Throwaway account.
I feel like I need some sense talking into me to get over this thing that happened last night..
DH and I have been married for 7 years, together for 10. We’ve never had any major issues in our relationship and no issues of infidelity. I have trusted him totally and I would like to think he says the same thing about me.
DH was with his ex partner for several years, they split up a couple of years before he and I met. From what he’s told me in the past, part of the reason they split up was because she was unfaithful to him, but they decided to work through that, only for her then to be offered a job transfer to Australia which she accepted, and they went their separate ways. He said that they did keep in touch via email for a few months but eventually lost all contact with each other. He’s never given me any reason to not believe this.
I was also cheated on by a previous partner and so I think that fidelity is something incredibly important to both me and my husband because we both have first hand experience of the hurt when cheated on.
So..last night, we were having husband and wife relations and to my absolute horror, as DH was.. finishing, he called out his ex’s name!
Obviously, the moment was completely gone, I was like what....??!... he was completely mortified and couldn’t stop apologising. I went into the bathroom for a few minutes to gather my thoughts. I went back into the bedroom to find him sitting on the bed looking very sorry and he said that he doesn’t know why it happened. I asked him outright if he was still in touch with his ex and he said no. I told him that if he was still in touch with her as a friend then I did not have an issue with this but I would appreciate openness and honesty. He promised me that he does not have any contact with her and has not for many years, since before he and I met. I asked if he still has any underlying feelings for her, and he said not.
In the early days of my relationship with my husband, I worked so hard on myself in terms of overcoming my insecurities thanks to my abusive ex-partner, who cheated on me with both men and women. It did take me a little while to let my guard down with my husband in the very early days.. but that was all a long time ago now and we’ve been extremely happy all these years! He knows about my past and has been very patient with me.
As a result of my husband doing what he did last night, I hardly slept because I have been so anxious.
We’ve not spoken much today yet because he’s been in meetings all day (WFH) and I was busy earlier. I am ashamed to say that I saw his tablet lying there on the side in the kitchen this morning and I was very tempted to snoop through it. I did not do this and I would never do this.. but the temptation was there for a brief moment :( I really do not want to feel like this. But what my husband did last night is so out of character. He is quite shy about his body and rarely says anything during intimate moments, let alone something like his ex's name! His quietness during intimacy has never bothered me, it’s just who he is and we still have a satisfying love life. I’m making the point that this is just so out of character for him.
I don’t know what to do, should I just let it slide? or try to talk to him about it further? It really has completely blindsided me.
Thanks all.