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AIBU to resent the amount of time this (younger) woman spends with my husband?

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lauren209 · 26/05/2016 22:24

Ever since we got married, which largely equates to - ever since our kids were born - (they are now 13 and 10), my husband has spent a fair amount of time with other women. At the moment, he has a colleague who is about 7 years younger than him, who he spends a lot of time with. They go out cycling together at 6 am, they go for runs in the afternoon (they are both teachers and have free periods) and they go swimming together regularly. They have done a couple of sporting events together, e.g. a triathlon at Eton Dornay. She regularly posts things on his Facebook page about sporting events such as swimming in a lake in the north of Scotland, saying "hey, we should do this together" (which would clearly involve at least a week-end away). One of our kids has autism and, as a result, we have rarely left our children with babysitters. The knock on consequence of this, is that we have had zero one - to - one time together in the last 13 years. Our marriage has, at times, felt like it was falling apart, although interestingly, we did actually have sex once last week for the first time in 6 years (and probably for the third time in 13 years!!). Anyway, for the last 8 or so years, he has spent a good deal of his time with other women. They are his friends. I don't think there is any more to it than that. This other woman is very persistent in asking him to do stuff, such as go cycling, running, swimming and indeed, go away for holidays with her. I have always said nothing and let this happen but now I am starting to resent it. I think to myself, he's my husband and I don't get to spend any one to one time with him (because we can't leave our autistic son with anyone) and yet this colleague of his gets to spend one to one time with him several times a week, let alone, considering the week-ends she has been proposing on Facebook. AIBU to think she needs to fuck the fuck off and get in the queue (behind me) of people who would like to spend time one to one time with my husband?

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Valentine2 · 27/05/2016 15:33

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KatherineMumsnet · 27/05/2016 15:47
DoItTooJulia · 27/05/2016 15:55

What's your life like OP?

kali110 · 27/05/2016 16:33

Love it, the husband does fuck all and has a good friend with the same interests and she's the one in the wrong!
Only on msnet Grin

kali110 · 27/05/2016 16:37

Also believe the op about sex life ( asexuals, low libido, shift patterns, illness etc) very possible just because it may not be the norm.

NavyAndWhite · 27/05/2016 17:01

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dodobookends · 27/05/2016 17:23

Navy one of mine was too - it referred to something another poster said, and that post was deleted so they had to zap mine as well.

OP - I really think you need to think long and hard about whether you want your relationship with your DH to continue or not, and then decide what to do from there.

defunctedusername · 27/05/2016 19:02

What is troll hunting?

Is it just me who thinks op got pregnant and as a consequence was forced to got married. Its possible DH was trying to do the right thing!

Over the years an unspoken agreement was created that they were in a loveless/sexless marriage for the sake of the children.

This has nothing to do with other women, in 13 years he did a couple of sporting events with someone is nothing. I find it hard to believe a teacher has free periods to go swimming.

Maybe he is a closet transsexual?

From someone who was in a shotgun wedding because of an accidental pregnancy I feel sorry for both of the couple. There is a lot more going on here and this issue is not the cause.

HuskyLover1 · 27/05/2016 19:40

interestingly, we did actually have sex once last week for the first time in 6 years (and probably for the third time in 13 years!!). Anyway, for the last 8 or so years, he has spent a good deal of his time with other women. They are his friends. I don't think there is any more to it than that

Are you being serious? You've had sex 3 times in 13 years, and you don't think your DH is having sex elsewhere????????????

This other woman is very persistent in asking him to do stuff, such as go cycling, running, swimming and indeed, go away for holidays with her

Ahem, that's because she is his mistress.

Please please WAKE UP.

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