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My partner of 11 years has been contacting transgender escorts. We have a child,we have a family.

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BrokenMomBrokenPartner · 02/11/2022 13:45

He came home super late few weeks ago, he is supposed to be at school and previously would always come home at a certain time. Which made me feel suspicious that he was doing something.

We have gotten too comfortable in our relationship. He doesn’t even have a lock on his phone. He totally forgot to delete the messages.

First, I thought it was just regular escorts.

I ended up getting our call log.

So many escort numbers.

The nights he came home late, he was texting a transgender escort.

After he was confronted he disappeared for two days.

He finally contacted me and said the reason is because he was stressed about money, I made him feel like he wasn’t doing enough. Which made him start to drink. Then he entertained the idea. (His words)

I am not perfect. I do always tell him how much I want to move(we live in a bad neighborhood)

I just didn’t think he would go behind my back and do this.

On our call logs I even got in contact with someone and HE and I had a conversation.

I texted the number saying “Hey I saw ur ad”

He said to call, but when he heard my voice he sounded nervous,his voice was shaking and he was very denfensive.

I texted him and we went back and forth and he told me “if you saw my ad then give me an offer followed by explicit text here

I told him his number is linked to an escort site on google and after our conversation I googled the number again and the ad was completely gone.

My partner has not explained any of these numbers I have found.

He only gave me half a reason.

I am devastated because he is a recovering addict. He is 3 years sober and I thought our relationship was fine. We were going to the gym together, getting in shape, working towards getting our degrees.

I feel like I got to comfortable. I just wish he would have sat down and explained to me, talked to me. Instead of going behind my back and doing this.

I just needed to vent.

Its been very hard these past couple of days.

I don’t know how to move on from this.

OP posts:
Maytodecember · 04/11/2022 00:51

I’m afraid this behaviour is just following on from his previous addictive behaviour. I was married to an alcoholic and I always thought if he’d not been addicted to drink it would have been gambling or drugs or maybe prostitutes. There seems to be a high risk taking, “ devil may care” edge to their behaviour, they don’t care about themselves or those who care about them.
I don’t think there’s a future for you and him together, you’ll never be able to trust him again and if he tires of this behaviour he’ll go back to alcohol or onto something else. I’m really sorry but I speak from bitter experience and you’re better off making a new life for yourself.

BrokenMomBrokenPartner · 04/11/2022 03:28


Im saying my brain is messed up because I constantly think about what can make me feel good, like drinking..my dopamine is all messed up and I always want to feel it somehow”

OP posts:
Brokendaughter · 04/11/2022 04:13

He isn't your partner.

You need to let him go because this won't be the end of the things that he does.
If it isn't more of the same, it will be some new unhealthy behaviour.

You cannot fix this man.

I'm sorry, but nothing that he has done is your fault or your responsibility.

It doesn't matter if you wished you lived in a better neighbourhood.

No regular person would react to being told that by having sex with men (or women).

He can't explain it because he just did what he wanted to do.
There wasn't really any more thought behind it than I want.
It wasn't because of you, or caused by you.

Take care of your kids.
Stop thinking there is any part of his behaviour that you are to blame for.

This is all on him.

Lampzade · 04/11/2022 04:37

Thingsdogetbetter · 02/11/2022 15:33

This is a man who cannot function without an extreme addiction. Not the 'lower order' drug addictions like alcohol or weed for him, but the infamous extreme drug. Not just prostitutes, but transexual prostitutes. He chases extreme abnormal highs and gets off on that.

You supported him through drug addiction, but once clean sobriety and normality didn't satisfy him, so he found a replacement - something he had to deliberately go looking for. If you 'support' him through this, he'll find something else. It's what he is. Normality doesn't do it for him.

Agree with this.
Op you are fighting a losing battle with this man. There will always be something

Cococlo · 04/11/2022 04:37

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Blablablaaaaa · 04/11/2022 04:54

For your daughters sake please don’t take him back, please build a fulfilling steady life without him

ShandaLear · 04/11/2022 07:05

By shagging trans prostitutes he’s keeping up the pretence to himself. that he’s straight . The man likes cock and the thrill of the forbidden. Regardless, he’s cheating on you. In a way it doesn’t really matter who he’s doing it with. I agree with poster above who suggested he was using alcohol as a way of coping with his homosexuality. There is no happy ending in this scenario. You are not going to ride off into the sunset.

BMW6 · 04/11/2022 08:07

He's still chasing Highs OP. Get away. Save yourself.

WandaWomblesaurus · 04/11/2022 08:47

BrokenMomBrokenPartner · 02/11/2022 14:54

I keep looking at myself in the mirror comparing myself to the ads I have found.

This has been so difficult for me.

Please don't do this. For a start you are a woman. It does no good to compare yourself to males with plastic surgery.
You are not the problem here.
He's blamed you for his addictions and sexual preferences. He's in the closet with some of these preferences and that's his issue - not yours to take the blame for. Because he's not being honest about his sexuality, he's acting out.

You need to leave him. It's not going to get better with this man.

WandaWomblesaurus · 04/11/2022 08:51

www.btr.org/recovery-podcast/

@BrokenMomBrokenPartner check out the podcasts and support above - they are brilliant.

WandaWomblesaurus · 04/11/2022 08:51

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This is also awful. Do you have kids?

WandaWomblesaurus · 04/11/2022 08:54

@Cococlo sorry posted too soon. Do you have kids with this man and any other support? Again like OP it's not going to improve - you need to get an STD test with the GP and make plans to leave if you can.

Can't believe these shady men!

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