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DP having sex with me when I'm asleep...

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RunSweatLaughAndLatte · 05/03/2019 10:55

I'll be honest here, I've recently stopped having an emotional affair with another man. I looked deep inwards to figure out why I felt that I needed to look elsewhere outside of my relationship, and on top of my depression and the general sense of boredom in life, I realise that I wasn't attracted to DP anymore and had no interest in sex with him. His appearance hasn't changed, but there was something about him that was putting me off. I realised that a part of it was just feeling like a body with holes in it to him; he was constantly groping me, telling me how hot I am etc. Which in normal levels can be quite flattering, but it started to feel like I was a sex doll. Then I was waking up at night to him having sex with me, if I told him to stop he did. But this was happening at least once a week. I told him I didn't like it and found it creepy. He said he starts doing it in his sleep and he doesn't even realise he's doing it until he wakes up halfway through (I do believe this because he has sleep-walked on occasion, and he does sometimes speak quite vulgar in his sleep i.e. "I want to fuck you " etc and has no recollection when he wakes up), when he wakes up he's halfway through and assumes that I'm OK with it because I haven't told him to stop. Problem is, I have on occasion been so tired I've just slept through and not realised he's had sex with me. Now, to me, that's not on and it's completely disgusting. I woke up once about 6 months ago to physical evidence of having had sex but no recollection of doing so, and when I asked him if we had sex that night he said he woke up having sex with me and assumed I was conscious at the time but then when I asked did I say anything, he said no, come to think of it I was quite quiet. I said did that not alert you to the fact that I wasn't conscious? and he said hmm I suppose it should have. And I made him swear he wouldn't do it again. I can't say I've had that scenario again where I've been completely unaware but he does still get quite sexual in the night time, and actually these days I don't mind it if I'm in the mood. But I can't get past the thought that I was basically raped that night. We've overcome a lot of our differences and I'm happier, and building a solid relationship again, I've stopped interacting with OM and my DP is aware I had feelings for another man. But there is still a part of me that can't shake the uncomfortable feeling I get that 6 months ago he had sex with me when I was completely unconscious and I only found out the next day because of the physical evidence and I had to question him about it.

OP posts:
Notcoolmum · 05/03/2019 15:36

I’m sorry OP. My ex used to do this to me. Again would say he was asleep and not aware he was doing it. I told him I didn’t like it. But it kept happening. I used to be scared to go to bed and him touching me in any way made my blood run cold.

Interestingly the man I’m dating asked me if I’d like to wake up to him doing something particular to me, and in the heat of the moment I just agreed. But I think I need to talk to him to explain that I wouldn’t like that and whilst things are pretty heated between us, consent can’t be assumed because I’m naked in his bed...

Will you continue to share a bed with your husband?

sagradafamiliar · 05/03/2019 15:46

Several things, TheOnly. I'm rubbish at bolding massive chunks of several posts but to clarify: rape/not rape isn't dependent on intent, belief, sleep disorders, wants or needs of men- if you put your penis inside a woman (in this case) without consent then it's rape. Consent is the be-all-and-end-all. Consent has to informed, it has to be given during a state of sound mind and, of course one would need to be awake in order to give it.
Besides, we are not in a court of law here, we are not trying to disprove the woman or take the man's story into account. We can call it what it is.

tattooq · 05/03/2019 16:20

If he 'wakes up halfway through' and continues to have sex with you even though you are asleep, it's rape. You can tell when someone is asleep, it's really not difficult, but this is all just him making excuses to justify continuing to rape you. I remember boys at school showing me an online game where you were a man having sex with your sleeping wife and had to try not to wake her, I fear sexsomnia is being used as an excuse by many many rapists who simply get off on rape and need a way to justify it. My ex used to do it, but he would ensure I was pretty out of it from drinking when he did. When I challenged him he claimed he must have been really drunk/asleep too. Lies. It's horrifically violating, I'm so sorry OP Flowers

Shoxfordian · 05/03/2019 16:37

I'm sorry too op, sorry you're with such a disgusting excuse for a man. He's a rapist and you need to get away as far as you can.

Mydollymolly · 05/03/2019 16:39

Don't you wake up when he's doing this?

Cherim90 · 05/03/2019 16:44

That is really strange and for him to carry on and apparently not realise you're asleep! Bullshit! You'd have been completely still, I'm not saying he's not maybe starting it when he's asleep but even then can't be sure because he's happy to carry on with you unconscious x

Movingtoplanetclanger · 05/03/2019 16:47

I'm sorry op rape. I would worry why you are sleeping so deeply that penetration isn't waking you. Have you always been a heavy sleeper or is it possible your partner is drugging you? Flowers

PotatoesDieInHotCars · 05/03/2019 17:08

"I was waking up at night to him having sex with me..."

@Mydollymolly

Adu1tHumanFema1e · 05/03/2019 17:12

A man who genuinely does this in his sleep and has no control over it would be horrified and seeking help, he'd stop the second he wakes up and becomes aware and he'd take steps to make sure it doesn't happen again because if he genuinely has no control over it he'd be worried about it happening again and again and again not just to his wife but to his children.

The fact he's not addressed it and expects you to put up with being raped on a weekly basis and carries on once he's awake despite clearly being told you do not like it shows he knows full welll what he is doing and he is a rapist and you deserve so much better.

Slightly worried that it seems someone putting their penis inside me without my consent on a weekly basis apparently isn't rape if he says he was asleep.

Movingtoplanetclanger · 05/03/2019 17:14

^^ agreed

Adu1tHumanFema1e · 05/03/2019 17:17

Well i used to do that with a couple of partners in the past BUT the important part is that it was with their agreement to it happening and they were fine with that.

Well you penetrating a sleeping partner who has told you before she falls asleep she consents to that is totally different to what the OP has described so you haven't done what ops dh has. If your partner had said I don't like waking up to you penetrating me and you continued to do it then you'd be doing what ops dh does.

So if this has been going on for sometime had you not discussed it and said I do not want you to do this then?.

She says in the OP she has told him she doesn't like it. He knows he doesn't have her consent and doesn't care.

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