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Would you trust your husband visiting massage parlours regularly and hiding it from you?

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Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 06:16

Need help, I’ve been with my husband 7 months, it’s been perfect, and I believe he really loves me and I love him to bits, I’ve done everything to try and make him happy.

He mentioned when we met he sometimes goes for cupping therapy by a Muslim guy, and it’s above board and asked how I would feel if a woman did massages to him and I said it wouldn’t make me feel comfortable, he agreed he wouldn’t allow a man to massage me, a few months after he came hope with cupping marks and said he went to his usual guy, then he’s in the shower and a notification pops up from an Eastern European woman’s name I’ve not heard him mention, I questioned it and he admitted it was a new place, a woman near a site he was working at, I said that’s wasn’t ok to not tell me, he said she was sending him stretches on Watsap because he asked for them, I said that was a bit odd but he showed me the messages.

Months passed and I thought he wasn’t going for anymore massages, our sex life is great and I massage him daily! Massage has always been part of our foreplay and he likes his nipples to be kissed and down below. This week I booked him a surprise massage at a fancy spa for his birthday, then on Thursday I had suspicions when he left site late and sent me a satnav screenshot at a residential address he was driving slowly down, I looked it up and low and behold there was a Polish massage place at a private house, I could smell the oil on him when he came home and confronted him, he freaked out, said I was controlling for accusing him, that night I managed to hack his pin and saw the transactions on his phone, one £50 the one I suspected and one £55 the previous day to a Thai place at a different address where he was was working (he’s a site engineer on the road all day at different sites) I didn’t admit I knew this about the payments I’d seen and tried to give him chance to own up but he just kept lying about it.

That night I got into his iPad and his work watsap and found the whole story, he’s been going regularly to massage places, mainly Thai, some of which also run as ‘hotels’ he swore blind he never would go to backstreet Thai places as they offer happy endings and he said he did that once before he met me and felt disgusted and was only after proper deep tissue massages. I then admitted I had seen it all on his phone and he hit the roof, accused me of being controlling. I’ve since gone on his iPad again after guessing the changed pin and his satnav history, he’s searched or called massage places 27 times in the last 2 months, all different places near the sites he works at, he also showed me multiple payments some of which aren’t even legit names like a woman’s name then ‘beauty’ there was 2 payments to a woman’s name followed by ‘beauty’ registered on company house to a hairdresser in a block of flats in the city centre, I messaged the woman and she said she was a salon but there were massages at a different flat, and I’ve since found out via messaging she is an escort.

I went on his satnav history again and found the address and name of the place, it takes you to a directory of masseuse on a site called ‘deluxe massage’ and there’s pics of beautiful women, one of which looks like a pornstar, in tight dresses showing her rear like a PLT model, it says she does ‘Swedish and relaxation’ massage, I text her but she said to only contact on watsap for full details. She offers happy endings and shower for £120, normal massage is £60, u know he paid £60 after him showing me the payment.

She even sent me his watsap message saying he was after a 30 min sports massage back in feb which I couldn’t believe she went it, he says ‘nothing sexual just sports masssge’ she then sends the sordid prices saying £60 for relaxation massage and £120 for ejaculate where you want and have a shower. He swore blind it was just a massage and she was wearing ‘pyjamas’

I confronted him, he said he’s been to her twice but just for massage, he swore on his daughters life nothing sexual has happened at any of these massage places and he just goes to relax when he’s stressed, he’s spending a small fortune at these places. I told him he has a serious problem he needs to get help with, and kicked him out of my house, he’s gone back to his ex wife’s house where his daughter lives. He’s now blaming me for accusing him and saying I ruined it.

While I was doing the dinner for him and washing his clothes thinking he was working on sites he was also fitting in massages at all these seedy places on his lunch breaks or when finishing work early, some right on my doorstep.

I’m shocked to the core, I don’t know what to do, I’ve not eaten for four days straight, we rang eachother and cried and he asked if I want him to come back and I gave in because I’m weak and needy and he’s been here since and we’ve back and forwarded.

Would anyone put up with this? Could it be innocent? He says if it were sex or extras the payments, but to me £50-£65 is prob enough and we don’t know the massage duration it’s prob 30 min and a HJ or BJ or worse! And there was the one place he’s paid 2 lots of £50 and swore blind they must of charged him twice in error! God I feel so sick and still feel like I don’t want to leave this man! How?!

Update-last night I got all my evidence and confronted him, I asked him 3 questions based on the lies he told me before ‘did you know the escort was a sex worker, did you go after your dad died because you felt so low, did you contact her more than once? He’s swore all of these things to me for days on end, he swore to me there on then on his daughters life that all this was the case; it was a one off innocent mistake because he was distraught and needed a massage and was shocked when he got there and she was in ‘pyjamas’. I calmly told him I had evidence otherwise, I showed him the video she sent me of his phone showing he watsapped her in feb before his dad died, that he knew what she offered because she sent him the full details and even said she didn’t know what a sports masssge was but she can do ‘relaxation massage’ yet he still went along! And that he contacted her feb, july (unfortunately there watsap timer had deleted the July chat! And he also made an outgoing call to her in June, he looked shocked and admitted ok he lied but it was JUST a massage. There’s 3 payments this year £65,£60 and £61.50 and I think they’re all her, one I can link to her address on 1st July; other 2 are random thai sounded names that don’t come up alone, but on both dates he’s also contacted this woman but then again he’s also contacted about 10 different Thai places across the midlands so could be any! And what does it even matter!

I also asked him last night if he ever paid for extras before me and he said yes once he went to a massage place in Derby and payed for a HJ and regretted it. So he’s obviously ok with doing this in these places, so how can I believe he now just keeps his pants on and battles these gorgeous young women off his boner when they are making advances for extra money?

So he’s hid this all from me for 7 months, frequented the most seedy back street Thai massage parlours in the Midlands including one that my friend said is a well known brothel that runs also as a hotel, after saying he would never go to those places and only ever goes to reputable sports masssge places, and put himself in a position where women touch his body and try sell HJs and BJs and probably worse and every times he’s kept on his boxers and said ‘oh no sorry love! I’m married! Just the deep tissue massage please!’ And done this twice monthly! Sometimes 2 times a week! He even had one on a Friday and one on a Monday one week!

Im so broken! I honestly feel like this might kill me, and I’m worried how safe he’s been and if I’m just riddled and my life is over.

He says it was a mistake, won’t happen again, and if I have a big heart I will forgive him.

And this is a man who due to his religion won’t pay 5p a month interest on his savings; but will happy pay £200 a month maybe more to known sex workers.

Please help.

OP posts:
DropOfffArtiste · 18/09/2026 14:16

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 14:11

Surely it would show as cash withdrawals though when he showed me his banking?

Honestly, who cares? You have enough evidence he has been cheating with prostituted/potentialky trafficked women the entire time you have known him. Changes the locks and have some deep thoughts about your self esteem.

shuggles · 18/09/2026 14:20

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 14:11

Surely it would show as cash withdrawals though when he showed me his banking?

Yes fair comment, although this could be cash that he withdrew on a previous occasion and had in his pocket for a few weeks. Though you know his finances and spending patterns better than I do.

Regardless, these are not innocent massage visits.

ChoppyWalters · 18/09/2026 15:06

Get some self respect. He’s a sleaze.

moonshine47 · 18/09/2026 15:15

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 12:45

Thank you so much, I’ve literally done everything to be the best wife, loyal, never left his side, make the home and home, welcoming and warm and do everything around the home. We have a great sex life (or I thought we did) he has a daughter with his ex wife and I’ve been having her over and we’ve been building a relationship. I could have not been any better and I can say that from the heart. He was praying and crying the other night and I think he meant it, but he also told me he gave up all things haram for me and that was also a lie, and the biggest sin of all is to lie so I don’t know how he could do all this and feel he can just pray and be forgiven. It sounds awful for you; I’m so sorry you’ve been through all that too.

I can imagine lovely, trust me.

Sometimes men don’t appreciate what they have until they no longer have it. Maybe give yourself a little space and see if he changes? I know divorce is a sort of awkward topic for some families, and I have no idea what your take on that would be. But perhaps give yourself some time to weigh things out and see if he actually puts in any effort to gain your trust again? The fact that you accepted his daughter and tried to meet him halfway speaks volumes about your morals and you as a person, which is just embarrassing on his end to have still gone ahead and still do such things.

Reading some of these comments I thought some were quite harsh, but to be honest sometimes you need someone to show you how things are looking on the outside, as we often get so caught up in our feelings.

Some men tend to cry and ultimately play the victim when they get caught, say they won’t do it again, and unfortunately once things start smoothing over, they act up again. I think maybe it would be worth having a proper discussion about whether he is willing to rectify his actions and stop doing these things that make you as a wife uncomfortable, or, if he genuinely thinks he won’t be able to stop in the long run, I think you have your answer. Lust is a demon, and for him it’s about whether he is willing to let go of this demon in order to be faithful to his wife and fulfil his promises to her when he married her.

Ultimately it is entirely your life and your decision. You know him more than anyone, so even if he tells you he will stop, deep down you will be able to tell if he truly means it. I’m not denying that some men do fix their ways and change permanently, but it is extremely few men. For him it’s about whether he wants to fight to save his marriage or let his old ways consume him.

Hoping and praying for the best outcome for you angel. I’ll be keeping you in my duas xx

FairyMaclary · 18/09/2026 15:35

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 14:11

Surely it would show as cash withdrawals though when he showed me his banking?

Maybe he commits crime? Gets cash in hand? Pimps out women? Gets cash from his ex wife?

If you have only known him 7 months you barely know him. He’s shown you a fake version of him.

How come he moved in so quickly? Where did he live before?

Suszieq · 18/09/2026 15:53

moonshine47 · 18/09/2026 15:15

I can imagine lovely, trust me.

Sometimes men don’t appreciate what they have until they no longer have it. Maybe give yourself a little space and see if he changes? I know divorce is a sort of awkward topic for some families, and I have no idea what your take on that would be. But perhaps give yourself some time to weigh things out and see if he actually puts in any effort to gain your trust again? The fact that you accepted his daughter and tried to meet him halfway speaks volumes about your morals and you as a person, which is just embarrassing on his end to have still gone ahead and still do such things.

Reading some of these comments I thought some were quite harsh, but to be honest sometimes you need someone to show you how things are looking on the outside, as we often get so caught up in our feelings.

Some men tend to cry and ultimately play the victim when they get caught, say they won’t do it again, and unfortunately once things start smoothing over, they act up again. I think maybe it would be worth having a proper discussion about whether he is willing to rectify his actions and stop doing these things that make you as a wife uncomfortable, or, if he genuinely thinks he won’t be able to stop in the long run, I think you have your answer. Lust is a demon, and for him it’s about whether he is willing to let go of this demon in order to be faithful to his wife and fulfil his promises to her when he married her.

Ultimately it is entirely your life and your decision. You know him more than anyone, so even if he tells you he will stop, deep down you will be able to tell if he truly means it. I’m not denying that some men do fix their ways and change permanently, but it is extremely few men. For him it’s about whether he wants to fight to save his marriage or let his old ways consume him.

Hoping and praying for the best outcome for you angel. I’ll be keeping you in my duas xx

I was reading this and wandering wtf??? How could anyone encourage anyone in this situation to see how things play out? With a man that’s cheating, lying and no using darvo on her. But seeing how you ended your post it all makes sense.

Op do not be manipulated by religion. Leave a man that cheats, lies and puts your sexual health at risk

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:28

FairyMaclary · 18/09/2026 15:35

Maybe he commits crime? Gets cash in hand? Pimps out women? Gets cash from his ex wife?

If you have only known him 7 months you barely know him. He’s shown you a fake version of him.

How come he moved in so quickly? Where did he live before?

In a house of multiple occupancy, a bedsit basically in the city centre

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MyCatIsAnAeroplane · 18/09/2026 16:31

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:28

In a house of multiple occupancy, a bedsit basically in the city centre

Bargain. So quick “religious” marriage and he gets a house, free sex, and still does what he likes with no legal ties. It’s a win-win for him.

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:32

So we’re now in a situation where he is sharing his live locations on watsap while he’s working, today he parked up at a mosque for Friday prayer which is literally walking distance round the corner from the Thai hotel, and messaged me saying he was at the mosque that’s why he was there, problem is most of his sites he surveys for work are now going to be near massage places because he’s scoped them out before and been there so I will always be second guessing. His live location was moving very slightly every 15 mins while showing at the mosque which I assume was him in the building but I also can’t help wondering if he just parked there and left his phones in the car and went for a massage but surely the phones wouldn’t be moving at all in the mosque location?

OP posts:
Chunkybabythighs · 18/09/2026 16:33

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:32

So we’re now in a situation where he is sharing his live locations on watsap while he’s working, today he parked up at a mosque for Friday prayer which is literally walking distance round the corner from the Thai hotel, and messaged me saying he was at the mosque that’s why he was there, problem is most of his sites he surveys for work are now going to be near massage places because he’s scoped them out before and been there so I will always be second guessing. His live location was moving very slightly every 15 mins while showing at the mosque which I assume was him in the building but I also can’t help wondering if he just parked there and left his phones in the car and went for a massage but surely the phones wouldn’t be moving at all in the mosque location?

Good god can you really face living the rest of your life like this op?

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:33

MyCatIsAnAeroplane · 18/09/2026 16:31

Bargain. So quick “religious” marriage and he gets a house, free sex, and still does what he likes with no legal ties. It’s a win-win for him.

And my house is a lovely barn conversion in a affluent area in the country side compared to his HMO in a horrible part of a horrible city in the midlands which I won’t name but starts LE and it costs him £300 a month less to live with me

OP posts:
fatsausages · 18/09/2026 16:38

Sounds like he has an addiction, yes he's paying for 'extras' going so often, he's having a lot more than a massage.

He sounds like a controlling piece of 💩, you are worth a lot more, get rid now, only 7 months in, things won't get better, all the time you stay you are agreeing with his behavior.

Time to cut ties, move on and find a man that doesn't have any addictions.

Just read he's Muslim and we know what they think of women, don't walk RUN.

How long has he been in the country? Living in an HMO is he here legally? Another reason to RUN.

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:38

I also think I’ve gone delirious at this point and probably lost my mind, I just asked him why my massages were no good and said maybe I could open my own masssge place and start saying ‘swadikaaaa’ in a Thai accent and he looked completely taken aback like how does she know this. Thing is without being horrible his ex wife was more stupid and naive than me, I’m not naive or stupid and I know the score but I’m just not good at boundaries and putting myself first and leaving. She told me he used to openly watch porn infront of her and tell her to shut up when she questioned it, and that he was always out with his friends in a nearby city; the city she mentioned is where his previous ex English wife (imam Nikah not legal) was from and she didn’t know about her so he was probably cheating on her too

OP posts:
MyCatIsAnAeroplane · 18/09/2026 16:40

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:33

And my house is a lovely barn conversion in a affluent area in the country side compared to his HMO in a horrible part of a horrible city in the midlands which I won’t name but starts LE and it costs him £300 a month less to live with me

Please tell me why you are with him? You can’t know him properly, or love him deeply, or have enough shared history to look past any of this? He is absolutely using you, and even if, on the slightest off-chance (none) he isn’t getting anything sexual from these women he is getting massages from sex workers. He is lying to see sex workers, who are likely abused, and he is doing it so frequently he is spending as much on them as your life together whilst reaping the benefit of your hopes and dreams.

Look forward 10 years. What are your aspirations and this the kind of guy who will be there for them? Do you want kids? Do you want them to have a father who uses sex workers? Do you want to be the wife who has to silently die a little every time he is late home?

Cut this dead and send him back to that HMO to live a life free of responsibility to a partner.

Naurrr · 18/09/2026 16:42

You've only just started dating, he's shit, there's no reason to choose to live like this.

Choose a life of happiness, forget the man.

Purplecatshopaholic · 18/09/2026 16:45

BeKhakiReader · 18/09/2026 07:10

You’ve not been together long. You own your house. You don’t have children.

This will never change, so do yourself a favour and remove him from your life.

This. Could he be innocent? No. Could he have given you an infection? Yes, get tested, please. Get rid, and thank your lucky stars you found out about this now. Vile man. Sorry you are going through this op.

MyCatIsAnAeroplane · 18/09/2026 16:45

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 16:38

I also think I’ve gone delirious at this point and probably lost my mind, I just asked him why my massages were no good and said maybe I could open my own masssge place and start saying ‘swadikaaaa’ in a Thai accent and he looked completely taken aback like how does she know this. Thing is without being horrible his ex wife was more stupid and naive than me, I’m not naive or stupid and I know the score but I’m just not good at boundaries and putting myself first and leaving. She told me he used to openly watch porn infront of her and tell her to shut up when she questioned it, and that he was always out with his friends in a nearby city; the city she mentioned is where his previous ex English wife (imam Nikah not legal) was from and she didn’t know about her so he was probably cheating on her too

Oh lord. There’s nothing more to say. You are being dumb if you allow him one more night in your house. He’s a serial cocklodger and woman user. Don’t be his latest victim. Take hold and kick his sleazy arse back to the gutter.

moonshine47 · 18/09/2026 17:04

Suszieq · 18/09/2026 15:53

I was reading this and wandering wtf??? How could anyone encourage anyone in this situation to see how things play out? With a man that’s cheating, lying and no using darvo on her. But seeing how you ended your post it all makes sense.

Op do not be manipulated by religion. Leave a man that cheats, lies and puts your sexual health at risk

I’m so sorry if it came across that way! In no way whatsoever would I encourage anyone to continue living, or maintaining, a relationship with a partner who is doing such things.

However, after reading OP’s responses to other comments, I have a very different outlook on the situation as a whole now. The mention of openly watching porn in front of an ex-wife (something which would typically be seen as a no-no in Islamic households), and then telling her to “shutup” when questioned, etc. I mean, these are signs of somebody who has no regard for other people’s feelings or emotions, and clearly cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And judging by the way he has been treating his ex-wife, I really hope that a repeat of that doesn’t happen to OP, and I am kind of glad that she is not waiting around for him, and taking action like kicking him out of her house (rightly so!). And using this platform is a great way for her to kind of get it off her chest and at the same time gain some form of support by seeing how many of us there are that are rooting for her to get out of this situation.

Stargazer84 · 18/09/2026 17:21

He says he’s changed and realised it was wrong paying these places, I told him he should have realised this before he met me not carried on the whole time we were together. And I asked him if he would of ever stopped if I hadn’t found out like I did and he said ‘I dont know’ which means he wouldn’t of and it would of just become riskier and riskier encounters and more frequent and I can already see a pattern how these has escalated and the frequency of payments got more and more since June and has lately been at times two visits to these places per week. That’s not a normal massage, you need need to a week for sports recovery, it’s actually counter productive if that’s the case to work the tissue too much, he’s only saying he’s changed because I found out, and if this is such a deep rooted issue, googling locations of massage near me multiple times a day; making numerous calls, almost like he likes thrill of setting it up, and then going for an average of 2 a month sometimes 2 times a week then there is no way that he’s miraculously just changed and has given this up, it will be much harder than that. And I don’t buy it that of all the sites and locations he could go to today he chose one with a mosque within walking distance of a Thai hotel he went to last week

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MyCatIsAnAeroplane · 18/09/2026 17:25

So, enough talking OP - what are you going to do?

Purplecatshopaholic · 18/09/2026 18:05

You started this thread about 6 this morning op. I hope he’s an ex by now…? And if not, why not…

Keroppi · 18/09/2026 18:25

That’s not a normal massage, you need need to a week for sports recovery, it’s actually counter productive if that’s the case to work the tissue too much,

Why are you going on about bloody muscle recovery he is a SEX ADDICT. It's purely for sex purposes not sports massage, stop believing the bollocks that comes out of his mouth?

You need to block him or be happy being at home cooking his meals and having his kids and family depending on you whilst he's on the road paying for sex with escorts, thinking youre an idiot bc you believe his lies 🫣

Keroppi · 18/09/2026 18:42

I've just read the previous posts honestly I'm shocked. What happened in your childhood for you to put a bloke on a pedestal, killing yourself pandering to his every need, financially and sexually spoiling him - who has had an ex wife, another ex wife and now you?
He lived in a scummy bedsit, you've moved him in and now he obviously thinks you're as thick as the rest of the English women he's been with and he can do what he wants!

So to recap

  • he lies to your face multiple times even when you have suspicions
  • You have to confront him with evidence like eastenders for him to own up
  • When you confront him he flips it on you and says you're controlling, you don't love him
  • He cries fake tears and prays to get you to stlp
  • He is soooooo religious that you need a nikah and goes mosque and prays yet he's lying, cheating on you and paying for sex..

You need to raise your self esteem and do some inner work. I hope you aren't doing a faithful Muslim wife routine for him and wearing hijab and not eating bacon etc while he's literally cheating on you. Have you ever dated other Muslim men before? I am part Pakistani and would never.

Meteorite87 · 18/09/2026 18:58

He is a liar who has betrayed you multiple times.
That "swearing on his daughter's life" line means nothing.

Rather than having 'a big heart to forgive him', have the strength to demand he leave YOUR home.

Meteorite87 · 18/09/2026 19:02

Just read your 17:21 update @Stargazer84

He is full of shit!
He will say whatever he thinks will keep him comfortably in your home. It isn't worth the time of you picking through details of his false claims.