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Is this infidelity and what would you do?

67 replies

Sara191 · 22/01/2024 11:57

DH and I have been married 5 years and have 2 DC aged 2 and 4. Things have been bad recently where I don’t feel respected and he has an anger problem . We were starting marriage counselling. He said he was going to work on himself and find a counsellor for himself as well which I was surprised to hear but pleased . He said he had one session in December and the therapist told him to stop drinking but he didn’t like this therapist and would find another . Now and then I would ask if he had found someone. He would say no or they hadn’t replied. Out of the blue he then says he’d made and appointment on a Tueday . The day comes but he doesn’t say anything in the morning . So I was curious as to who he was seeing and if he was just saying to pacify me. Then I went to work I then logged into his emails . So a thread where he was seeing someone , thought phew ! i then googled her and couldn’t find her , also not on the BACP website . Odd. Look closer at the emails where she tells him to look at faqs on the website - leads me to her website which shows that she is all about trantra massage , that she would be in a body suit , there are sexy photos of her on the website and it’s all about having a ‘ orgasmic experience and sexual awakening. Explicitly.
I then message him , asking if he’s seeing the counsellor today and he replied yes and sends me a website of a male therapist. There are many emails and he had been there once before late last year it transpires. There is an address of a ‘ studio ‘ which is actually a small flat.

I was so shocked and couldn’t concentrate on work. He’d booked a very expensive 2 hour session which was £100s . I ended up going to the place and confronted him after the session he had. I also confronted her and she said that she was all about ‘ healing energy. He was trying to stop me from even going in to speak to her. She was scantily dressed.
What would you do? He’s telling me that nothing happened , but he knows he’s in the wrong. He’s saying he didn’t realise.

OP posts:
NameChangeImEmbarassed · 22/01/2024 15:38

Yes it’s infidelity, good for you for confronting him!

caringcarer · 22/01/2024 15:43

He's lied to you because what he was doing was wrong. I'd divorce him for this betrayal.

Sceptical123 · 22/01/2024 15:48

This is absolutely awful. I’ve never advocated leaving anyone before but his behaviour goes beyond… How will you ever be able to trust him again? He has shown nothing but utter contempt for you and your marriage, pretending to seek help when actually doing something he knows will have nothing but devastating results if found out, which you have. I’m so glad you discovered this relatively early so can stop your contact with him before these visits become regular. It’s sickening that you would have felt grateful to him for going to these ‘therapy’ sessions and he would have felt so smug, lapping up the praise. I’m so sorry. You will never be able to trust him again and he doesn’t deserve a second chance. He’s potentially exposed you to all manner of sexual infections. He has no respect for you or the relationship. Bin.

Topee · 22/01/2024 15:53

Why did he lie and say he was seeing a male therapist if he didn’t realise?

Sceptical123 · 22/01/2024 15:53

Also ‘saying he didn’t realise’?!!!! This was after the last last year session presumably. She was obviously doing something wrong if he’d spent hundreds of pounds and he still didn’t realise during a 2 hour session what was going on! Bin bin bin!

Purplecatshopaholic · 22/01/2024 15:56

So basically his idea of a Therapist, is a Prostitute. In answer to your questions, yes it’s cheating, and I would be sprinting to a lawyers office as we speak… what a low-life sleaze!

MrTiddlesTheCat · 22/01/2024 15:58

Yes it's infidelity and yes he knew exactly what he was doing, and yes he's now lying to you.

Sceptical123 · 22/01/2024 15:58

Sara191 · 22/01/2024 15:03

@Polecat07 no i have not posted before. I would be interested in seeing that thread though. He keeps telling me it was ‘ breath work and that he talked about us ‘ and she helped him meditate. He’s been really apologetic but that is seeming to subside, as he’s starting to act like his usual self again.

Have you told him you’ve visited her website??? The audacity of this vile ‘person’ is something else

Userengage · 22/01/2024 15:59

I couldn’t even be bothered to discuss it with him further, just start your separation/divorce. There’s nothing to save nor discuss.

Sceptical123 · 22/01/2024 16:02

I hope the hundreds pound handjob was worth it bc this little treat is going to cost him dear in many ways. And doesn’t he deserve it.

I’m so sorry for you and your DC, OP as you don’t. What a vile betrayal to you all. I hope you have all the support you need and get some positive advice going forward x

ChangeAgain2 · 22/01/2024 16:06

If he thought it was okay, he wouldn't have lied about it. He would have sent you her information and not a male therapist. He lief because he knew it was wrong. He's playing stupid because he got caught. He could have spent money on working on himself. He could have spent money on you or your family. He spent money on his dick and his own titillation.

IggOrEgg · 22/01/2024 16:08

I bet he thought he was terribly clever, she’s a ‘therapist’ after all. Divorce the twat, he’s making an absolute mockery of you.

Sceptical123 · 22/01/2024 16:10

Also don’t be shy in sharing with ppl exactly what he has done. He deserves to be shamed.

Bookworm20 · 22/01/2024 16:16

Yes its infidelity.
The fact he calls it therapy is irrelevant. He can call it whatever he likes, it won't change the fact of what it was.
Just like he can spout on about how he 'didn't realise' as much as he likes.
Why is it when cheating men are confronted they suddenly turn into these poor innocent little lambs who are so so confused and suddenly develop the mental capacity of a 1 year old in the whole 'not knowing' arena.

Like I said, he can call it whatever he wants.

Hell, he can call himself a god if he really wants but it won't change the fact he is actually a pathetic dick, will it?

MrsMarzetti · 22/01/2024 16:17

Can you forgive this lying angry man? Will you ever trust a word he says again ? Get the answer to those and you will know what you need to do.

rooftopbird · 22/01/2024 16:22

As for "what would you do" I would tell everyone what he's done as well, after I'd sent him packing, embarrass the twat.

50somethingInLondon · 22/01/2024 16:24

Oh no, how awful. I am so sorry to hear that. I know you have young children to consider but really, you need to get rid.

2under4 · 22/01/2024 16:31

If he "didn't realise", why did he send you a link to a different therapist?

He sounds awful. Aside from the anger and lying, it's the STI risk and gaslighting.

Out of interest, why are you trying to salvage the relationship? What do you get out of it?

ginasevern · 22/01/2024 16:32

It's cheating, lying and treating you like an idiot. There's no contest, he gets top prize. Now find yourself a lawyer.

InAPickle12345 · 22/01/2024 16:41

OP, do you really need to ask us if this is infidelity? I think you know yourself that this is not acceptable and this woman is a sex worker. Id love to check out her website.

As for his bullshit about breath work... give me a break.

I don't think I've ever said LTB on here but this is such a violation... telling you he would go to therapy, then booking a sex worker instead with presumably family money, and now trying to gaslight you. He's an absolute piece of shit.

Needanewnamebeingwatched · 22/01/2024 16:45

He is a lying, cheating, scum bucket

Find a good solicitor

JanefromLondon1 · 22/01/2024 17:49

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WhamBamThankU · 22/01/2024 17:54

He saw a prostitute. Of course you leave him.

ZekeZeke · 22/01/2024 17:57

He is a liar and a cheat.
Good on you for confronting him (and her).
Get yourself tested for STI's, I doubt it's the first time he has cheated, just the first time he has been caught.

kkloo · 22/01/2024 18:05

Yes I remember that other thread too.
I believe that husband had been abused as a child and his wife was actually ok with him going to see that 'therapist' initially, but that then it became more of an issue because he was constantly communicating with the therapist as a 'friend' and I don't think they could be intimate unless he'd seen the therapist.

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