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I think my husband is having an affair

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megmums · 27/07/2009 22:04

I moved to be with my Dh full time a year after our daughter was born. He always said he wanted a family, but I noticed a big change in him when she was born. We drifted apart and I think he felt neglected and that his life was over now he had a wife and child, too much responsibility.

A few months after moving here (away from friends and family) he told me that he no longer wanted to be married anymore, he found it too stressful and felt guilty that he had moved me and our daughter away.

It took a few weeks to come to a head but we reached a point where he changed his mind and decided to make a go of it. This seemed to coincide with me asking him if he was having an affair.

He is close to a girl he works with. This did not bother me too greatly, as he has had female friends in past and i always trusted him. What makes this different is his attitude towards me following the birth of our daughter.

He told me he was out with a boy from work but I found out he was with this girl. He told me he lied as he knew i would not like him going out with this girl, he has in the past and told me and I have not been happy.

He texts her loads, i used to check his phone bill but stopped as it was becoming an unatural obsession! So 7 months later things seemed to be getting better between us, but i sometimes have doubts about where he is. Last week he said he was working one night and could not text me as on a special opeation. A couple of days later I came out and asked him if he had been in work. He got angry and said of course, then was in a mood for a few hours. After that he calmed down and started to be overly nice, almost false to me. He was then in work all weekend but was texting to see how I was and said he loved me.

So am I crazy for thinking there is anything going on with my husband and his work colleague? The only thing keeping me sane is going to work everyday and spending as much time as I can with my little girl, who is the happiest most easy going child in the world!

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megmums · 27/07/2009 23:34

Ok so what is recommended that I do next? Confront him yet again?!

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barnsleybelle · 27/07/2009 23:34

Megmums... i can totally understand how you are feeling. Honestly i can.
Please stop making excuses for him. In loving respectful marriages men do not behave in the way you have described.
In your heart of hearts do you honestly believe you are married to a man who loves you and wants to be with you and you alone?

Also, in reference to your earlier comment about dd having a broken home. It is your job to set a good example to her. Believe me staying with a man who shows you little affection and respect is not the best example.

megmums · 27/07/2009 23:35

7 years and the force he works in is huge and you do not have to drive. In the local forces it is a requirement.

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RumourOfAHurricane · 27/07/2009 23:37

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foofi · 27/07/2009 23:37

custy ! [shock[

megamums - please sit him down and have a serious talk with him. You really don't seem to know what is going on in his life, and you need to know! Also, you need to make a life for yourself in your new place which doesn't involve him.

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megmums · 27/07/2009 23:38

Sometimes he gets really clingy, paranoid when i don't reply to a text, he told me last week that i don't kiss very affectionately! He just text me just saying 'hello' as i did not reply to his last one. Is it possible for a male and female to be best friends (as that would what she would be, if she isn't his other woman). This has been going on for so long i am so fed up. I have worked so hard lately, got promoted in work which he was very encouraging and supportive about.

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Tortington · 27/07/2009 23:39

i think you should work out an exit strategy = anything shouty and spur of the moment will not work to your advantage

give it a week, work out money, finance, benefits, where you would live if you left.

in your shoes i would get important documents together =like credit agreements in your name or credit cards in your name - birth certificates copies of bills that you may be liable for.

then i personally would tell him that you are moving back - he can come with or not. Please remind him that you will at some stage have sex with someone else and some other fella will bring his daughter up.

becuase they forget that - its alright for them to stick their dick in some other woman - but the thought of another man doing it to his wife - is somehow wrong. so its owrth saying - reminding him that your not going to be spending spinster nights at home knitting watching emerdale - you will be out on the piss with your friends and get your old life back

OnlyWantsOne · 27/07/2009 23:40

LOL @ cvstadro

This isn't looking good Megmums - run, run fast for the hills

men can be utter twats some times

I am however in the severely bitter and jaded camps, and will never ever let a man use me ever again, or the shit that comes from being the father to my DC -

barnsleybelle · 27/07/2009 23:40

megmums... No one on here can tell you what to do. We can tell you what we think, but at the end of the day we are basing our judgements on your post and not the 2 sides.
It's possible parts of your post are exagerated, i don't know. Often people looking for sympathy do embellish things. ( not saying they are).

Also fwiw... You need to stop thinking that if he is having an affair that he's picking the other woman over your daughter. He's not. Many men have affairs, leave their wives but continue to have close loving relationships with their children... even from a distance.

megmums · 27/07/2009 23:41

I can't leave spur of the moment, I have a job, big mortgage - i would have to stay in the short term to sort everything out, we may have to rent our house out..all messy stuff which I could deal with if I have to.

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Tortington · 27/07/2009 23:41

re your last post - again why do it if it upsets you

this text business is pissing me off.

you dont kiss affectionatley ? no wonder you thnk hes screwing another woman

megmums · 27/07/2009 23:44

Believe me I am not exagerating - there were loads of texts especially seeing as they work together. I haven't read his texts for a long time, and those I read were innocent to be honest, but since my true suspicions have come out I have not read his texts, I suppose I may be able to but am so scared of what I could find. I have told him this and he said I am being silly.

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barnsleybelle · 27/07/2009 23:44

He sounds like a bully to me, and i go back to my original comment. It's likely he wants to end things but is too cowardly to say so due to the whole moving away guilt trip.
He's grinding you down so you are the one to end things.

OnlyWantsOne · 27/07/2009 23:45

there will be two sides to this, but I would not feel comfortable if this was my DP acting in this manner.

It needs to be addressed ASAP - you need to wake up, as it were, smell the cafe gold blend and get it sorted. Is there some one in RL that could help you look at this in a more objective way?

OnlyWantsOne · 27/07/2009 23:46

barnsleybelle this sounds right to me - emotional blackmail when it comes to kids etc is crappy, and common. I know I got shit loads of it.

megmums · 27/07/2009 23:46

The text thing has infuriated me, i went to counselling to build myself up i felt so shit and it helped. I decided to review the situation every so often and this is the review. And I don't know what to do.

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WhenwillIfeelnormal · 27/07/2009 23:50

You do know what to do really don't you, sweetheart? You start checking for evidence covertly. Start with the phone and also look for second phones. Check the log and any secret folders. Check the photo gallery for pictures. Examine bills. You need information, as it is power. Sorry you're going through this. FWIW though, lots of Met. officers sleep in offices.

Tortington · 27/07/2009 23:50

how nice it must be for him wimpering jealous wife

you need to start not giving a shit and tell him you will kiss him better when he stops sleeping on her sofa

megmums · 27/07/2009 23:51

If he wants to end things why doesn't he just bloody confess then? That would make everyone's lives easier in the long run. I think he is too concerned about what others would think of him. He nearly left in January, he actually told me he was moving out, but then he changed his mind and decided to stay and make a go of it. Yet these texts have continued. Am I also being silly in that a couple of weeks ago he had flu and SHE bought his hankies and flu stuff, I found them in his bag and he admitted they were from her and that he thought she was just being nice.

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megmums · 27/07/2009 23:52

I am quite happy that he has slept in the office on various occassions, i just suspect that maybe sometimes he isn't but says he is.

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barnsleybelle · 27/07/2009 23:54

I think only is right... I know you are away from your family and friends but is there anyone you can talk to who knows you both?
And don't forget, he only admitted to the lie about having a night out with her because you found out.

Things are so much harder without the support of your family and friends close by.
Could you take some time off work, pack a bag for you and dd and go to your parents for a week or two. Maybe take stock and have a good think and talk. often the support of family gives you the strength to make important and difficult decisions.

SylvieSprings · 27/07/2009 23:54

Megmums, all things said and done, have you actually met this female colleague of your DH's?

Not being melodramatic, you could bring your DD along for a visit, during a "working weekend" be it surprised or planned...

StirlingTheStrong · 27/07/2009 23:55

Well that would piss me off megmums - Lets turn this around a bit - If this was a male friend would he be buying hankies etc for your h?? I dont think so.

Even if he sees her as a friend I don't think she sees him like that.

I mean, honestly, would you buy a married friend some hankies when they had a cold??

WhenwillIfeelnormal · 27/07/2009 23:55

No you're not being silly. Any woman that I was already suspicious of, who then started to nanny my DH with cold remedies, would set the alarm bells off for sure.

Get your evidence - you know what you have to do.