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How do I get over this?

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SallySilly · 14/01/2024 14:46

About 5 years ago by husband was unfaithful. Not in a physical sense (as far as I know), but he was texting other women that he met online via an app. There were some photographs exchanged etc. All pretty grubby and embarrassing. I caught him doing this three times over the course of roughly a year, although he had only exchanged photos with the first. Not sure why this matters. The final time was with a woman he employs. We very nearly separated and then lockdown happened and it became logistically rather difficult to do so.

We have 3 children and a seemingly very nice life. We both have good careers. I will admit that before this happened our marriage was not in a good place. We were arguing, I had post natal depression after our youngest child was born and we had relocated to a new area.

In the last 4 years he has been nothing but an exemplary father and family man. He has had counselling, stopped drinking and made an enormous effort to restore my trust in him. But the problem is that I just cannot get over what has happened. It's like a horrible stain on our lives that I can't do anything about. I feel so humiliated.

How do I get over this? I want our family to stay together and I want a life with my husband. Any advice from someone who has been in a similar situation would be appreciated.

OP posts:
rc473 · 14/01/2024 17:24

@AnotherSuperHeroe

I was sorry to hear your story too. I hope he gets his bloody act together! You deserve a proper date night and so much more.

Mine is currently driving home, and he's going to find when he gets home that all of his chargers, coffee, slippers, beard products and work passes have disappeared. And I'm going to deny all knowledge! I'm hoping this will help him understand the importance of telling the truth. I know it's a bit childish but I just had to do something, it made me laugh rather than cry for a while!

AnotherSuperHeroe · 14/01/2024 17:26

@rc473

Ooh that will be fun!

As it happens I've told him I'm no longer interested in a date night or anything like that because it would feel fake and forced
So would rather not

I shouldn't have had to beg in the beginning!

Ohh well that's life

rc473 · 14/01/2024 17:28

@AnotherSuperHeroe that makes sense, you can't keep waiting and hoping forever.

Could be time for a spa day? I'm thinking about booking one, I feel like I need to do something to feel beautiful again as it's knocked my self confidence a bit.

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 14/01/2024 17:30

rc473 · 14/01/2024 16:21

I'm so sorry OP.
Another one here, I found out yesterday that my partner of 1 yr, was meeting some random woman in a hotel room the week we were moving in together. I am 4 months pregnant. I think the worst thing is that I found out by seeing a message on his phone, he never came clean about it, so I really don't know if I can trust him again. He says nothing happened in the hotel room, they just talked but unfortunately I have no reason to believe him. I actually feel sorry for the other woman, because I think he lied to her and messed her about too.

It's hard to hear that you are trying to get past it and can't, because that's exactly what I'm weighing up now. I need support with the baby but I just don't even want to look at him right now.

You are not alone, and no matter what happens, you deserve love and you deserve to be treated well by your partner.

Mine told all sorts of lies until I got concrete proof. It's taken so long to dig down to the full truth in a lot of it. I have more evidence available if I can bring myself to read it but so far I can't face it.

In all these situations I do think you have to make a genuine choice - if you can't face separation you have to move past it some how - counselling or talking to friends or to him, whatever might help.

AnotherSuperHeroe · 14/01/2024 18:18

@rc473

I'm not waiting and hoping for anything - that time has long gone

As I said to him earlier, we will do things with our children but if he wants to go on dates with other women do feel free to do so

I have no interest in dating other men and would prefer to focus on my children as they're so young and this is time I will never get back

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