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Partner slept with sex worker

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Misssillyfool · 17/06/2026 22:43

Grateful for some advice… my partner of 21 years not married that’s another story! We both have ADHD in different ways, at times it has been an emotional rollercoaster! I will do my best to explain this.. few months ago my partner came to me and said that he was struggling with the feeling that I didn’t trust him (I have trust issues past relationships that were toxic) have both been loyal the last 21 years he went on to telling me he read about non monogamous relationships and how he thought would help with our insecurities and by doing a one off (seeing a sex worker that would make but originally he said it would make him feel really trusted by me I was a bit stunned at the time and that was that until we gottogether and he showed me some sites he been looking at I’m feeling bit uncomfortable and said I was feeling uncomfortable and stopped looking.. fast forward a week on a saturday morning he said I think we should do this again stunned having all these feelings and could this help our relationship our insecurities I was feeling so overwhelmed and I consented.. I felt psychically sick to my stomach all day/ night. When he came back I felt numb but anger inside I now have huge regret the decision I made and ever since random times I cry or feel so angry and now feel like it’s broken the biggest mistake I’ve ever made i don’t know where to go with this I think it’s played a big part in my severe anxiety + D any gentle advice greatfully received

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NewDogOwner · 19/06/2026 23:54

You probably have Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. This is why you feel insecure generally. Also, he probably doesn't work to make you feel secure. This is not the prostitute thing. Your feelings here are valid.

MinnieCauldwell · 20/06/2026 09:21

DollydaydreamTheThird · 19/06/2026 23:01

It is if she says it is!

Selling your body for sex denigrates all women.

toottoot3 · 20/06/2026 10:40

This isn't an ADHD issue, this is a man paying for sex under the guise of "helping" you! I take it he didn't discus this with your friends/parents/family as a possibility to help you? Took on advise from a couples therapist? Discussed you doing the same?

Todayismyfavouriteday · 21/06/2026 11:44

MinnieCauldwell · 20/06/2026 09:21

Selling your body for sex denigrates all women.

If I choose to sell my body, it is mine to sell. You can choose what you do with yours. You can't make decisions for other women. The same happens if a woman chooses to have an abortion. There are women for whom abortion is a crime, for others, it is a choice. There are women who choose to sleep with men they've just met every night, or two men, or more, at a time. You could say they are also denigrating all women, for giving their bodies to men they don't love, and may never see again. There are women who enjoy sexual practices that others would find revolting, dangerous, or denigrating. Would you also have an opinion on the women in the cases mentioned above? Prostitution is a choice. Sex trafficking, on the other hand, is a completely different thing.

oliviaAustin · 21/06/2026 11:47

He thinks you don’t trust that he won’t cheat so his solution is to go shag someone? He’s manipulated you.

JillyComeLately · 21/06/2026 23:24

Todayismyfavouriteday · 21/06/2026 11:44

If I choose to sell my body, it is mine to sell. You can choose what you do with yours. You can't make decisions for other women. The same happens if a woman chooses to have an abortion. There are women for whom abortion is a crime, for others, it is a choice. There are women who choose to sleep with men they've just met every night, or two men, or more, at a time. You could say they are also denigrating all women, for giving their bodies to men they don't love, and may never see again. There are women who enjoy sexual practices that others would find revolting, dangerous, or denigrating. Would you also have an opinion on the women in the cases mentioned above? Prostitution is a choice. Sex trafficking, on the other hand, is a completely different thing.

Agreed.

Bumbers · 01/07/2026 11:29

Todayismyfavouriteday · 21/06/2026 11:44

If I choose to sell my body, it is mine to sell. You can choose what you do with yours. You can't make decisions for other women. The same happens if a woman chooses to have an abortion. There are women for whom abortion is a crime, for others, it is a choice. There are women who choose to sleep with men they've just met every night, or two men, or more, at a time. You could say they are also denigrating all women, for giving their bodies to men they don't love, and may never see again. There are women who enjoy sexual practices that others would find revolting, dangerous, or denigrating. Would you also have an opinion on the women in the cases mentioned above? Prostitution is a choice. Sex trafficking, on the other hand, is a completely different thing.

I agree!

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