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Partner cheating with escorts while I'm pregnant

13 replies

spoonfullofsugar88 · 29/07/2021 07:21

Morning everyone Thanks

Not sure if I've posted in the right place but I'm currently 4 weeks pregnant after losing a baby back in early May at 13 weeks. I was devastated and after my loss I sunk into bad depression, something I've suffered with my whole life on and off since teenage years.

We knew the baby had died at 11 weeks and I had to wait 2 weeks to have a termination as it didn't pass naturally. In this time I was drinking quite a lot and was in a bad place.

One night during this time my fiancé was sleeping and I went down his phone. I'd never done this in the 2 years we have been together but I had a gut feeling. He had become very distant during my pregnancy and began taking his phone everywhere. I never imagined what I was going to see. I felt he had been being 'off' but we spend all of our time together pretty much unless he's working.

His phone was full of calls and messages to escorts, he would meet them in hotels during his lunch period. He has a child from a previous relationship and was telling the child's mother how much he loves her and misses her (the ex not the child), he had even met a pre-op transvestite male in a hotel one afternoon when he said he had been at work. My whole world shattered. I'd just lost our baby and now this.

I confronted him but he convinces me I'm the crazy one and denies everything. You can't hold a conversation with him as he gets angry and twists things. He eventually cried and apologised and said how stupid he had been and how he can't live without me.

I know I should have run a mile then but I was in such a low place I didn't want to be alone. I was desperately sad about the baby and just wanted to try again for another one so I stupidly forgave him and began TTC straight away. I got a BFP almost immediately and am now 4 weeks along. Im so anxious this time in my pregnancy after what happened before and I feel more alone than ever. I don't want to tell anyone until at least 12 weeks this time and every day feels like a year.

He's such a loving partner and I still can't believe what he did to me, it doesn't make sense in my head as although I've seen it with my own eyes he is such a good liar and almost convinces me it isn't true. Since being together we have sex every day and do absolutely everything together, I just can't understand why I'm not enough for him. Sometimes when he's been drunk and we have sex he has scared me a few times as he gets really dominant and changes his whole persona. I don't say anything as would rather he is like it with me than to go somewhere else.

Not sure if anyone would have had similar experiences but advice would be welcomed. Pretty sure I know what the advice will be, I know what I'd be saying to do if it were one of my Friends but being in the situation yourself is incredibly hard.

TIA Biscuit

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InTheNightWeWillWish · 29/07/2021 07:29

Well my advice would be to leave him. It doesn’t sound like you are ready to leave him though, so don’t give up your job when you have the baby. Do not become reliant on him financially. Get some counselling to deal with your miscarriage and provide a safe space to take your concerns about your relationship too. Get yourself a secret ‘fuck off’ fund for when you’re ready to leave. Look up women’s refuges near you, if his behaviour escalates and he scares you more and more, get yourself out. Keep your support network - your friends and your family, don’t let him close you off from them.

sarah13xx · 29/07/2021 07:43

☹️ oh no, I’m so sorry. Leaving him definitely seems like the only option here. I think you need to go somewhere away from him that you can try not to stress too much about all of this. Can he leave or can you go and stay with family or someone? He’s done too much to forgive unfortunately. It sounds like he might have a sex addiction also. Just look after yourself and get well away from him just now. You can sort out what’s happening about the baby when he/she is born

ImInStealthMode · 29/07/2021 07:50

Oh sweetheart I'm sorry. I think you know though, you really really need to get away from him, and the sooner the better.

He's not a good man to be with, nor does a user of escorts with a possible sex addiction and a nasty side in bed sound like a Prince to bring up a child with.

Do you have people you could stay with? What's your home situation? Do you own or rent?

You might get more advice if you ask for this to be moved to the relationship board x

boymum88 · 29/07/2021 08:20

Ohh op I'm sorry it sounds like your going though a really shite time. Think you know what you need to do and leave for u and the good of your child. I would also advise that you book in at your local sexual health clinic and get a full work up done.
The first response had some good advice like if your not ready to leave start a little savings account and make sure you have your own money

DinosaurDiana · 29/07/2021 08:21

Leave him.
And get an STI test.

mdh2020 · 29/07/2021 08:41

There is nothing to be done except as advised - leave him and get a test.

expectinglittlebear · 29/07/2021 08:55

@spoonfullofsugar88 I'm so sorry OP, that sounds awful! Honestly, you are better off without someone like that, you deserve better than that. Also, agreeing with what PPs have said - please please go and get tested for all STIs & STDs at a clinic - if he has passed you anything from one of these escorts, then it can harm the baby.

NoYOUbekind · 29/07/2021 08:58

He's not a loving partner.

He buys sex from women and men.

He tells his ex he loves her.

These are not the actions of a loving person, let alone a loving partner.

You need to leave. If you wait till the baby comes you are going to be trapped in the house, always wondering where he is and what he's doing - it will drive you to the edge of reason.

But before you do anything, you need an STI test and you need to tell the clinician that you're pregnant.

I'm so sorry.

Lucked · 29/07/2021 09:02

You don’t need him to admit it you know what he did. Do not doubt yourself.

Honestly you should go, in my opinion there is no way back.

Lou573 · 29/07/2021 09:04

You need to ditch him OP, there’s not another feasible option.

Ohpulltheotherone · 29/07/2021 09:12

My advise to someone who is in a relationship with a cheating, lying, gaslighter who pays for sex then gets angry and abusive when confronted with it it would be to leave the relationship as soon as humanly possible.

OP he is not a good person and he is not a loving partner, you don’t enjoy elements of sex with him but you’re too scared to say no to particular things in case he goes elsewhere?

He is going to go elsewhere either way.
He already has.

Are you really going to bring a baby into this life with this piece of shit as a parent?

You say if it were a friend you know you’d tell them to leave, why can’t you apply that logic to yourself? Why don’t you value yourself enough to demand a relationship where your partner respects you?

Here’s my advice.
Leave
STI check
Therapy / counselling for your loss and to start building your self worth

OP believe me when I say this relationship won’t go the distance, this isn’t your happy ever after, so you really believe, like REALLY BELIEVE that this man is your equal life partner and soulmate? Like really? This is your man?

Ask yourself that. Ask yourself, is this how someone treats you when they love you? Is it supposed to feel this way in a relationship? Do you feel loved and supported by him?

I think if you’re honest with yourself then the answer to all of that will be no. This is not your happy ever after.

Look after yourself OP, put yourself first and be honest. This isn’t a healthy relationship to bring a child so you have to leave him.

You will be ok you know, it’d be hard but you would absolutely be OK

MissChanandlerBong22 · 29/07/2021 18:08

He sounds extremely abusive - he pays for sex (including with someone who’s physically male), gaslights you and has a nasty side in bed (that you don’t like or invite).

It is extremely common for domestic abuse to start and escalate during pregnancy and afterwards. He will almost certainly not improve. The arrival of the baby will not miraculously turn him into a loving partner and father.

So my advice would be: leave, get an STI test, and carefully consider whether you want to be a single mum (because you can decide not to proceed).

Wearywithteens · 29/07/2021 18:14

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