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Should I still marry him?

180 replies

istisbad · 10/06/2014 20:44

DP and I are engaged. Very happy. As far as I know there are no problems between us. Great, adventurous sex life that eh says is the best he's ever had (and it is for me too).

He was married before. Good marriage mostly but he says virtually sexless for the last 10 years. They married very young. They divorced because she fell in love with someone else.

Red flags from the outset were that he cheated on his wife with prostitutes. Not all the time, but 5 - 6 times in 10 years and he told me (yes, I know I am stupid) that it was because she didn't like sex and he loved her but needed to get it somewhere.

Anyway, the long and short of it is I found out he joined shagaholic a few months before he proposed last year when I was away for the week. If you don't know what that is it's a no strings attached dating for sex website.

He joined for exactly 3 hours, paid for it, then cancelled his member ship the same night.

I haven't talked to him about it. Before I did I really wanted to know how big a deal this is.

I mean...it's much worse than porn obviously. Does it mean he will eventually cheat, or might it just be curiosity that would never go anywhere?

I know I need to talk to him (and will) but he will just talk me round and I wnated to get my own head together first.

OP posts:
Monty27 · 13/06/2014 01:51

Don't do it :(

WildBillfemale · 13/06/2014 07:21

The decision is yours - he is what he is, marrying him won't change him.

FolkGirl · 13/06/2014 07:26

I would absolutely tell people he joined 'shagaholic' - even his mother.

My exH joined an extra marital affair website.

I found out and after phoning my brother in tears, landed on his mother's doorstep in tears. I told her she growled, "he did what? That bastard" (she called him a few other things as well...), called me "darling" made me a cup of tea and for the next 12 months she was the best support I could have wished for.

And yes, he was ashamed, and yes, she was embarrassed. But it was his decision. He made that choice. And if he wasn't proud of himself for having done it, well that was just tough really.

Kerryp · 13/06/2014 15:54

Good for you folkgirl

AndTheBandPlayedOn · 13/06/2014 16:06

I'm still thinking about you istisbad Thanks

One way you could speak of the break up without going into the details would be to say that you just did not feel it would go the distance so your choice at this point is to skip the divorce. That might be useful for slight acquaintances.

However, I am in agreement with previous posters in that the truth should not be concealed to spare him the consequences of his behavior, especially to the people who had endorsed him as a great guy.

STI check appointment scheduled yet? Please do not neglect doing this.

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