Im 37 year old man and my wife is 35. We have been together for 19 years and were our 1st sexual partners. We have been married for 14 years. We have 3 boys - 12, 10 and 3.
This week she has told me she wants us to separate and there is no changing her mind. I honestly thought we would be together forever. There is nobody else involved she just said she loves me as a best friend but is not in love with me in a sexual way. Our sex life has been poor since we bought our house 15 years ago. We were only having sex about 5 times a year and last time was about 6 months ago. I am not well endowed and it just always seemed a chore for her. We tried sex toys which helped a little but did not improve the frequency of sex.
She has said she doesn't find me attractive anymore and I know I am no looker. Our marriage breakdown was due to a number of reasons but mainly money. We are constantly in debt and owe about £20000 on credit cards at the minute despite remorgaging time and time again. I would do all possible overtime at work to help but neglected my family. I would rarely go out with them due to me being at work.
As I have said it's too late now and we will separate. I have had suicidal thoughts but plan on going to doctors this week. I have always thought I was punching above my weight as my wife is very beautiful and one hold up I have is her moving on and getting another man and them having sex everyday and her thinking why didn't I do this sooner! She has said while the kids are at home she is not interested in another man and will not entertain getting with one till kids move out. I just said who knows how u will feel.
As I said I am no looker and not well endowed. When I was at school I only had 1 girlfriend as nobody was interested in me and I used to sit in my bedroom every night till I was 17 all alone as all my friends had girlfriends. I moved to my wife's home town and through my own fault don't have any friends and I can just imagine me in the future just sitting in a 1 bedroom place crying every night.
My wife has said I can see the kids before/after school whenever I want, have tea round there, go on holiday with her and kids etc but I am just scared for the future and my insecurities.
As mentioned we owe £20000 and wife has said she will help pay it off. It will all be paid of next year as my workplace is closing and I am due £20000 redundancy money. Our house value is £130000 and we owe £116000 so once sold we will be left with little due to fees etc.
Does anybody know where both of us stand regarding rehousing? We plan to ring shelter up this week.