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Baybeedee · 12/08/2023 00:14

Hi all. This is my first post here. Long story, short apx 7yrs ago my husband seemed to completely lose interest in me, we tried date nights and he spent the whole time on his phone gambling and talking to his like minded gambling buddies. We'd book hotels but he wasn't happy unless I was behaving like a porn star, no intimacy, just the kind of shit you see on porn movies. Although I'm not proud of my actions I started to spend time with a work colleague (male), one thing led to another and we had an 8 week fling. My husband asked me if I'd been seeing someone else (he obviously had his suspicions) and I confessed. He was devastated and I felt absolutely gutted I'd done this to him. I promised him it was a fling, a bit of attention that went too far, etc and I felt so remorseful and guilty. We discussed his options and we decided to stay together and really work at things. Now I'm not sure if the following 5 and a half yrs constitutes working at things; firstly he said he had to have a tracker on my phone, this was pretty much immediately after the fling came to light so I agreed to it. After a few weeks I said I didn't feel comfortable having my every single move tracked and the other person had moved offices so I wasn't in any contact with him. The tracking was reluctantly removed. Then he asked me to have a threesome to which I declined, he said I had to do this to show him I loved him and was truly sorry, he said I clearly had it in me to sleep with other men so I could do it for his pleasure. We went out one night and I had a few drinks and he started to pile the pressure about him watching me with another man, he said he'd found a local singers club that he wanted us to try. I absolutely refused. He said he would kill himself if I didn't give it a go. I reluctantly agreed. He dictated what I wore and how shaven I should be and what he'd like to do at this place. I shall not go into the detail but believe me this place was seedy AF and I was completely terrified, at one point I had to lock myself in a room to get away from some dirty old man who wouldn't take no for an answer. It was hideous. I eventually escaped and told my husband on the way home it wasn't my idea of fun and I wouldn't be trying it again. He hit the roof and started having an absolute meltdown telling me I owed him and he would kill himself. He just went on and on. Thankfully covid presented itself and I had the 2 metre rule to lean on!!! As the yrs have passed by his behaviour has just become more and more erratic, he's been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, ptsd and depression (due to childhood issues) but I cannot justify how he is anymore. He picks arguments with everyone, he's fallen out with my brother, he speaks to our daughter like she's something he's trodden in he actually called her a c*t, tramp and said he likes the sons better than her coz they're not c**s, my daughter and i are really close so not sure if hes trying to get at me via her, she is 19. he is constantly having a go at me, silent treatment, not coming out of his room for days, not eating, texting highly strung dramatic messages incessantly. I know I did a terrible thing but does anyone else think enough is enough and my punishment should be long over. There is tons more, i could go on and on and on... so Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts with me.

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IveShaggedSomeMingers · 12/08/2023 00:17

I'd stay well aware from the singers if I were you.

PTSDBarbiegirl · 12/08/2023 00:18

Just get out of the relationship it's toxic AF and your enabling him to abuse and frighten your DD.

Theyrethreetheyresixtheyreninetheyreeight · 12/08/2023 00:18

My thoughts are you should protect your children, and yourself, and LTB.
An affair does not mean he gets to punish you by years of coercion / abuse.
Get Rid.

thecatinthetwat · 12/08/2023 00:18

He is abusive to you and to your dd. Get away and get your dc away.

SeeTheWorldAnotherWay · 12/08/2023 00:20

Enough is enough, and the relationship is over. Please free yourself from this.

IveShaggedSomeMingers · 12/08/2023 00:22

Away not aware. Apologies if it is a genuine thread. It just seems too wrong to be true. Get proper advice from Women's Aid.

VinEtFromage · 12/08/2023 00:27

Yeah, what you did wasn't right blah blah blah, but given his behaviour it's understandable (to me at least). He hadn't 'forgiven' you, it's just provided him a large stick to beat you with.

it's all a big fat mess.

nut the minute he called my daughter a cunt would be the minute it was IVER.
moneay, no how would I tolerate that.

Baybeedee · 12/08/2023 00:29

IveShaggedSomeMingers · 12/08/2023 00:17

I'd stay well aware from the singers if I were you.

Haha. Typos can create such amusement 🙃

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Baybeedee · 12/08/2023 00:31

IveShaggedSomeMingers · 12/08/2023 00:22

Away not aware. Apologies if it is a genuine thread. It just seems too wrong to be true. Get proper advice from Women's Aid.

Thank you. I've got an idva who I'm liaising with at the min. X

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Baybeedee · 12/08/2023 00:32

Baybeedee · 12/08/2023 00:31

Thank you. I've got an idva who I'm liaising with at the min. X

Ps. I was laughing at my typo coz ot should have been swingers not singers 🙈🙈🙈

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lexilulu · 12/08/2023 00:33

Sorry I don't mean to be rude, but, please use paragraphs.

I literally can't read that 😵‍💫

Baybeedee · 12/08/2023 00:36

lexilulu · 12/08/2023 00:33

Sorry I don't mean to be rude, but, please use paragraphs.

I literally can't read that 😵‍💫

No offence taken. I've tapped it out on my phone as quick as I could get away with, so wasn't able to get it perfect, plenty of commas and full stops tho 🙂

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Lookingatthesunset · 12/08/2023 00:39

Fuck him out. Now.

OPTIMUMMY · 12/08/2023 00:45

He has used your guilt over the affair to manipulate, control and abuse you, and the affair wouldn’t have happened if you’d been happy with him back then. I think you should have left a long long time ago, so should leave as quickly as you can. His behaviour towards your daughter is horrendous and you should have left him over that too! Imagine the damage he is doing to her. You get one life, leave him and be happier and show your daughter that it’s not okay to be treated like that in a relationship. Good luck!

Screamingabdabz · 12/08/2023 00:51

Jeez you had a fling because someone was paying attention. You should’ve left then. He sounds a completely abusive and toxic prick and enough is enough. Go to a solicitor and end it.

AlmostAJillSandwich · 12/08/2023 01:29

So he forced you to have sex against your will, with someone you did not want to sleep with, on the threat he would kill himself if you didn't?
That is all kinds of sexual abuse, the man you were coerced into having sex with raped you (you didn't consent, you were forced) at the insistence of your husband who pimped you out for his own sick pleasure. That is very much a crime, coercive control is against the law and is considered domestic abuse.

As for the calling your daughter, his OWN daughter, those things, WHY would you not immediately leave him?! She deserves better, and you're risking her walking away and cutting you off. Even if you won't do it for yourself, do it for youer children!

AmeliPoison · 12/08/2023 05:10

You need end the relationship and keep him away from your daughter then stay single and work on your issues that made you tolerate such a man in the first place.

GoodChat · 12/08/2023 06:43

Get yourself away from him OP. This has already gone on for far too long.

determinedtomakethiswork · 12/08/2023 07:23

He threatened to kill himself if you didn't have a threesome? He sounds absolutely horrendous. Why didn't you leave him much earlier?

RantyAnty · 12/08/2023 07:42

He's an abusive twat.

Hibiscrubbed · 12/08/2023 08:58

He hit the roof and started having an absolute meltdown telling me I owed him and he would kill himself. He just went on and on.

He is a piece of shit. Get him out. Protect your children, especially your poor daughter. He is truly disgusting. Save yourselves.

Your fling is perfectly understandable and you don’t owe him anything. At all.

JibbaJab · 12/08/2023 09:21

No this ain't right at all. Easier said than done but I think you need to get out, he's not nice.

Yes you may have had a fling but he agreed to work on things, build trust. You don't then go, right tracker. If he couldn't he should have walked.

You are being controlled and coerced into sexual situations you are not comfortable with, that most wouldn't be comfortable with. It's abuse. Threatening suicide to guilt you into that is wrong.

To me you are not being seen as a person, you are being seen as a sex doll, an object to fulfill his fantasies. Don't allow him to pressure you into anything like that again. One it's kinda forced anyway but you would have been vulnerable, likely out numbered and could have been hurt.

No, I don't agree with any of it I would never treat my partner like that and I think you'd find most other guys agree too.

kidsonthemoon · 12/08/2023 09:53

So he tries to force you to have sex with other men at a swingers club, hits the roof when you refuse to return.
He calls your 19year old daughter a cunt, and tells her he prefers his sons. I honestly can't imagine a parent who could stand by and allow that.
Why are you still with him. You say he regularly threatens to kill himself, tbh I'd be leaving out a manual with the best ways to do it , on his pillow at night.
He's an abusive lowlife, you do see that right ?

jeaux90 · 12/08/2023 10:03

With kindness you should seek counselling after all this it's bloody terrible and will help you work out why your personal boundaries are so low, it will help.

Meantime let me tell you he is abusing you and your daughter, he is coercively controlling you (against the law) there are just too many red flags.

Please finish it. He's a disgusting man.

IveShaggedSomeMingers · 12/08/2023 12:36

It's a pattern of abuse, and nothing you can do will 'undo your transgression', it will only give him more ammunition.
I hope you get good advice IRL.

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