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My husband was a serial cheater

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rmelarkey1992 · 27/03/2018 12:52

4 months ago, i found out that my husband who i have been married to for 25 years and i deeply loved had cheated on me with 8 women. We got married at the age of 21, and had a 7 month old baby girl. We were happy , found it very tough financially at the start but apart from that we were happy.

My husband got promotion in 1998 and commuted daily 50 miles to his new work. Within a year of moving to this job, he started what i class an affair with a woman who was married with a daughter who was 2 years older than him. They met in the car for 15 minutes after work in the evenings for 2 weeks, and on the third week he went to the house and bed that she and her husband shared and had sex. He states he was so nervous as he had never had sex with anyone but me that it didnt last a minute and he wasnt in the house for 5 minutes total. He said he realised he had made a terrible mistake and told her the next day that he loved his wife and children, at this stage we had a second child aged 3 and that was the end. She rang him a couple of times but he cut contact.

Year later: 2000 he started an affair with another work colleague where they had sex in the evenings 5 times over a 2 week period. He states after the 2 weeks he ended it stating that it was wrong, he loved his wife and wanted no more. The woman was very upset and never spoke to him again. I have spoken to both these 2 women and they deny all.

I know none of this, didnt suspect a thing, he told me he adored me every day and didnt notice any emails, calls or texts.

He left this job in 2003 and got a local job that was more senior and paid more. I had had a third child by then and all was good.

2006 a 19 year old girl asked him for a job transfer, he started messaging her by email and asked her out for lunch. They went round to a rental house we own, but before they actually had the sex somebody knocked on the door, they were interrupted and went back to work. He never spoke or messaged her again.

Autumn 2007, we were renting another house we own to a lithuanian family, he said she kept giving him the eye, so one day at lunch he called in for the rent, with a condom i may add in his wallet and they had sex. He again never looked at her again, just called for the rent in the evening when her husband was home.

December 2007, he went to his christmas party and danced with a 25 year old girl. the following week he emailed her asking her did she enjoy the night, and by the end of the day had emailed her asking would she like some fun with no strings attached. that evening on his way home from work he called round to the house and had sex with her. She said, i spoke to her and her story mirrored his, it was the most disgusing degrading experience she ever had. she said like the first woman he wasnt in the house 5 minutes, didnt kiss her, just had sex for a minute, kissed her on the cheek and said i better go. He never contacted her again.

October 2010 was out on a leaving do for work, a 21 year old girl came up and spoke to him outside a pub, both flirted and he ended up doing a sexual act in the car park. The following Monday at work, he emailed her asking her was she up for some fun with no strings. She rang him that evening, met him in a lay by for sex on his way to pick our son up from football. He said the sex was terrible as she was too broad, he drives a sports car. She told him she had had a previous affair with a married man, 10 years older than his, she loved the buzz and only stopped when the wife found out and confronted her. He never looked at her again.

February 2011 went with 2 prostitutes on holiday.

As you can imagine, i am utterly devastated. I cannot understand how you could do this when you love someone. We went to counselling but stopped as i was looking for a big answer as to why he did it that wasnt there. He said he did it for sex, he loved sex and didnt get enough at home. Over the past 7 years as our kids were older and spend more time together, he has not been tempted. I cant stop thinking about it, i love him but i also hate him. He is not the man i thought i was married too.. I am devastated...

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MyBrilliantDisguise · 27/03/2018 12:57

I hate him, too!

He has such contempt and disgust for women, doesn't he? I really felt for that woman who said it had been a degrading experience, and really feel for you, of course, too.

You have to finish it, OP. You have to. He's a disgusting piece of work. He wasn't in love with those women. He wasn't interested in their sexual experience, just his own.

How did you find out about this?

rmelarkey1992 · 27/03/2018 13:01

My son was told at a party he was notorious.

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Zaphodsotherhead · 27/03/2018 13:04

Either that or he's lying and the affairs went on for longer than a casual fuck...

he really does sound quite disgusting. He's got a real 'Madonna and Whore' complex, hasn't he? As though women are disposable wank socks. Urgh.

ElspethFlashman · 27/03/2018 13:07

He will do it again.

Zaphodsotherhead · 27/03/2018 13:09

And, incidentally, is he George Clooney or something? These women just seem to look at him and go weak at the knickers... how is he just 'catching their eye' and knowing that they want him and 'whoops' he's having sex with them?

He's not coercing them in any way, is he?

TheHulksPurplePants · 27/03/2018 13:09

He'd be out the door. No counseling for me I'm afraid. You can never trust him.

jayho · 27/03/2018 13:11

Maybe not coercing but he's in a position of power in all the episodes described.

What a nasty piece of work.

YesitsJacqueline · 27/03/2018 13:13

he sounds like a dirty old man to me . all these young girls throwing themselves at him ? i'm sure it was the other way round.

I'm sorry OP , you must be devastated , and how terrible your son had to hear these kind of opinions about his dad from strangers.

You and your children are worth SO MUCH more

Adora10 · 27/03/2018 13:14

OMG what a horrible nasty git, sounds like a dog on heat, that must be truly devastating, I can't imagine how you carry on with such a person, not about the sex, he truly felt entitled to do whatever he wanted, regardless of your feelings, just horrible.

Iooselipssinkships · 27/03/2018 13:15

You deserve better than this scumbag who is more than likely still cheating.
I don't think counselling would even begin to sort this out. You need it for yourself and you need to get rid of the one minute wonder. Grim.

AdoraBell · 27/03/2018 13:17

Ah, so it’s your fault because he wasn’t getting enough sex at home?

He clearly has no respect for women. I’m sorry you are dealing with this.

jayho · 27/03/2018 13:17

Oh, and, he's only told you about the occasions his sleazy approach worked. Think about how many times he tried it on and got rebuffed. I bet that was the context your son was told in. As in: 'your dad tries it on with anything with a pulse'.

tlnejntr · 27/03/2018 13:30

I think if the cheating has been going on for so long he is never going to stop. This has been going on practically all of your marriage, which means he was never truly faithful. It will be hard but I think the best thing for you to do is leave him and show him that your worth so much more. If you knew about the ones from years ago and your forgave him he probably thinks you will forgive him for everything it does. Its not an ideal situation and I do feel for you, but it doesn't sound like he's bothered about your feelings in any of it. I think the fact he stopped seeing them and said it was "because he loved you and knows it was wrong" was just an excuse as he wouldn't then go on to do it with even more women. He sounds like he wanted them once or twice and if it was any good maybe a little bit longer. The other excuse was just that, an excuse to stop seeing them because he got what he wanted from them. If he wasn't getting much sex from you it does not give him permission or a reason to go have sex with other women or start speaking to other women. Sorry to hear he's done this to you, you will be better off without him and then finally he will realise what he has done was wrong. x

rmelarkey1992 · 27/03/2018 13:31

He has told me everything i am sure off that. I do know that he has not cheated in the past 7 years for sure, he hasnt been out of my sight. We work together, do everything together. He worked in a place prior that infidelity was wholesale, all the guys he went round with did it. Unfortunately for me and many wives like me, men are weak, selfish human beings that are no better than the bull in the field.

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RunRabbitRunRabbit · 27/03/2018 13:31

You need counselling yourself. Putting up with such appalling behaviour shows you have some issues. You really need to find your self respect.

RunRabbitRunRabbit · 27/03/2018 13:33

Men are weak? What the fuck?

Please get yourself some therapy.

Adora10 · 27/03/2018 13:35

Unfortunately for me and many wives like me, men are weak, selfish human beings that are no better than the bull in the field.

Not all men no, just the nasty ones that you unfortunately have been stuck with, please don't put up with this any longer, the man is a complete sleazy dirty horrible bastard, and that's me being nice.

You definitely need counselling, surely being on your own is preferable to this life, it's not even a real life.

He's not weak, he's selfish and has no respect for you or any other woman.

tlnejntr · 27/03/2018 13:35

If he's not done it in the past 7 years and you are still bothered by it (which you must be or you wouldn't be writing the post) then clearly its had a massive impact on you and done you no good at all. You've not let him out of your sight, is that really the type of relationship you want to be in? It doesn't sound good, you both need your space but with the past you both have your never gunna get any space! Definitely not ideal or a good relationship. It's still stressing you clearly and you cannot trust him.

Cockmagic · 27/03/2018 13:37

Jesus Christ!

I know you me tioned comdoms, but have you had a sexual health screen? Please do.

You deserve so much more than this

He is a heartless slut.

How old was he when he was sleeping with these young women?

Adora10 · 27/03/2018 13:38

You could always put a lead on him for the rest of your life and perhaps a lock and key around his mid drift.

Angelf1sh · 27/03/2018 13:40

He’ll never stop. I don’t believe for a second he has stopped now- yes you might work together but one of these occasions he was going to pick up your son. Are you genuinely saying that in the last 7 years he’s never once been out of your sight? Never once popped to the shops or had a quick half in the pub? There would be no reason to have described him to your son as notorious if he’d not done anything wrong in the last 7 years.

I think you need to get rid op, he sounds horrendous.

Adora10 · 27/03/2018 13:40

February 2011 went with 2 prostitutes on holiday.

Oh dear God, I missed this bit, he's not actually fucken real, how can you have even a shred of respect for such a vile person, serious question.

LondonCrone · 27/03/2018 13:40

There's a really disturbing pattern here, which is that your husband is having sex with vulnerable people - prostitutes, people who rent their homes from him (who he could chuck out), younger women he works with. He's actively pursuing them. Who the fuck emails a young colleague after a work night out? He's taking advantage of his position. What a creep. He's humiliated you and your children with his 'open secrets'. I wouldn't be able to see a way past that.

Adora10 · 27/03/2018 13:41

OP, he can meet up with escorts here too, and as he is a one minute wonder, I doubt you would even have noticed him gone.

Zaphodsotherhead · 27/03/2018 13:45

Surely, OP, you can't look at him through eyes of love any more, though. It must have changed the way you feel about him, however long ago he 'stopped' cheating. He lied to you systematically, and just coming clean (allegedly) now doesn't wipe out all those things he did.

I feel grubby just reading it.