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Should I contact women from my husband's chat forum to confirm the truth?

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lifespiralling · 25/07/2026 05:28

Dh and i always had intimacy issues due to what i know now after many years of confusion due to his anxiety surrounding sex and thinking he wasnt any good. I was always willing, but felt rejected.

So last year to my shock found out he was using sex chat forum called freechatnow. I never in a million years thought he would do such a thing, told me he is faithful, and i trusted him with my life. I decided after learning things on mumsnet not to confront right away. I know bad but went on his phone middle of the night to see if i could find out more as everything was wiped by morning. He caught me one evening, and thats when he went pale, and confessed he spoke to women for 7 years. It started as he felt terrible about himself in sex department , wanted to feel good about himself then got addicted. He exchanged nudes with women too. He said he only spoke to women 2-3 times at most as he only repeated the same thing in the sex talk exchange, and they got bored. So he claims was random women.

I felt like a bomb blew up in my life. My sister passed away from cancer few months previously so felt like i was living a nightmare. I agreed to work it through provided full honestly. He immediately deleted his account as he said he felt great shame. He does not know i actually saw a few times before getting caught , and screenshot a few things. This last year ive been crying pretty much daily and feel such intense pain. I still feel in shock and not thinking clearly. Worst year of my life.

Its been a year later when it suddenly occurred to me that one of the screenshots had a friend list of 12 women including two blocked. He made a new account with a local surrounding name, think leedsguy as he forgot his password the week i was trying to find more. Then it hit me hang on, it was a new account (although been on that website for years) , but if these were only brief, insignificant conversations of only 2-3 times, why were these women saved as contacts? How did he know who to add right away back on unless he spoke to them a lot more than just 2-3 times? I feel like i did when i first found out and sick to my stomach. Is he lying about the extent of it?? He has been completely clean for one year , trying to rebuild but i told him i needed full honestly.

Here is my question. I got screenshot of their usernames and feel i need to know truth. If he is still lying, then he blew it. I dont know much about these websites, but would it be odd to message them directly as his wife?? Would they even care ? I just must know the truth but dont know what to do. Please advise

OP posts:
Hito · 25/07/2026 12:16

I would imagine he's being conned. These sex chat forums are deigned to get blokes to part with money. I'm guessing he'd have to buy credits and he'd use those credits up every time he messaged. Unless there is a FREE site which I very much doubt. In other words the woman in question is not a genuine friend, she's just pretending to be. I wouldn't contact them.

ginasevern · 25/07/2026 12:47

@lifespiralling He's lying for sure OP. Everything he's said is the classic "Script". He wants the best of both worlds and he's playing you. Get an STI check and then make plans to separate. And definitely do not contact anyone on that site.

Elieza · 25/07/2026 13:01

sounds like it’s all about him and his issues desires wants and needs.

you are a convenient nanny for the children and probably keep house and make dinners etc for him so his comfort is met.

perhaps he just never fancied you in a sexual way but loves you in his own way. perhaps hes addicted to porn and never loved you. who knows.

it’s up to you to decide what you want to do. in the meantime get your ducks in a row ss you know he hides things. you want to find out about all policies DH has, pensions, p60 all financial info. keep aside in case you need it later for divorce.

you could potentially try and register on that site as Leeds Hot Mum or something and contact him and see what he says, if there is any chat about sexual services in person or whatever and then youll know the extent he will go to. But youll prob get messages from creeps so i don’t fancy that!

Possiblyfamous · 25/07/2026 13:04

lifespiralling · 25/07/2026 05:53

I will if it was more to this. Its the lying part. If he is playing it down and was more of online affair, than random chats, then that changes things.

You don’t have to actually contact any of these women - he just needs to think you have. Preface the conversation by telling you have and that you already know the answers to the questions I’m asking so you need to be 100% truthful. Only you can decide from there where to go with your marriage but I would say that often men use the low self esteem line to justify these sorts of behaviours. It’s a similar thing with a lie detector test - you don’t need to book one - just say that you want to. There are three responses - of course of it will give you peace of mind or I don’t want to but will if it will help you/us or flat out refusal, which tells you everything.
Good luck OP

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