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Husband lies

32 replies

Xcctired9 · 31/03/2022 07:21

Hi, so here’s my situation. Any views or advice welcome!
I’Ve been with my partner 6 years, married 3 and we have an 18 month old.
My husband lied to me a few times about who he’s in touch with and our relationship is in a bit of a mess.
There was a woman from work he said he wasn’t in touch with who I found a string of messages to, with him asking her to meet up for drinks.
There was one Christmas party where he went to a woman’s house for ‘tea’ at 3am then lied to me. He swore he’d shared a cab back with several people then rebooked it at the last house but never gone inside. He lied to me for 2 years about this and only admitted it when I was 11 weeks pregnant.
Recently I found messages on his phone to a woman at work with him asking her if she was going to their work drinks. He’s never mentioned this woman before and they clearly meet up for lunches and chats. He was deleting the messages after and said he always deletes messages. (There were several threads there undeleted to male colleges.
He also lies about weird things like when he said there was a free skiing trip at work and the whole department (300 people) were going. He didn’t go in the end but it was a paid trip for 30 people. It just seems like a pointless lie?
On top of all this we don’t sleep together as he has no desire for me. I feel really undesired and insecure.
I really don’t trust a word he says anymore and I have no idea what to do. I also don’t want to ruin things for my little boy by being a paranoid insecure mess. I’ve stopped asking about his nights out now as I’m worried I’ll catch him in a lie and it’ll grate away at me but I just resent him.

OP posts:
goody2shooz · 31/03/2022 16:48

Very glad you’ve booked a solicitor appointment. Maybe prep what you want to know/say/any documents you might need before you turn up. And as a pp said - your h doesn’t need to know anything about it til you and your lawyer think the time is right.

D0lphine · 31/03/2022 17:26

Let us know how it goes.

Staying in London because if a 30 min commute is mad. I'd actually think a 30 min commute is short in London!!!

Sorry Hun. Take care of yourself x

PussInBin20 · 31/03/2022 17:56

Sounds like the marriage is dead. What is there to stay for?

momtoboys · 31/03/2022 17:59

Oh, sweetie. What a mess. You deserve better.

RoundGlass · 31/03/2022 18:46

Poor you, horrible man.

Hope the appointment goes well OP.

..and well done for seeing him for what he is !

Xcctired9 · 31/03/2022 20:14

Thanks all I really appreciate the support and advice. I think I had totally lost reality around what’s acceptable in a relationship. A slow chipping away of telling me his behaviour was normal over time had me totally confused! I’ll let you know how the appointment goes :) x

OP posts:
D0lphine · 01/04/2022 13:08

@Xcctired9

Thanks all I really appreciate the support and advice. I think I had totally lost reality around what’s acceptable in a relationship. A slow chipping away of telling me his behaviour was normal over time had me totally confused! I’ll let you know how the appointment goes :) x
This can happen to anyone OP- like a frog being slowly boiled. It's great you've realised it after only three years of marriage and have decided to do something about it now rather than it ruin the next decade or so!
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