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Husband went to a lap dancing club as part of stag do and had private dance

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Koala34 · 22/11/2022 11:13

So my husband went on a stag do and went to a lap dancing club and had a private dance which he says his friend paid for. He said he thought I wouldn’t mind (!) We have 2 children one being 4 months old. I feel devastated and I’m not sure how I can get over it. What would you do? I just can’t get the image out of my head. I wish I was ok with it but feel like he’s crossed a line.

OP posts:
Megifer · 23/11/2022 09:04

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 08:59

You don’t get a “massage and happy ending” or a “massage” at a private lap dance! Many of my friends at Uni were strippers and there’s very little touching from them and none from the men.

Once again, it depends on the club (and other factors). The fact that you so firmly believe it doesn't demonstrates that you have no clue. Sorry.

Megifer · 23/11/2022 09:11

Its quite sad at how effective the facade put forward by these clubs, and the men who club together to tell us all this "doesn't happen, no siree", is. For some anyway.

Its as transparent as the whole "my mate paid" story. Honestly these men must think we're stupid.

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 09:15

Richielogic · 23/11/2022 03:53

YABU

I think this is the difference between the female and the male perspective. I really feel sorry for the OP’s husband and the over reaction here is at best ridiculous.

In 1999 I was in her husbands exact same position, on my stag night the group of guys I was with dragged me to a club after a pub crawl. I was absolutely smashed but they still took me, and they paid a girl to dance for me. There was strictly a no touching rule, this is how it is in these clubs.

I told my wife after about the events of the night and about the situation and she went berserk.

As far as DW was concerned, just like the OP here, this was a major thing, irrespective of the fact that I couldn’t remember half of it. I was just the same as OP’s husband, I was like, if the girls took you to a male strip club, I would not react like this and she was like “yes, but they don’t shove a pussy in your face” she was hell angry

My perception was it was no big thing, I was not cheating on her, I was not having sex with the dancer, frankly I was so smashed I couldn’t even remember half of it, I couldn’t even recall what she looked like, was she blonde, brunette, let alone what a flash of her might have looked like, IDK? it meant absolutely nothing whatsoever to me V DW who had all kinds of images in her head, was over exaggerating things and mind going ten to the dozen imagining all kind of things that were just not reality. Her perception of what a dance is, and my experience in reality were VERY different. These girls are doing two min strip dances on a constant cycle, guy after guy, to clear as much cash as they can in as shortest possible time. Half the guys don’t know what’s hit them its all so quick. Perhaps DW had seen some program of some footballer having some full hands on experience and sex with one, IDK but as I say DWs imagination and my reality were poles apart.

Anyhow, I was reminded of this dam event for probably the first ten years of married life. It got on my nerves frankly whenever it was brought up. Its all very good here the feminists baiting the OP and telling her to dump him etc but he’s probably a dam good guy, loves her and just caught up in a crap situation and unlikely to repeat it.

I can tell you I love my wife unconditionally and I am still married to her, she is my absolute world and I have never done or been in a situation like that since. I am annoyed at the guys that dragged me that club and yes, the lads with your DH could have behaved better, they could have stood by him better and not taken him to an adult club, could of, would have, should have, BUT it happened.

Your DH will learn from this, is unlikely to repeat it and my advice is to move on from it. Just forget the situation, it will mean absolutely nothing to your husband I can tell you. I have been married 24 years this year, two children at university now and it’s been fantastic, I have never done anything like that stag night since. Don’t let your anger of this silly event spoil your future.

Only YOU know what your guy is like, if he was out every night, on tinder or whatever meeting other girls and having affairs or visiting prostitutes sure dump him but he’s not. He ended up in a foolish situation, it happens. You have made your point, so I say give him a hug and tell him not to be so stupid in the future, back your man, be supportive, let it go. Life is far too short.

Good luck to you for your future married life, live. Love and leave a legacy together.

Good post, and I agree there’s a lot of over-reacting going on.

TortugaRumCakeQueen · 23/11/2022 09:15

I am annoyed at the guys that dragged me that club and yes, the lads with your DH could have behaved better, they could have stood by him better and not taken him to an adult club, could of, would have, should have, BUT it happened

"Another boy made me do it"

Maybe, just maybe, an excuse when you're the Stag, but the Ops husband wasn't the Stag!

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 09:18

Megifer · 23/11/2022 09:04

Once again, it depends on the club (and other factors). The fact that you so firmly believe it doesn't demonstrates that you have no clue. Sorry.

I know it depends on the club, the other poster didn’t put depends on the club. She wrote it as if it were true 100% of the time. The fact she so firmly believes a lap dance is like a massage and happy ending proves she has no clue. And by extension you if you think a lap dance always comes with a hand job.

KillingLoneliness · 23/11/2022 09:22

Richielogic · 23/11/2022 03:53

YABU

I think this is the difference between the female and the male perspective. I really feel sorry for the OP’s husband and the over reaction here is at best ridiculous.

In 1999 I was in her husbands exact same position, on my stag night the group of guys I was with dragged me to a club after a pub crawl. I was absolutely smashed but they still took me, and they paid a girl to dance for me. There was strictly a no touching rule, this is how it is in these clubs.

I told my wife after about the events of the night and about the situation and she went berserk.

As far as DW was concerned, just like the OP here, this was a major thing, irrespective of the fact that I couldn’t remember half of it. I was just the same as OP’s husband, I was like, if the girls took you to a male strip club, I would not react like this and she was like “yes, but they don’t shove a pussy in your face” she was hell angry

My perception was it was no big thing, I was not cheating on her, I was not having sex with the dancer, frankly I was so smashed I couldn’t even remember half of it, I couldn’t even recall what she looked like, was she blonde, brunette, let alone what a flash of her might have looked like, IDK? it meant absolutely nothing whatsoever to me V DW who had all kinds of images in her head, was over exaggerating things and mind going ten to the dozen imagining all kind of things that were just not reality. Her perception of what a dance is, and my experience in reality were VERY different. These girls are doing two min strip dances on a constant cycle, guy after guy, to clear as much cash as they can in as shortest possible time. Half the guys don’t know what’s hit them its all so quick. Perhaps DW had seen some program of some footballer having some full hands on experience and sex with one, IDK but as I say DWs imagination and my reality were poles apart.

Anyhow, I was reminded of this dam event for probably the first ten years of married life. It got on my nerves frankly whenever it was brought up. Its all very good here the feminists baiting the OP and telling her to dump him etc but he’s probably a dam good guy, loves her and just caught up in a crap situation and unlikely to repeat it.

I can tell you I love my wife unconditionally and I am still married to her, she is my absolute world and I have never done or been in a situation like that since. I am annoyed at the guys that dragged me that club and yes, the lads with your DH could have behaved better, they could have stood by him better and not taken him to an adult club, could of, would have, should have, BUT it happened.

Your DH will learn from this, is unlikely to repeat it and my advice is to move on from it. Just forget the situation, it will mean absolutely nothing to your husband I can tell you. I have been married 24 years this year, two children at university now and it’s been fantastic, I have never done anything like that stag night since. Don’t let your anger of this silly event spoil your future.

Only YOU know what your guy is like, if he was out every night, on tinder or whatever meeting other girls and having affairs or visiting prostitutes sure dump him but he’s not. He ended up in a foolish situation, it happens. You have made your point, so I say give him a hug and tell him not to be so stupid in the future, back your man, be supportive, let it go. Life is far too short.

Good luck to you for your future married life, live. Love and leave a legacy together.

I’m sorry but if my husband went along with this or even stepped foot into a strip club we’d be over.
It’s disrespectful to me, I am his wife and I am the only woman he is intimate with, this would be a huge deal breaker, I wouldn’t want a future with someone who was happy to go along and watch a woman strip, it doesn’t matter how “smashed” he was, to me it isn’t a silly mistake, it’s a betrayal of my trust and not something I could ever forgive.

KillingLoneliness · 23/11/2022 09:29

Jenny3412 · 23/11/2022 08:12

Guys, seriously. If you were on a hen do and went to a male strip show with naked waiters it would have been a laugh. Come on this is not worth another breath.

I wouldn’t attend a hen do if it involved any of that.
None of the stag/hen dos that either myself or my DH have attended have involved strippers/clubs or lap dancers.

Megifer · 23/11/2022 09:43

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 09:18

I know it depends on the club, the other poster didn’t put depends on the club. She wrote it as if it were true 100% of the time. The fact she so firmly believes a lap dance is like a massage and happy ending proves she has no clue. And by extension you if you think a lap dance always comes with a hand job.

So we agree your post was incorrect 👍

91mana · 23/11/2022 09:52

OP I am really sorry that you have experienced this. It is really discussing and I would feel devastated if faced the same situation.

But, keep your head up, have a conversation about boundaries with your husband and try to move forward. What he did was bad, but every relationship has ups and downs.

🌷

Bookworm20 · 23/11/2022 10:11

I understand everyone has different standards and if its that important to you then i would have expected the wife to discuss the issue with the husband long before he left for any stage do.

Different standards? Or some have no standards you mean? And honestly No, I would not expect to have to actually TELL my DP if he could kindly refrain from purchasing naked women to gyrate all over him when he goes out.

Wow, I know this will be unpopular but i am honestly shocked by the amount of women that would end a good marriage over a lap dance.

For the record, It isn't the woman ending a good marriage over this. It is the cheating prick of a husband ending the marriage.

If my DP did this I would lose all respect for him and would never want him to touch me again. Nothing I did. The marriage ending would be all on him!

MrsSkylerWhite · 23/11/2022 10:14

Surprised he didn’t know how devastated you would feel after 12 years.
Personally, divorce.

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 10:22

Megifer · 23/11/2022 09:43

So we agree your post was incorrect 👍

Well this just proves you lack reading comprehension so perhaps you shouldn’t be putting your oar in until you master that skill.

ArcticSkewer · 23/11/2022 10:31

Megifer · 23/11/2022 09:04

Once again, it depends on the club (and other factors). The fact that you so firmly believe it doesn't demonstrates that you have no clue. Sorry.

yeah so if you check either my post before or after it clearly says clubs abroad and some seedier clubs in UK. No, it isn't all clubs or all strippers. It is much more common than some women seem to think though. And tbh you don't really know what your friends did either. They may not have told you.

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 10:35

ArcticSkewer · 23/11/2022 10:31

yeah so if you check either my post before or after it clearly says clubs abroad and some seedier clubs in UK. No, it isn't all clubs or all strippers. It is much more common than some women seem to think though. And tbh you don't really know what your friends did either. They may not have told you.

Each post stands or falls on its own merits of lack thereof.

Megifer · 23/11/2022 10:40

Onnabugeisha · 23/11/2022 10:22

Well this just proves you lack reading comprehension so perhaps you shouldn’t be putting your oar in until you master that skill.

Agree someone needs to go back and read again, slowly, but that person isn't me im afraid.

I'll help you out though:

You said it doesn't happen
I said it does
You then said well yes it does
I said great we agree
Then you embarrassed yourself a little bit.

Hth 😊

Wiluli · 23/11/2022 10:49

feistymumma · 23/11/2022 07:23

This! I wouldn't be bothered either.

But she is able to touch him . A lot happens in a private lap dance by the way .

Wiluli · 23/11/2022 10:51

Bookworm20 · 23/11/2022 10:11

I understand everyone has different standards and if its that important to you then i would have expected the wife to discuss the issue with the husband long before he left for any stage do.

Different standards? Or some have no standards you mean? And honestly No, I would not expect to have to actually TELL my DP if he could kindly refrain from purchasing naked women to gyrate all over him when he goes out.

Wow, I know this will be unpopular but i am honestly shocked by the amount of women that would end a good marriage over a lap dance.

For the record, It isn't the woman ending a good marriage over this. It is the cheating prick of a husband ending the marriage.

If my DP did this I would lose all respect for him and would never want him to touch me again. Nothing I did. The marriage ending would be all on him!

I completely agree with you .

ItsBritneyBitch45 · 23/11/2022 10:52

So are you going to divorce your husband because he had a lap dance?

stuntbubbles · 23/11/2022 10:55

ItsBritneyBitch45 · 23/11/2022 10:52

So are you going to divorce your husband because he had a lap dance?

She started the thread 24 hours ago; maybe give her a chance to think about her options – she’s not debating a choice of starter.

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · 23/11/2022 11:02

stuntbubbles · 23/11/2022 10:55

She started the thread 24 hours ago; maybe give her a chance to think about her options – she’s not debating a choice of starter.

This. The thread is quite frankly ridiculous. So much righteous 'I'd leave my husband if he so much as thought of a strip club' hard line bullshit. No one is stopping to think about the fact leaving him will come with consequences itself for all involved.

She doesn't just need to think about what he's done, it's also what affect her leaving will have on her and the kids in the future and whether it really is a deal breaker in the bigger picture.

FLOWER1982 · 23/11/2022 11:07

Why would his friend pay for it?!

reminds me of the time my brother went on his stag do. My other brother went and they visited a lap dancing club. His wife found out (she used to worry a lot) . To start with he told her they never went. Then he got found out - the other guys said - he told her they did go but they were at the back and couldn’t really see anything 🤦‍♀️.

ItsBritneyBitch45 · 23/11/2022 11:07

stuntbubbles · 23/11/2022 10:55

She started the thread 24 hours ago; maybe give her a chance to think about her options – she’s not debating a choice of starter.

I think you misinterpreted my tone. I’m asking will the OP really divorce her husband of 12 years simply because he received a lap dance. Reading the comments you’d think her husband killed someone in front of her or something. It’s very easy for strangers on the internet to comment saying they could no longer be with him but the reality is very different

ItsBritneyBitch45 · 23/11/2022 11:08

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · 23/11/2022 11:02

This. The thread is quite frankly ridiculous. So much righteous 'I'd leave my husband if he so much as thought of a strip club' hard line bullshit. No one is stopping to think about the fact leaving him will come with consequences itself for all involved.

She doesn't just need to think about what he's done, it's also what affect her leaving will have on her and the kids in the future and whether it really is a deal breaker in the bigger picture.

Exactly I agree with all of this

EmbarrassedNameChangeDontJudge · 23/11/2022 11:08

No one is stopping to think about the fact leaving him will come with consequences itself for all involved.

She doesn't just need to think about what he's done, it's also what affect her leaving will have on her and the kids in the future and whether it really is a deal breaker in the bigger picture.

This is the worst part, and men like op’s husband know this full well and use it.
That’s what so disgusting.
Men (the gross one’s) goes to strip clubs or whatever, knowing their assholes for it, thinking no women is going to leave ’just because’ or break up a family.
Even though it was them (men) who went and chose to ruin it all.

It sucks that women are supposed to be idiot without boundaries and self respect and stay with sleazy men.
And standards just keep staying low, whicj suit men just fine of course.

stuntbubbles · 23/11/2022 11:10

@ItsBritneyBitch45 I totally misinterpreted your tone, sorry!

From my POV I think it would be a dealbreaker for me and would eventually lead to a split, but if it happened to me I think I’d start from the “this is cheating” interpretation but than need time to consider my response and the fallout. With posters saying LTB etc, my interpretation is that they’re saying the same thing, really: LTB in the long run, but it doesn’t have to be today.

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