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Lap dance at stag do

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worrybynature · 04/08/2013 10:16

I'm getting married a week today. Dp's stag was last night. He knows how I feel about strippers, and that I don't agree with it. He had a lap dance in a stretch hummer. I feel disgusted thinking about a naked woman grinding on his lap- I feel like he has been unfaithful. How do I get over this?

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SirRaymondClench · 05/08/2013 11:20

I took Alittlestrangers comments to mean that she put this behaviour in the same bracket as these other vile things, that was all.

LillyGoLightly · 05/08/2013 11:31

Hey OP - how are you holding up? I hope your ok.

My thoughts on this through experience is that this feels awful for you as I know you probably have a series of awful images running through your head of some young taught, toned, bouncy firm boobs etc etc etc dancing in front of your dp and grinding on him. At the same time you cant help but think to yourself, no matter what your views or his views on strippers is, with these images running through your mind you end up thinking....how can he have not had at least some enjoyment out of this how can it not have been turning him on??? and it kind of makes you feel completely robbed because the only person your dp is supposed to see in that way is you, the only person meant to be turning your dp on is you! and it feels like such a betrayal.

To those that would compare stripping to porn is not even in the same realm for me, because porn is not someone in front of your man who is touching him, and who he can touch. Its a real person and that makes a big difference.

My Dp ended up in strip club (quiet some years back now) and I know he hates the places because he feels uncomfortable, but it was corporate night out with clients and so it wasn't like he could refuse. He actually had me pick him up from the strip club, he laughed when he was telling me how when he called me and told me where to collect him from that all the other guys were going nuts saying while didn't you get her to pick you up from the pub round the corner??!!! your going to be in trouble....she's going to have your ass etc etc. Anyhoo an hour after the phone call I picked Dp up from lap dancing bar and drove him home. I have to say I wasn't remotely bothered that he had been in there, but when he revealed he had been bought a dance by one of the clients I felt awful. He explained how he felt he couldn't turn in down because it was a client etc etc and I know how much he dislikes those things and all that. Despite knowing he would never go to one of these places of his own volition and that he would never pay to have a dance, I also know he is a red blooded male and whether he paid for it or not he must have enjoyed it at least a little!! I have to say I did have a massive row with him about it and I wasn't the same with him for some time after that. Even though I actually didn't think he had done anything wrong per se....as I knew he hadn't sought out to go to a strip club, he hadn't paid for the dance, it wasn't like any of it was what he intended.....what I was upset with was the fact that he might have/probably did enjoy the dance, she most likely made him hard (sorry to be crude), he prob wondered what she was like in bed etc etc and that is what I found really hurt, it hurt and I felt betrayed and I made him understand that and in the end we got over it....and now it's something we laugh about. However, if he had arranged to go to the strip club, if he had sought it out, if he had paid for a dance I do not think it is something I would have gotten over, because then he would have actively betrayed me, he would have intentionally hurt me, and been trying to get his rocks off looking at some other woman dancing and gyrating in front of him. So for me that is where the difference in forgivable and not forgivable lies.

Also OP, in the years since this happened I have ended up having some friends who are strippers and I have been to their places of work and let me tell you...none of the strippers look like pam anderson or like FHM babes, most of them have stretch marks, cellulite, bad teeth, etc, the only difference really between them and us is that they walk around with it all in full view for work. Having gotten to know some of the girls who do this job, they are all normal and just like other women, they have stretch marks because they have kids, the have cellulite because they confess to eating a few too many chocolate bars, they have hang ups about their bodies too. Perhaps most comforting though, is that all they are interested in when it comes to dancing for guys is the size of their wallets!! One of the girls told me that while she is gyrating on a guy she is usually thinking about the list of things she needs to get for shopping the next day.

I hope that helps OP, and I hope that you do manage to get through it! I am sorry that this has hurt you and I am sorry it feels so awful right now, but it does go away, it did for me. Those images will fade, and if you feel like it, you can replace them with new happy memories. The stripper was a cheap thrill (and not of his own doing), but you are who he loves, wants to marry etc, and I bet (whether you think it or not) your ten times sexier to him every day of the week and twice on sunday's because you have his heart.

LillyGoLightly · 05/08/2013 11:31

OMG sorry that post is so long I didn't realise eek!! sorry!

CashmereHoodlum · 05/08/2013 11:34

Are people wilfully misunderstanding ALittleStranger's post? Confused Was it really not obvious what was meant? Hmm

waltermittymissus · 05/08/2013 11:46

Are people wilfully misunderstanding ALittleStranger's post? Was it really not obvious what was meant?

Not wilfully, no. But I did misunderstand.

worrybynature · 05/08/2013 14:04

Lily that post sums up the exact situation- thank you. Everything you have said is how I am feeling. Yes I am imagining her being gorgeous and him wanting her and it really truly hurts.

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Vivacia · 05/08/2013 14:11

How are things today worry? What's happening about the wedding? I keep thinking about your predicament. Hope you're as ok as can be.

worrybynature · 05/08/2013 14:49

Well I think I'm going to have to accept that this has happened and move forward. We have agreed to disagree on whether having a stripper at his stag was appropriate, he is of the belief that it is a tradition, I am of the belief that it is disrespectful. I have told him that now he knows how I feel about strippers, if he ever has a lap dance again on someone else's stag do, it is a deal breaker. He has spoken to the best man who has apologised for the minge comment, he was still drunk when he said it. Dp is still the man I love and want to be with forever. We will still be getting married on Sunday, which I am happy about, but will always feel sad when I think about his stag of somebody mentions it. All the stag goers have been told to delete any pics of dp with the stripper as it would actually break my heart to see her on top of him

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Ezio · 05/08/2013 14:55

As long as DP and the others know, that if that happens again, then theres trouble.

Dont think about the stag party, because in your mind it'll be worse case scenario, and that'll drive you mad.

Just think, DP is gonna marry you, no one else.

worrybynature · 05/08/2013 14:57

Thanks Ezio x

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qazxc · 05/08/2013 14:58

OP I'm glad that you've worked out a resolution that works for you. Congratulations for Sunday, hope you have a lovely day.

welshharpy · 05/08/2013 15:03

Hi Op, sorry, didnt he know before the stag do that it was a 'deal breaker' for you? I may have missed that somewhere and there is a lot to skim back over.

Vivacia · 05/08/2013 15:11

Glad you've managed to come to a resolution and have your mind at ease. Hope you have a lovely wedding and make lots of great memories.

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Doha · 05/08/2013 15:31

He got off lightly didn't he Sad
Bet the BM is having a good laugh at your expense. You already told your DP that having a stripper was a dealbreaker. What changed your mind.
He now knows you have really not got any boundries as you will backtrack each and every time.
I wish you well for the wedding--and for the future because l fear with friends like DP has, you are going to need all the luck in the world for this to be a happy ever after story.

LillyGoLightly · 05/08/2013 15:31

Glad to hear you have decided to come to an agreement over things. I know it is a terribly sad thing to happen so close to the wedding as I am sure that this somewhat takes the shine off things for you. But like you say, you still love him and still want to be with him. Now he understands clearly what you think and feel about the whole stripper thing and therefore there can be no excuses for further escapades of this type in future.

What you have to do is concentrate on the fact that he loves you and is getting married to you, he is going to stand up in front of all your friends and family and tell the whole world that he loves and is committed to you. No stripper in the world can compare to that, so please don't let it ruin your beautiful big day!

Don't torture yourself with picturing her (hard I know as I have been there and done that) but instead try and focus on what a wonderful day your wedding will be. I am sure that you will look a million dollars and he is going be a lucky man to have married you xx

Vivacia · 05/08/2013 15:32

I really think the OP needs our support now.

Doha · 05/08/2013 15:34

Why?
We will certainly give her support again when she comes back a year or two down the line--and she will be back l have no doubt !!

Vivacia · 05/08/2013 15:36

Why?

Because she's made her decision and we, knowing so little about their relationship, should respect it?

Because if our fears are correct, and she needs support and help in the future, we want her to feel that this is a safe place open to her?

NotConnie · 05/08/2013 15:52

OP thanks for the update.
Glad that you feel reassured enough to reach a decisioin.
Have a lovely day.

kerala · 05/08/2013 16:05

I would consider what he did a green light to sleep with another man. I would too and then tell him about it see how he feels then.

curlew · 05/08/2013 16:25

Please tell me he's at least binned the best man..........

shameshame · 05/08/2013 16:30

Thanks for the update worry. Everyone is human and entitled to make a mistake and i'm sure you will both move on from this. I hope best worst man apologised to you personally and not through your soon to be DH. Have a great wedding and don't let this blip in an otherwise sound relationship ruin your day.

curlew · 05/08/2013 16:35

But he doesn't think he's made a mistake- he still thinks he was in the right........

curlew · 05/08/2013 16:37

And people don't say things when they are drunk that aren't already in their minds. They might not say those things while sober, but they definitely think them.

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