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OH been using Adultwork a lot, please help!

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Beckyonthebeach · 04/09/2015 11:23

Hi. This is a bit of a long story I'm sorry. I'm desperate for some help/advice - I've been with my partner for 16 yrs & we have a great relationship except about 10 yrs ago he stopped being interested in me sexually. This has been extremely difficult to deal with and has seriously affected my self esteem. I'd tried being patient, not being so patient, taking the lead, not taking the lead, basically anything I could think of to fix things. Anyway, a couple of times recently I decided to make the first move and was very quickly rejected. One of the times we were away staying in a lovely hotel as a treat he arranged for me for Mother's Day. I was so upset I decided to go to bed (it was early eve) and refused to go out for our planned food & drinks. He went out alone & didn't come back until early next morning, very much the worse for wear. I've since seen that he spent a substantial amount of money in a lap dancing bar that night.... Ok, I can deal with that, no great shakes. But then I've discovered a bombshell. I've found out he has been registered on Adultwork for years, and has been sending hundreds of messages arranging to meet. Some were 'outcalls', some 'incalls' and a couple of 'car meets'. I've had to learn quite a lot the last couple of weeks and must admit I have been quite devious in that after confronting him, he de activated his account and was just devastated at what he'd done. I secretly reactive tied his account and changed the email address for alerts to mine so I could do some incognito investigating (bad I know but this has been tearing me apart). Anyway, he had deleted all the in messages he'd received, and they can't be retrieved. Unfortunately I had only read through and taken screenshots of a few before confronting him....
Anyway, I'm rambling too much! Things had improved massively between us, but having been betrayed, I decided rightly or wrongly to continue to investigate. He swore he had never been with any of these girls and was just getting a kick out of making arrangements etc. I then found out one had been to my house. He said he panicked when he realised how real it was when she arrived, so he backed out. I've now found messages where he'd arranged car meets, even saying where they'd met last time! They always coincide with when I was around, yet the outcall ones always coincide with when I wasn't here. He also works away a lot and has been arranging meets at the hotel he usually stays at. Now when I've confronted him again about these car meets, he is insisting they're not actually in person meetings, but are webcam sessions, where the girl uses a laptop in her car, and he interacts via webcam from home. I don't believe him. Why would a girl drive somewhere in her car to do a webcam session, it makes no sense? I've googled it to death, and everything I've seen so far only points towards these being meeting (& the rest!) in person.
I've even tried messaging the very girls using his account that I've hijacked asking them, but no joy! I've now set up another account, pretending to be a guy new to this and messaged the same girls asking them if they offer car meets and what it involves, but they are just asking me to call them!
I don't know what to do, I've got no one I can talk to about this. He's away on holiday with some friends at the moment which has given me hours to investigate but I feel like I'm going mad, it's completely taking over my life & every waking hour (which is a lot at the moment as I can't eat or sleep & just counting down the hours when I'm in work to get home and investigate some more)
Can anyone help me at all? Are car meets sometimes via webcam, or am I being bluffed big time? We had such a good relationship apart from this, and I do know how sorry he is and am very confident he won't do it again, but I can't stand the thought I've been lied to. I've been through bank statements in the most meticulous detail, but he has always used large amounts of cash since I've known him, so I can't really pin much down in that way.

I just want to know re the car meets and if he has met a girl in person and god knows what else.
So sorry for the monumentally long post, had to give the background!
Please please help!
Thank you so much in advance

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CocktailQueen · 05/09/2015 21:37

But he hasn't wanted to have sex with you for ten years and you think this is a great relationship?

You have proof that he has been fucking prostitutes and he's still a lovely guy?

He's a serial liar.

Get out now.

Get tested for STIs as well.

What a disgusting man.

Beckyonthebeach · 05/09/2015 22:10

Yes, he's back tmrw & I will listen to why he has to say. Yes, I'm a fuckin idiot. It is over but I'll still listen. I need to understand or try to at least. I cannot icebox without knowing it all. Yes, more fool me!
Well ladies, looks like I found that anger!!!!!

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Beckyonthebeach · 05/09/2015 22:10
  • move on! Not icebox!!!
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YonicScrewdriver · 05/09/2015 22:13

I was worried for a minute there you were getting a bit Stephen King and he was going in the icebox!!

Good luck Flowers

Twinklestein · 05/09/2015 22:23

Becky, who does the house belong to?

Beckyonthebeach · 05/09/2015 22:41

Haha!! Maybe?!!!!
Thank you xx

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coveredinsnot · 05/09/2015 22:42

I think I would do the same tbh, if only to watch him squirm. Just make sure you don't fall for his lies! I suspect he's pretty good at it, he sounds pretty manipulative and dishonest, so don't be fooled by him. Hold on to that anger!

Beckyonthebeach · 05/09/2015 22:42

The house is jointly owned

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TellMeALittle · 06/09/2015 08:05

Good luck today Becky, I've read the thread but not commented so far.

You do not owe this man a thing. Remeber this. He has treated you appallingly.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 06/09/2015 09:51

You know what? Even if you aren't quite ready to dump his sorry cheating arse this week, your eyes are opened now. You don't have to DTMFA because mums net tells you to but if you don't do it yet please don't sweep it under the carpet, keep mulling it over and work on getting ready to leave if you aren't ready yet.

BitOutOfPractice · 06/09/2015 10:14

Oh op what a horrible horrible situation. What a terrible shock to find the man you love is such a scum bag.

FWIW I get the compulsion to know the truth definitively. But I can also tell you thst It will only send you stark staring mad!

You know in your heart what he's done. And what your next move should be

I'm sending you strength for today Flowers

Beckyonthebeach · 06/09/2015 10:45

Thanks so much for the lovely messages of support. I will keep strong, but need to hear the whole ugly truth. I'm made up, dressed to kill & smelling awesome.... Just so he knows exactly what he's lost!!!! Now the power is with me! :)

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Cabrinha · 06/09/2015 11:23

Well, I'm glad you feel powerful. But dress up for yourself, not for him. Showing him what he's lost is all very well, but the place you want to reach (in time) is looking however the fuck you want to look, and giving zero fucks whether he notices it or not.

Dress for yourself - not to win back this utter cunt.

Cabrinha · 06/09/2015 11:29

And just bear in mind that you KNOW he's a liar. You know it. My XH (also a fan of AW and prostitutes) continued to lie through our final talk, do not pin your hopes on getting through this because you'll have "The Truth". The best you can hope for is a little more of the truth amongst a whole heap of LIES. Mine was bleating that he was "only looking" right to the end. He has no incentive to tell you the whole truth - why would he? So by all means have this conversation as you feel you need it, but then draw a line. Don't stay with him or you'll be coming back to the "search for the truth" over and over again, destroying your emotional health in the process. It has taken me a while, but I no longer give a shit WHY mine used prostitutes the whole time we were together, as yours has.

What was more "healing" than any conversation I had with him, was discovering him still using them with his new girlfriend of 6 weeks. I still didn't know "why" but at least I knew it was never ANYTHING to do with me.

That's why I caution you against the dressing up to show him what he lost, thing. Because he didn't sleep with prostitutes because you weren't always perfect made up. He did it because he's a selfish cunt.

Christinayangstwistedsista · 06/09/2015 11:39

Good luck for today

Please remember that his speech will be well rehearsed and the tears are for effect

robthroop · 06/09/2015 12:15

Great advice Cabrinha

BitOutOfPractice · 06/09/2015 15:44

Hey Becky. Hope you're OK Thanks

RolyPolierThanThou · 06/09/2015 15:56

Cabrinha is right. I posted way way upthread about becoming suspicious that my exh was having affairs or an affair and I went a bit binkers trying to find conclusive proof. It took over my works and thoughts. As if, only once I knew the truth was I then able to act.

I never got my answer, never found out the truth, he never confessed it all, but I don't care anymore. Like cabrinha, I did get a sense of feeling justified in going anyway when I found his blog. He said things like: .' I wish I could say I never cheated' and seemed obsessed with how everyone he knew, all his friends were shagging around and how normal this all was in his opinion.

He cheated on various gf after me, so I realised it was never about me. I still believe he loved me and regrets losing me, but obviously he didn't love me enough and certainly not on the terms I expect from a partner.

The search for the truth was actually just me putting off having to do sonething scary. The sexlessness, the lack of respect and care, always being away or out, the financial abusr amd emotional neglect were all adequate reasons for me to leave. I was daft to feel I needed proof of an affair first.

Havalina1 · 06/09/2015 15:58

Becky please read my post and listen.

I was and AM in the same position as you, I'm just further down the road than you are.

I found OHs profile, did the snooping etc exactly the same as you. He piecemeal admitted little bits - I was just looking - ok I just booked one but never did it - ok I did it just the once - ok I did it a few times but I was very stressed - ok I had a threeesome just there once - ok no never the same girl - ok well just her yea but she was only moderate - no never in our home .... I could go on and on and on.... Everything in your post, is in my sad story too.

Except I found out the same week I was pregnant. He begged blah blah and I stayed.

I am now 39 weeks pregnant today and I'm sitting here alone in a cafe having found out this day or week he started it all up again.

I think human beings are capable of great change but NOT ALL can do it. He knew what he had to lose - our beautiful daughter and one on the way, and that wasn't enough to keep him straight.

I'm sure your partner wants to walk away from his deep shame and not lose you. But do lot underestimate the gravity of the habit he is under. He has a huge lifestyle habit and addiction and not for one second do I believe he is not having paid sex with these women.

I'm not offering advice - there's Notting I can say to you to help you but I offer you so much sympathy. When I saw the word "adultwork" on the post headline I felt sick, sick to know another woman is going through the same as I did.

If you have any questions I am here for you as support. Xxxx

Coolforthesummer · 06/09/2015 16:09

That is an awful and sad story havalina.

Elsie212 · 06/09/2015 18:48

He really does seem truly sorry, but I can't trust him if he won't tell me the whole truth

He's only sorry that he got caught. Christina (I think) is right.

Have been thinking of you todayFlowers

coveredinsnot · 06/09/2015 22:15

OP I really hope his return has given you some answers and things are a bit clearer now.

0dfod · 06/09/2015 22:29

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YonicScrewdriver · 06/09/2015 22:29

Oh havalina, so sorry.

CalleighDoodle · 06/09/2015 22:47

Did he lie again?

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