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Husband may be gay

49 replies

ishegay · 13/02/2013 12:17

I've found out my whole marriage is based on lies, and I'm not sure what to do.

When we met, DH said his previous marriage was monogamous and only ended after his wife repeatedly cheated, then left him for another man.

The only unmonogamous act in the 12yr marriage, was a threesome with his wife's friend, which she instigated and he hated. He put a lot of pride in being a 'family man' and being faithful.

There have been a lot of ref flags in our marriage (which I've talked about on here), but he's not had the oppprtunity to chest, except when he twice went abroad on holiday alone.

I've always had a niggle that he was attracted to men, but have been laughed at by friends & family - nothing noticeable, just gut feeling. He's certainly seemed attracted to women, even secretly filming them. He is also VERY homophobic.

The other day I found he had advertised for men to have sex with. The ads span a few years, when he was married to his ex. He sais he was a "bi bottom" and asked for bi or gay guys to come over when his wife worked nights.

I confronted him, he denied, then admitted it. He said that he'd been raped in his late teens, and his wife abused as a child, so they had a scewed view if sex. He then got angry & refused to talk more.

I then found out that he and his wife were also swingers (he blames her), that he hated it and she forced him.

I'm so uncomfortable with this. I feel as if I don't know him. He pretended that his first marriage was monogamous, where in truth they were shagging others, and he was meeting men for sex behind her back.

He won't talk about it, and gets angry if I try. He said he's not the same person, that he is digusted with himself.

I'm still unsure though. As I said I suspect he fancies men, and that he is surpressing it.

He said he vowed to only have vanilla sex when we married, and wants a "normal, respectable family". Since our honeymoon he's had trouble orgasming sometimes, but now, after 3years it has become incredibly frequent.

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ishegay · 13/02/2013 13:09

The filming was on holidays with his ex (in the beach), at the height of his cock seeking. I wonder if he filmed them to throw off tje scent, if his ex/friends viewed them.

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TrampyPants · 13/02/2013 13:13

How did you find out that he had advertised?

waltermittymissus · 13/02/2013 13:14

I'm sorry, your posts are really confusing me!

He filmed women on the beach to throw people off the scent? As in, so they wouldn't think he was gay? Did they know he was having sex with men?

Your parents are talking shit. Sorry! But he didn't make a mistake. He's completely lied about a big part of his life, may be gay, possibly had unprotected sex, filmed women without their knowledge or consent and has probably cheated on you. Have I got that right?

Justesayin · 13/02/2013 13:15

So when are you going to leave him?

waltermittymissus · 13/02/2013 13:16

It's a pretty messed up state of affairs when ambiguity about your spouse's sexual preference is the least of your worries!

izzyizin · 13/02/2013 13:18

I confronted him, he denied, then admitted it. He said that he'd been raped in his late teens, and his wife abused as a child, so they had a scewed view if sex. He then got angry & refused to talk more

There's absolutely no point in confronting him because, in truth, you cannot believe a word this man says as he'll use every trick in the book and stoop to the level of making up ever more bizarre claims to excuse the way he is.

Letsmakecookies · 13/02/2013 13:25

You sound ever so worried about him and his feelings, and don't mention how you are doing at all, which surprises me. I suspect you need to let him work it out on his own and deal with it, and in the meantime have a little think about how you feel about it all.

Now if it were me, I would be absolutely livid that my H was advertising online for sex and cheating on me, that would be a deal breaker and I would want something better for myself (like someone who actually gets turned on by me). I would be angry, furious, let down, suspiscious, hurt. I would not be letting him or my parents tell me to stifle these feelings and behave myself.

I think I would leave the relationship and give him space to sort his out shit out, and live my life.

fieldfare · 13/02/2013 13:26

I'd say yes to being up shit creek.
Firstly you need to go and have a sexual health check. Then you need to go and see a solicitor.

CartedOff · 13/02/2013 13:28

"The filming was on holidays with his ex (in the beach)"

This all sounds pretty familiar. Are you the OP of this thread then?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/1656866-Fed-up-with-chivalrous-DH

It mentions "filming naked women on the beach with his first family," If it is then you know what a horrible creep this guy is, and have known for a long time now. You need to get out.

MyHeadWasInTheSandNowNot · 13/02/2013 13:33

I'm really, really sorry, but it sounds like he isn't willing to accept that he's gay (or bi) and wants desperately to be straight or have the pretence of being 'a straight guy with a family' and he's 'using' you to do that.

He was very much in the wrong not to tell you all of this before you got married, but I think he was lying to himself as much as to you. He wanted to be straight, married and have a family. He obviously tried that with his ex but probably felt he'd 'told her too much' and created a situation where it was impossible to live a 'straight' life. He wanted a 'fresh start' with you.

Are his parents still around - do you know how they would have taken it if he'd been gay/bi? Is he afraid of being 'disowned' or disappointing them?

Do you know if he's had sex with anyone else since you have been together?

I feel really upset for you, but I also feel sorry for him. He's unable to be who he really is and he's doing his best to live a life as a straight man - it has to be tearing him apart inside.

It's very sad for all of you and I don't know what I'd do. I don't think I could stay in the marriage though, no matter how much I loved him, I'd feel too 'used'/'a front' and it wouldn't be enough for me, I also want to be with someone who wants me sexually and not someone who is 'going through the motions' to keep up appearances - but I think I would try really really hard to be his friend, to help him through this and to retain a sense of family with your DC.

ishegay · 13/02/2013 13:33

I found out that he'd advertised by putting his email in google, which is why he couldn't deny it.

I don't know if filming women on the beach was to throw off the scent, I'm trying to make sense of it. I guess I'm hoping he isn't a pervert.

I know confronting him wasn't wise, but I was shocked.

It still doesn't add up. He's so mad at his ex for cheating, blames her for swinging... swears he didn't cheat on her. He says he never met any men, he was 'fucked' in the head and did it of curiousity, but it just seems odd, I so confused.

He's been so nice since I confronted him. Really affectionate, saying how much he loves me, it's so convincing.

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waltermittymissus · 13/02/2013 13:33

If that is you, how much more evidence do you need that this is a seriously disgusted man and you need to get rid?

waltermittymissus · 13/02/2013 13:35

I don't know if filming women on the beach was to throw off the scent, I'm trying to make sense of it. I guess I'm hoping he isn't a pervert.

Whatever his reasons, this makes him a pervert.

MyHeadWasInTheSandNowNot · 13/02/2013 13:37

Lrtsmakecookies - I got the impression that all of the 'advertising' was done when he was with his ex wife, not with the OP.

izzyizin · 13/02/2013 13:38

He's been so nice since I confronted him In the immortal words, 'he would, wouldn't he'.

You can't make sense out of nonsense. The man's a liar - aways has been and always will be, and nothing he says will ever add up to much more than a pile of crap designed to get him want he wants at any given moment.

Chuck him out and get yourself tested for stis as a matter of urgency, honey.

waltermittymissus · 13/02/2013 13:44

I wouldn't feel too sorry for him MyHead, his behaviour has been utterly contemptible.

MyHeadWasInTheSandNowNot · 13/02/2013 13:52

Walter - as far as I can see, the only thing he has 'done' since being with the OP is lied about his relationship with his ex wife. Admittedly that's pretty shit - but maybe he just thought that with the right person he could 'be straight' - I'm not saying it's right, but I'm saying I can see how it has come about and that I feel sorry that he feels he has to live a life that isn't really who he is.

TrampyPants · 13/02/2013 13:56

What about the filming, etc?

waltermittymissus · 13/02/2013 14:08

Yes. You've missed where he filmed women without their knowledge, where he's disappeared for hours, where he's acted suspiciously while going on holidays alone, where he was adamant that his ex was the only one who cheated even though he was advertising for gay sex and where he got angry and refused to talk to her when OP questioned him.

bestsonever · 13/02/2013 16:13

Don't rationalise, try to understand, seek to change him or offer acceptance. Why lower your standards so much? Think about who you are and what you want in life and accept nothing less, then tell him it has to be over, these are BIG lies, too big for anyone who respects themselves to put up with. You don't have to know why, just leave him in the mess that is of his own making. He's the one that needs to explore and understand if he is going to get past it, you don't have to.

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 13/02/2013 16:25

If he is "fucked in the head", and he certainly sounds it, and has made n efforts to address it AND has lied to you too, then sheer force of his will will bot stop him being screwed up.

I am sorry, you can't do anything about this, and I suspect he won't

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 13/02/2013 16:25

not - not "bot" (oops!)

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 13/02/2013 16:27

... by saying he has made no efforts to address it, I mean efforts that don't involve hurting other people, lying to himself and them, or just wishing he was different. I mean therapy

PureQuintessence · 13/02/2013 21:39

So the ad is pretty new then, since you discovered it now? And he claims he is a changed man? Hmm

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