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I thought I could bury what happened but I've become uber paranoid...

39 replies

HonestApplejack · 20/04/2016 14:25

My husband of 11 years joined a Sugardaddy site on Valentines Day and even though he was peacocking about all the young and beautiful girls he was chatting with online, I found out what he was up to on Feb 19th when he left his laptop open. I really wanted to remain calm but emotions took over and I asked him to leave. He didn't leave and justified his actions to just being curious and he felt neglected by me. Things have not been great between us ever since my father passed away and I didn't get the emotional support I desperately needed.

I kept trying to talk to him about the website and warning him how things could escalate quite quickly and we came to a turning point on Feb 24th, where we both broke down in tears and renewed our love for each other and made commitments for the future and our kids. Two days later, he was on his laptop and I jokingly asked him "if he was back on the site"? He responded with a "no"....."but there is a girl on there, who is super hot and if she says yes, then I'm booking a room next week" He was drunk but I know when he's serious and this was serious. It was the middle of the night and we argued and I left. I didn't want to drag the kids out of bed but I had to leave the situation.

I'm married to him, the mother of his children and the person who has helped to shape the man he is now and yet he said it was none of my business and he's free to do what he wants. He declared himself separated from us and moved out during the first week of March. I found out a few weeks ago that he met with a girl half my age in central London on March 10th. He's adamant that he didn't enjoy the experience at all but just helped her to orgasm (twice!!) He's had erectile dysfunction for a while now, so I know intercourse would've been non-existent. He told me everything and I even know who she is from social media accounts.

At first there was no remorse but when he sees my tears or spends quality time with our dc, he feels extremely guilty. He's declared we are all he wants and he only went down that road because he thought I stopped loving him. Needless to say we ended up having a more physical relationship since he came back towards the end of March but I'm not sure if it's instinct or my hormones but why am I questioning things all over again? He has a strange sense of humour and always has done but he's been asking my opinion on threesomes...I'm a total prude and we were both virgins when we got married, so these questions have totally thrown me!

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314inTheSky · 20/04/2016 18:01

and if it's love he's after, why is he paying teenage sex workers?

he's not looking for '''love''.

KindDogsTail · 20/04/2016 18:02

I totally agree with what Quity said, Honest:

Have some counselling yourself to address your low self-esteem, and treat yourself to a happy life without him.] dragging you down.

It is urgent.

WellErrr · 20/04/2016 18:08

I bet you would feel SO much better about yourself a few weeks/months after jettisoning this arsehole.

Sorry you're going through this. But it is a ludicrous situation. This isn't a marriage.

spudlike1 · 20/04/2016 18:16

I think he is manipulating you and taking advantage.
You are being abused
Check your boundaries and seek professional help if necessary

haveacupoftea · 20/04/2016 21:23

He is a horrible man. I think you should kick him out and let him run around after teenage girls if thats what he wants. He's a sad old loser.

Quityabitchen · 20/04/2016 21:43

A sad old loser who can't get an erection and has to pay for female company.

You are worth more than this. Kick him to the kerb, life is for living, not for being unhappy with a twat who doesn't deserve a second more of your precious time.

Uncoping · 20/04/2016 21:54

How vile.
He can't get an erection yet he's meeting women half his age in what? A desperate bid to feel young & "wanted"?

I'm surprised you can look at this vile old creep without wanting to vomit.

Sweetsweetjane · 20/04/2016 23:24

Oh you poor woman. Start loving yourself. Leave him to stew in his own juice op if you can xx

buzzpop · 21/04/2016 03:48

He is deeply inadequate in many ways, and makes you pay for that.

Please please do not subject yourself to any more of his bullshit Thanks

Atenco · 21/04/2016 03:58

And you know what, you were a virgin when you married him so you don't know any better, but sex is so much better with men who aren't selfish arses like your husband.

MrsBlimey · 21/04/2016 04:45

What an utter bastard. So sorry you're going through this.

Although I did giggle when I read that she claimed to need therapy because of his inability to get it up! Confused

Despite his erectile problems it would be worth getting checked for STIs if you resumed intimacy with him (however briefly it was).

Thanks
Horsemad · 21/04/2016 06:50

Angry Where is your rage? I would have flattened him by now the cheeky bastard.

Yeahsure · 21/04/2016 06:58

OP!

His 'strange sense of humour' isn't humour, it's emotional abuse. It's textbook stuff. Say something offensive, hurtful, shocking - then state it was a 'joke'. We could all go through life saying and do terrible things then claim we were only joking as a get out clause.

You feel he's a tortured soul who you rescued and continue to support unconditionally because of his difficult background.

Who will support your own kids when they grow up fucked up by their father's rollercoaster moods and decisions, inappropriate behaviour, warped 'humour' and the devastating effect it all has on their mother...you? Not him for fucking sure.

He will NOT change. Please listen to that and believe it.

Blu · 21/04/2016 08:21

Op, so sorry this has happened to you: you have done nothing wrong and you don't deserve for him to behave this way.

OP, of course you can't bury what happened, because it is still happening. It's like trying to stop feeling pain while someone is still hitting you.

He may SAY you are his world etc but what he DOES is go online, stay in contact with teen sex workers, humiliate you by referencing them on social media and try and make you implicated by trying to get you to discuss threesomes.

It doesn't matter whether or not he sees how much you are hurting because he isn't the person who is able to support you and be in your side during this nightmare.

I'm not quite sure whether he is living with you or not? It sounds as if he is?

He is being emotionally abusuve.

Is there someone you can get support from? Look up the Freedom Programme online.

You need this man out of your home. He us disrespectful, abusive, misogynistic, and he will rob you of your own sense of self.

Look after yourself.

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