I've been with my BF for over 2 years. I'm 32, he is 34. We live together and we've been talking about starting a family. We've had a really brilliant relationship that I thought was very open and honest. Sex is great but over the course of this year, it's tailed of a little from his end and I've talked to him about it on a couple of occasions. I suppose it was this that led me to look on his phone on Sunday night. I've never ever snooped, ever. But he'd gone out and left his phone and I came in and saw it and felt compelled to look.
In his messages were numerous texts to different numbers, some in his contacts list, some not, organising liasons for a HE (Happy Ending) Massage. Essentially this is a hand job from a sex worker. He uses a false name. The texts are very perfunctory but always have a "x" at the end. It's been going on for at least 8 months.
I confronted him about it when he got home and he didn't deny it. He says it's an addiction. He had his first experience after he split up from his last GF but that it didn't start while we were going out until earlier this year. From the amount of messages on his phone, I'd say he's been visiting these women every week/fortnight. There doesn't seem to have been any gap where he's tried to give it up by himself or seek help.
I'm devastated and he is too. I think he's horrified by how upset I am. I feel so alone though. I don't feel I can talk to my family or friends as I feel so ashamed of him and what he has done, I don't want people to know.
Up until I found out, I felt he was the love of my life. I've had awful BFs in the past, it felt like he was finally someone I deserved to be with, but now I've been so betrayed by him. He wants to go to couples counselling, but I feel I might be better of cutting my losses and moving out. Any thoughts or advice would be really appreciated.