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Messy sex/relationships issue - DH, OM, fantasy got out of hand

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Parigi · 11/01/2019 15:20

I’m not sure if I should be posting in Sex or Relationships really, or what I want from posting beyond someone to help me see a way forward here, but here goes...

A while ago I developed a crush on a coworker. It became apparent it was reciprocated but neither of us mentioned it. I just got a bit of a buzz at the office and would come home feeling rather sexy. I tried to channel the energy back into my relationship with DH, which had been a bit stale sexually, and all was good.

However, DH gradually started to pick up on my crush - we’ve been together a very long time and he knows me too well! He has a history of being a bit jealous (cheated on by an ex) and he didn’t take it too well, but I reassured him it was nothing serious, I loved him and I had no intention of doing anything. Still all OK.

Fast forward to more recently - my crush hadn’t dissipated and I had to go on a several day long business trip with the coworker. I was nervous and DH enjoyed teasing me about it a lot before I left. Strangely he seemed more excited than annoyed about it, making lots of references to what might happen, and getting quite turned on. We ended up having v passionate sex the night before I left, which involved him talking about OM doing things to me Blush Shock

On the trip OM and I had to spend huge amounts of time together and - especially after the sex with DH - I did feel v attracted to him. I’m pretty certain he felt similar. I managed to avoid embarrassing myself, although late one night after celebrating a work success I suggested he come to my room for another drink (the bar was shutting). I don’t THINK I had any intention of actually doing anything stupid but it felt very risky. Thankfully OM told me very nicely that I was too drunk to make that suggestion and should go to bed. Blush I did.

Here’s where it gets even more messy - since I came back from the trip DH and I have got it on every night, sometimes several times a night, and the unwitting OM has become a centrepiece in what has become a very exciting and adventurous sex life. We have never been like this before so it is a bit of a shock! However, as part of sex, DH has several times asked me about what happened during my trip and I’ve found myself embroidering increasingly salacious details for his amusement. I don’t know if he believes me or not but it is certainly putting a rocket up our sex life.

The really messy part is that I still have to work with the OM, who is of course unaware of all this. I can barely look him in the eye! It doesn’t help that I’m still attracted to him, and since the night I almost propositioned him he has been paying me a lot of attention. I am now scared I will actually end up doing something stupid like jumping on him in full view of the board of directors and probably getting the sack.

I don’t know if I should confess to DH that I made up most of the “details” of what I got up to while away (I think he probably guesses it’s not all true), and avoid the OM as much as possible - or embrace the great sex and damn the consequences. I must say that I am selfishly reluctant to go back to once-a-month sex with the lights off, which is where we’d ended up before this.

Please be kind - I am genuinely in a right fluster. Apologies if this is all a bit sordid. It is most unlike me.

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shadyzadie123 · 11/01/2019 18:20

Cuckolding is a fairly common fantasy for a lot of guys/couples, so if you're both enjoying the fantasy of it - and having great sex Grin- then why not?

Having said that, moving it from fantasy to reality is a completely different scenario. Have you tried talking to your DH about whether the reality of cuckolding is something would be willing to explore as a couple?

Howdoyoudoit31 · 11/01/2019 19:57

Cuckholding ? Look it up

Parigi · 11/01/2019 20:23

I know what cuckolding is (although isn’t that more about humiliating the husband? This doesn’t seem like that I don’t think).

My problem is more the coworker! I have to see him at least twice a week at work. Blush I’m getting mixed up between what has actually happened with him, and what happened only in fantasy acted out with DH - and feel like I’m actually going to end up doing something ridiculous.

Plus how do I get over the crush if it keeps being ramped up?

Also I guess it feels wrong that he is being unknowingly used as a pawn in our love life. He is married. It feels wrong and bad. But I love what it has done to my relationship with DH.

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Sethis · 11/01/2019 21:15

I was going to suggest something completely different until I read...

He is married

You need to step the hell off.

You were massively out of line inviting him back to your room, and you're completely out of line sustaining this crush at work.

What, exactly, do you think your actions are doing to the relationship between this man and his wife? Do you think he's going home and having hot sex with her, or do you think you're exacerbating any relationship problems they might already be having?

The OM isn't guilt-free in this, but you need to shut this down. Unless you enjoy sabotaging marriages.

Parigi · 11/01/2019 21:41

Yes exactly! This is my fear too. I’m not trying to sustain the crush at work, I promise you - I’m trying to ignore it and hope it goes away. I’m not seeking OM out or anything. Certainly no intention of sabotaging marriages.

FWIW, I really wasn’t planning to DO anything when suggesting we continue drinking in my room - I was just enjoying a feeling of risk I think. And that came directly from the night with DH before I left. Which is messed up - it’s not even about OM at all, but about my sex life with DH. How do I sustain that now without involving fantasy of coworker? And how do I past what was just a minor office crush until DH got involved?

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Parigi · 11/01/2019 21:43

Also I think OM is guilt-free actually. He sensibly rejected my drink suggestion.

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PouchofDouglas · 11/01/2019 22:55

You need to tell your H in case he comes go tour work

Parigi · 11/01/2019 23:25

Tell DH what?

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shadyzadie123 · 12/01/2019 07:23

Ok, so your co-worker is married and you're worried about your ability to separate out fantasy from reality, so continuing to spin stories to your DH about your co-worker isn't really sustainable. You and your DH both clearly get off on the idea of you having other lovers (the fantasy of it, if not the reality), so does it have to be focused on your co-worker? Could you fantasise together about other individuals (not necessarily people in real life) and what you 'get up to' with them?

I think you really need to talk to your DH about what you both get out of this. Explain that whilst you're very much loving your sex life, you're not so comfortable with the focus on your co worker. Try and explore exactly what it is that excites you both and how you can sustain that, without the head fuck of involving your married colleague.

MarieG10 · 12/01/2019 12:56

I think fantasy can be really great in bed and can expand the excitement. I would agree though to shift the focus away from one man, and let DH know you are fantasying rather than having cheated.

The risk is that it does start to move towards reality. You need to think that one through as a very different scenario!

disneyspendingmoney · 12/01/2019 22:57

Thus isn't cuckolding this is more a case of your DH making a shield for his own emotions.

He probably realised his own "jealousy" feelings and rather than let them grow to be damaging to your relationship. He's possibly trying to reconcile your crush with an attempt at desling with it by folding your "fantasy" (that's what it is at this moment as you haven't done anything with OM) with one of his own, so that he can compensate.

What happens next? For you, DH's questioning and fantasy will become tiresome for you, mainly because it is impinging on a reality you have to live every day at work. The OM may make a move and you're then in a difficult place, if your inhibitions are reduced because you've been drinking, such as the work trip. You could go something you will regret, because at that point it becomes messy. If you sleep with OM, DH fantasy would probably change quite dramatically, especially if he's using it as a shield. He'll have to confront an uncomfortable truth about what he's been saying and then try to reconcile what he's said with his new reality, that tends not to work. The likelyhood is that the jealousy component will be back with a vengeance and things will become quite difficult.

You know DH better than most how do you think he would actually react if his fantasy stuff became a reality?

I would also recommend caution with OM do you really know him that well to think he would be ok with being the "other man" and cause this to be a catastrophic event in your marriage.

My personal recommendation is to slow all of this down, ease your DH out of his fantasy stuff because it isn't healthy. Move your self away from OM so that you have thinking space, so you can work out what's best for you in the short and long term.

waterandlemonjuice · 12/01/2019 23:14

You haven't done anything wrong. Yet.

You’ve fantasied with your husband and you’ve flirted with someone who is married. Nothing more (unless I’ve misunderstood).

Tell your dh that nothing happened and that you don’t want to continue talking about the OM. Find something else for the two of you to discuss / get off on.

Back off flirting with the OM at work, big time.

It’s all just fantasy - the scales will fall from your eyes at some point I bet.

robrobinson · 13/01/2019 06:43

This happened with me but the other way around in that I was in the shoes of your DH.
It led to the uncovering of new facets of our relationship, new understandings lots of long chats. However, this is largely because I am extremely open and tolerant not prone to jealousy and ultimately trusted my partner. Our relationship became stronger and much more interesting as a result. But communication was absolutely key. You do need to clarify with your DH that this is a fantasy and nothing happened and won't happen.
You could always visit a club to explore this further...

greeneyedlulu · 19/01/2019 18:15

Just ease the work guy out of the fantasy and maybe start talking dirty about the post man catching you in your undies or something so you still have the other man thing going but just not the work guy

Mondrian · 20/01/2019 12:01

Good idea, you need to be open & honest with your DH and also agree, involve other men in your fantasies too ... we've been doing it for years without crossing over to reality. You can always find someone on OLD if the need to experiment in RL.

birdonawire1 · 22/01/2019 19:17

Maybe if you looked at some porn together (you and DH of course) it would take the focus away from the OM and you will still enjoy sex with DH?

CafeAuLait7 · 24/01/2019 18:31

TBH, if OM was my husband and I found out about you both flirting hard and inviting him back to your hotel room for "drinks" knowing I exist, I would kick your ass!

blueskiespls · 25/01/2019 23:00

Can't you just tell your DH that you feel mega uncomfortable around this co-worker now because of the dirty talk involving him. Say that you've been enjoying the sex so much, and can you invent a new person that can be part of the whole fantasy thing?

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