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Trigger warning for marital rape

30 replies

WoIsMe · 03/09/2018 11:51

My husband and I have been married for almost 20 years. Last night we had sex and afterwards I went to sleep, and I thought he did too. I woke up some time later to find him having sex with me. I pushed him off me, shouting and throwing things at him, then locked myself in the bathroom to calm down. When I came out he had already gone to sleep so I went back to bed and went to sleep too.

In the morning he woke up first and brought me a cup of tea in bed. He couldn't understand at first why I was so angry with him until I told him he had raped me. He doesn't remember a thing and was horrified to find out what he did. We tiptoed around each other for the rest of the morning and it was a relief to get out to work.

I don't know what to think now, or what to do. Is our marriage over? How can we rebuild any level of trust if he doesn't even remember doing it? Would he do it again? We had two bottles of wine between us yesterday evening but he didn't seem so drunk as to not remember things. What the hell is wrong with him that he had sex with me if I was asleep? He's never done it before so why now, especially as we had already had sex that evening. I'm so confused.

OP posts:
BeyondAnOmnishambles · 04/09/2018 14:15

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"So something along the lines of giving up drinking completely and maybe even sleeping separately forever, along with seeing a dr"

Confused
NadiaLeon · 04/09/2018 15:12

@chasinggarlic

No, of course not. But i dont get any impression that OP will being going to the police and trying to prosecute her hubby. However, if she thought he'd rape others, it's her duty to flag it up.

chasinggarlic · 04/09/2018 16:21

nadia what crap. Her duty as a victim of rape is to protect others. Sure.

Fuck off. Fuck that.

squishee · 05/09/2018 07:13

If the OP thought her DH would be liable to rape someone else, that might be a teeny bit of a drip feed!

AlaskaSometimes · 05/09/2018 07:22

My partner and I have woken having sex a few times, he’s woken me up before and vice verse. Usually after we’d been drinking. I think one of us has a slightly arousing dream and it has just happened. There’s no rape in it in my case as it’s a genuine sleep event. Neither of us ever felt upset or violated.

If you’re feeling he genuinely didn’t know then perhaps you could get some counseling together to get a neutral third person mediating the awful feelings you are having. If you think it was intentional it is a totally different kettle of fish and I would be ringing a local women’s help line and the police.

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