I have posted before ableit under different names.
Bottom line is
I’ve been with him for 11 years
2 kids (9&4)
He has porn addiction- 5 years ago i had a solid proof he attempted to see a prostitute. All imploded then, we went to relate, had some councelling. Conceived dd. Plodded along.
Our usual day is like this: he leaves at 6am whilst kids still asleep. I take them to childminders, he collects in the evening. He goes to bed as soon as older one is sleeping (we sleep in different rooms). We only talk about practical things- house, kids. There is no sitting in front of telly holding hands or any touching at all. We are civil. We are renovating the house. For all he know i could be having major things at work but i dont think he would care to pick up on that. I could be having an affair (i’m not) - i dont think he would care.
Today we had yet another convo about splitting- he kept throwing accusations at me (i did hit him in the past out of hurt and frustration re prostitute and non engagement in relationship) I stayed calm ( way past getting emotional over any of this, it has been 11years of this after all). He seems reluctant answer any questions as to what exactly he wants from relationship. Appart from me stop being angry with him and criticizing him. I asked multiple times what would he like from a relationship. He was talking in an angry defensive manner. I stayed calm. He never once asked me what it isi would like from a relationship.
It is clear to me as i write... but still.. can we salvage this relationship? For the kids? Is there something we can still do to salvage this? I want a tactile loving relationship but there is zero of that. I dread having to age and potentially look after him when the time comes. Is there a way i can break his walls and address his porn addiction (we had no sex since dd was conceived 5 years ago). I long for human touch- can i have it after some magical intervention? I could love him again but there are so many walls. He doesnt address porn addiction. He pretends the hurt i experienced never happened (when our first was born he would go out to strip clubs and simply switch off his phone so that when i called in the middle of the night he was unreachable). He says he is affraid of me (5’5 against him) which i think is bollocks and his way to get out of having address his own behaviour.
It’s a bit unemotional this post, i know. I’m so detached from all, just surviving and plodding along. I have a good job (46k, i think that’s pretty decent though i feel like a skivvy at home as he barely has done anything ever) but still not enough to ensure the same standard for kids if we split. He would definitely be loving father but he is just non existent husband and im trying to make sense of wtf happened to my life. I dont think he wants me in any way shape or form.
Wtf do i do and how?... and more importantly, if we split, is there a prospect of anything better for me? I’m 38