex with him, I could maybe understand, but your friend? Nope. He’s crossed a line and what’s more, he bloody knows it, which is why he’s lying to your face this morning.

MrsMurphyIWish · 06/04/2025 06:49

Honestly, why are you even asking this question? Are toxic relationships the norm now so much so people can’t see how toxic they are? Even before the admittance of the photo, the drunken shouting with insults would be enough for me.

Purplecatshopaholic · 06/04/2025 06:46

I’m sorry op, but I don’t think there’s any way back from this either. He admitted to wanking over your friend! And showed you photos! Jeez. You will never know if he is thinking about her - how could you ever have sex with him again. Ugh.

FlamboyantlyIncognito · 06/04/2025 06:42

I'm a bloke (for clarity)....... right up to the bit where you wrote about him cutting/editing pictures up, I was going to write 'there's two sides to the story/takes both of you to make the sex side of things work'..... but his admission of doing what he's done and proving it to you (however drunk) is....... not good.

It's not even occurred to me to do that (and your post got me thinking it has to be said) but there's a line you know? (or should be).

Perhaps other men do it and I'm just old fashioned? (I'm in my 50's) - perhaps it's a younger generation thing.

Another poster wrote about blokes being weird little creatures or borgs. I can assure her that we aren't borgs (but yes, perhaps weird - although that could be described as 'unique' and there is a huge difference between us fellas. I'm lucky enough to have 4 v v close friends and we are all seriously different). We are not all like the blokes portrayed on mumsnet (where, naturally, some of the more extreme examples of human behaviour and humans overall are described).

Got to say though that this behaviour of the op's husband is definitely not good imo whether the sex is bad or not. That goes far deeper than just a lack of sex. Has implications right across the board (of entire gamut of the relationship). I actually think he's ill.

We all know that kids/life/schooling/financial pressures/older parents/illness/just life you know? changes things in the relationship (particularly for the woman imo) in that sex and desire (on the woman's side) becomes driven far more from the emotional support side of the relationship bracket than the physical stymulus side (oh look, hubby has a 6 pack). The triggers for a good sex life are far more in the head (so to speak) than physical, speaking from experience. I know because I've been found wanting on that front I'm afraid. Took me a v v long time to work it out.

Also - don't get pissed with your husband - far better to stagger things so one drinks on a night out whilst the other doesn't - saves you both from terrible arguments at 1am (but his photo editing exploits needed to come out actually regardless).

dunroamingfornow · 06/04/2025 06:41

No. So sorry

LoudSnoringDog · 06/04/2025 06:39

Ewww how disgusting