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To not want to be felt up when reading stories to dc

161 replies

Notledbybaby · 15/05/2022 09:02

I might be being over sensitise but this keeps happening. I’m in bed and kids come in with a book and I start reading it to them, meanwhile DH is feeling my bum up. It makes me feel a bit sick tbh.

Also my youngest shoves her hand down my top a lot, DH makes comments like oh I like doing that too.

I don’t think he should be doing that - AIBU?

OP posts:
Thesefeetaremadeforwalking · 15/05/2022 10:27

Tell him to grow up, get some boundaries and stop being a 'dirty old man'.

He's disrespecting you OP and you need to put a stop to it.

whiteroseredrose · 15/05/2022 10:28

Fart on his hand?

ATeamAmy · 15/05/2022 10:29

Revolting! What if you split up and you got together with another man? Would your H be happy if the same scenario played out with his daughter present but the other man was the groper? If not, then what's the difference, if other man is just "showing affection" too? If your husband would be ok with this scenario too, then he's a porn addled pervert and not safe to be around young children.

5128gap · 15/05/2022 10:29

Its no coincidence that's its when you're busy and especially when your attention is on DC. They feel they are entitled to your attention whenever they want it and are jealous that you're 'ignoring' them in favour of DC. Like a toddler wanting the potty the minute you start feeding the baby, but sleazy and highly inappropriate.
If you want to stay with such a man the only way to handle it is with a firm correction like you'd give to the dog.

ENoeuf · 15/05/2022 10:29

It’s clearly a large subset of men doing this - dh included. I hate it, I don’t want my bum pinched while I’m walking past or my boobs poked if I’m leaning over him. Plus the stupid ‘funny’ comments in front of the teens.
its really irritating and I think you have to knock it back each time as well as finding time to say please stop doing xyz because I find it really uncomfortable.
ignoring the inevitable cries of child abuse 🙄

LoveSpringDaffs · 15/05/2022 10:29

PurpleFlower1983 · 15/05/2022 09:55

I clicked the wrong button but YANBU at all, it’s weird!

@PurpleFlower1983 you can just go & click on the other one.

Footloose78 · 15/05/2022 10:29

I think this is borderline child abuse

it’s not okay for a man to make sexual advances in front of children. Is he their father? I’d be worried he was getting a kick out of the fact the children are there which is horrific.

I’d be leaving. I could not stay married to a, at best, inappropriate immature sex pest who can’t take no for an answer, or at worst, a predatory pervert.

Mischance · 15/05/2022 10:31

When your DD is not there you simply need to tell him that you do not wish him to do this - in no uncertain terms. If he persists then take yourself off to the spare bedroom. Or better still another house.

It is totally pervy and I would not want my child to be around this - nor would I want to be with this man.

Pheonixgirl · 15/05/2022 10:32

Totally inappropriate behaviour, my abusive ex started doing stuff like this towards the end of our relationship, rubbing my thighs and shoving his hand between my legs, almost as if he was 'establishing a claim' over my body. Don't tolerate it a moment longer. I would find this sort of behaviour indecent in the extreme.

KettrickenSmiled · 15/05/2022 10:35

Straightupp · 15/05/2022 09:15

My DP is EXACTLY the same, I've told him it's not normal and not to do it but he doesn't see it as a problem.
He'll want me to touch him when DC isn't looking or say she's too young to understand anyway, I think its massively inappropriate.
He continues to do it and I just have to move away or push him away everytime as he doesn't listen to no.
I know how you feel!

How are you able to tolerate being in the same room as a man who refuses to hear your "NO", @Straightupp ?

OP - how are you able to tolerate being around a man you appear unable to say "NO" to?

The disrespect your H's are showing you is fucking chilling, & you both seem to be dismissing it as "boys will be boys".

Rory2910 · 15/05/2022 10:35

Nice husband talking to his young daughter that way. I'm sorry, but your family is disgusting. Get help.

Whatwouldscullydo · 15/05/2022 10:36

ENoeuf · 15/05/2022 10:29

It’s clearly a large subset of men doing this - dh included. I hate it, I don’t want my bum pinched while I’m walking past or my boobs poked if I’m leaning over him. Plus the stupid ‘funny’ comments in front of the teens.
its really irritating and I think you have to knock it back each time as well as finding time to say please stop doing xyz because I find it really uncomfortable.
ignoring the inevitable cries of child abuse 🙄

Honestly kids ruin relationships. It's nit necessarily a bad thing. Anything that exposes these men fir who they really are does, long term, do you A favour.

Our bodies change. Or needs change. Our priorities change. Theirs don't. They become a third child who you have to manage somehow. Seeking rewards and pats on the back sex for doing the most basic things.

You wake up one day and feel resentment and hatred for someone who is not the equal partner you wanted or needed but yet another job for you to sort out.

ATeamAmy · 15/05/2022 10:40

So true, @Whatwouldscullydo

Mischance · 15/05/2022 10:40

My OH was a sex pest to me - he had a brain degenerative disease which commonly causes this - but even he did not do it in front of the children. Despite his brain being compromised day by day, he still had the wit to know that this was inappropriate.

I am sorry that so many women are going through this sex-pestery. I thought we had stopped being chattels.

moita · 15/05/2022 10:41

My OH is the same! I don't appreciate it all. I think they think its funny. My DS said he 'loved mummy's boobies' and my DH said 'so do I but at least DS gets to see them' 🙄

KettrickenSmiled · 15/05/2022 10:43

Straightupp · 15/05/2022 09:50

@Notledbybaby 100% my DP thinks he is being affectionate. I've tried to tell him that being affectionate is completely different to being sexual, he doesn't understand that.
He doesn't know how to just give me a cuddle or ask if I'm ok or make me a cuppa (things I consider to be showing affection) his affection is bum/boobs groping, asking me touch him or putting my hands on him if I won't touch him when asked.

Honestly sometimes the way he goes on I feel like I am the unreasonable one for not wanting the 'attention' from him all the time but I'm glad to see from this thread he is the unreasonable one.

@Straightupp a teenager is able to understand the difference between affection & groping. Stop buying your husbands "oh, I just don't understand!" bullshit.
Of course he fucking understands. He simply dislikes not being able to manhandle you whenever HE chooses, & sod what you are feeling about it.

He doesn't know how to just give me a cuddle or ask if I'm ok or make me a cuppa
Again - you are buying into his bullshit & making excuses for him.
He clearly doesn't give a shit about his wife if he "doesn't know" these things. That, or he is a moron.

So ... moron, or unreconstructed, uncaring sex pest?
Not much of a choice, is it. How are you still with him?

TheLadyDIdGood · 15/05/2022 10:43

I'd ask him if he was one of those incestuous paedophiles who got their sexual kicks from doing it in front of children. That might make the dirty bastard snap out of it, I couldn't be with someone like that.

catandcoffee · 15/05/2022 10:44

wtf is wrong with him. Anything sexual around children is just very wrong. Why doesn't he know this.

NC10012 · 15/05/2022 10:44

It's really inappropriate to be doing that in front of your children, even if he thinks he's being discreet. You've moved his hand away, he should get the message and stop.
I also find it disturbing that he has made that comment to your child that he likes to 'do that too' about putting his hand down your top. That is inappropriate sexual behaviour and he absolutely should not be saying that to your child. Sounds like he's saying it to you but through your child which is just awful really.

KettrickenSmiled · 15/05/2022 10:44

BoDerek · 15/05/2022 09:53

Isn’t it technically child abuse to engage in sexual activity in front of children?

Nothing technical about it.

Legally, morally - it's CSA.

NewandNotImproved · 15/05/2022 10:46

Why are there people posting openly about living with sex offenders? For fucks sake, get these blokes away from your kids if you won’t raise your own standards at least.

Notsomellownow · 15/05/2022 10:47

This was a reccurring theme for me. Whenever I said I didn't like it I was pathologised as being frigid and not showing affection. This contributed massively to his narrative about the eventual breakdown of our relationship.

I think it's common when kids come along and partners feel pushed out and are craving your attention. Doesn't mean it's OK though.

converseandjeans · 15/05/2022 10:49

That's horrible & it sounds like you have either DH groping you or the kids yanking at your top. You need to put boundaries in place for both DH & the kids. I've never had the kids grabbing me like that. They probably see DH doing it and think it's ok.

SoggyPaper · 15/05/2022 10:50

thenightsky · 15/05/2022 10:11

He sounds like he is jealous of your time with them, and is trying to get attention

That was my first thought too.

Mine was (and is) most definitely jealous of our 1 year old getting ‘all the attention’. Apparently I’m ‘obsessed with the baby’ because his father is not the centre of the universe.

It’s pathetic, tedious and deeply unattractive.

(and a reminder for those who think I just put up with this: I left him so we live separately.)

MyBottleOfRibena · 15/05/2022 10:52

Your husband sounds absolutely vile

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