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Husband in love with someone else, is there hope?

 
 
Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 11:40 am
Hello all,
This is pretty involved so I will try to keep it short. I will just start from the beginning as I don't know how else to reconstruct this whole mess.
Six years ago my husband and I were married. he was 25, I was 20 at the time. I was his 3rd wife. I love him more than anything. I still look at him and feel intense love, I will can't wait to see him everyday after work, I still feel "in love" with him. Anyway, we were married and things were kind of off from the start. Andy was obsessed with porno beyond what I'd considered normal limits but eventually I accepted it and actually got into it a little with him. But then he was also overly flirty with friends and family and I started getting lots of comments about it. One major problem we had was a crush on my little sister. This created a lot of friction in our marriage. He'd act like it was a joke but I knew otherwise and this hurt me tremendously. It got to the point where she hated him for his actions and I resented my sister. When I'd confront him he'd act like I was being petty and so I'd drop it and just keep in my anger. Anyway, there were a few other things that bothered me but I won't list it all. He'd get phone numbers, even took some girls to lunch. Over time I started to feel more and more anger and hurt towards Andy. I felt that the reasons he acted the way he did was because I was not enough for him. I would look at the way he flirted with my friends and with he'd do the same things with me. Stupid stuff like calling them "baby" or touching them in sweet little ways that he'd never do for me. Andy never acted interested in me. Everything he did was great and wonderful but to discuss something about me was never done. He would act bored or uninterested. Eventually I found friendship with an ex of my sisters. It was seriously nothing more than a friendship starting out. He'd listen to what I said when Andy wouldn't and we actually had fun together. Anyway, one night he came over and we were drinking, Andy was gone, and my friend came onto me. It was nothing more than a kiss before I stopped it but I still feel so responsible. I ended our friendship immediately and wanted to tell Andy so bad but I knew he'd leave me over it, it's the way he is. Anyway, time passed and I kept in this guilt of what had happened. I told only one person, my best friend. Things were still not that great with Andy. He only acted interested in me when we'd have sex. I mean don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad all the time but he just wasn't an overly loving husband, I just started to try to accept this as the "way he is". But with time I felt so inadequate. My best friend and her husband started dropping innuendos about "sharing" and "swapping" and although I wasn't into any of that the innuendos were kind of fun. I thought maybe these were the kind of things Andy needed to make marriage good for him. It is a stupid thought I know but I really did feel that way. So, we messed around a little, my friend and I got topless in front of our men, we skinny dipped, nothing more though. I thought doing these things would make Andy see me as the coolest wife in the world. WRONG! He got mad and weirded out. I apologized and told him my line of thinking but he seemed to never get over it. I never felt so stupid in my life, I really thought maybe that's what he wanted. He always joked about that kind of thing anyway until the point where I thought he was serious. Anyway, more time passed, about a year and nothing else like that happened. I thought things were back to some kind of a normal for us but then I found out last December that we are pregnant with a second child. I was on the pill and it was totally NOT planned as we both knew we only wanted our first born but still Andy accuses me of doing it purposely. I had never felt so bad ever, I didn't want to be pregnant any more than he wanted me to be. I needed him more than ever and he was just running from the issue. With time I noticed him drifting away. He would be at home but still seem like his mind was somewhere else. Then I find him talking secretly to my best friend, the one mentioned earlier. I never did mind them being friends but it hurt that he acted the way he did. He'd hide in his car to talk to her or take her to lunch during the day. Finally after weeks and weeks of my asking and him denying that there was anything going on her husband called and asked to talk to Andy. When they got off the phone Andy left until that night. When he came home he explained to me that Michele had confessed to her husband that she loved my husband. I was so hurt at hearing this. I asked Andy right then if he wanted to leave or stay and work this out and he wanted to stay. He said he was sorry and swore it was over. Well things were great until a week or so later when I saw her number on his cell phone. Turns out they had never stopped talking. The whole thing started up again and we'd play some stupid game where I'd ask Andy to stop, he'd say he would and that we'd work this out, and then I'd find out otherwise. I know at this point you are all thinking, "How stupid is she?" but I DO love him, not to mention being pregnant makes it harder. So this kept on and then due to the stress I started having complications in my pregnancy. On June 10th, one month before my due date AND on Andy's birthday, my Dr decided to do an emergency induction because the baby had stopped growing. I called Andy and he came to the hospital. He held me and said he was sorry, we'd work it out, he knew we could, etc. He said everything would be ok. Well, Drew was born and things still weren't ok. He even almost missed his sons birth and later when I get the phone bill I find out it was because he was downstairs talking to her!!!! I was so heartbroken. There were also complications with the baby and I had to stay at the hospital for 5 days. I saw on the phone bill where on the nights we would NOT stay and keep me company he was talking to her for hours! So, I finally start to accept the fact that there is no changing him. But then he still wants to stay. I can't understand it. So I give him chances again and again. Then one day I stop in for a surprise visit to his office and he is talking to her on the phone. I just walked out. He followed me and I told him I didn't understand why he tells me he wants to stay home but continues to do this. He is hugging me telling me he loves me etc, he is sorry, blah blah blah. So then he calls me later that evening and says, "Look, you really don't have to worry anymore, it is over". I actually believed him that time! He comes home and kisses me, I mean he hasn't touched me in months and we are making out on the couch. The next day he asks for oral sex. It really seemed like things were better. THEN........the phone rang late one night. I was asleep on the couch and woke up to the end of the conversation. It was a simple conversation. I heard Andy say, "Oh, ok. well, we'll talk to ya later" and hang up. I asked who it was, "Michele" he says, "Oh" I say. For some reason I didn't care, lol. Maybe I was still asleep. "Did she want to talk to me?" I ask. "No" he said. Still I just say ok. So a little later I walk out into his computer room to get something and he says, "Don't you want to know what she wanted", I still can't believe he even brought it up. So I told him sure. So he tells me that Micheles husband is on a rampage and might be coming over to confront Andy. STILL I was clueless. Then he went on to tell me that Michele told her husband that she was leaving him to be with Andy and the reason she called was to tell Andy this so he could in turn tell me the same. I couldn't believe it. So then Andy tells me that no he wasn't planning on doing the same thing and he has NO IDEA where she gets the idea, lol. So anyway, I am sick of it at this point and the next day I call Michele. I told her I am sick of the lying and I wanted to talk to her to see what we are both being told because I suspect we are both being lied to. So she goes on to explain to me that her and Andy have been planning for sometime to leave each of their spouses for each other and live in an apartment together. She tells me that Andy has told her that I was aware of this!!! So I tell her my side which is that Andy has told me he does not want to leave and I of course don't forget to mention the oral sex and kissing. She was pretty put out by that since apparently Andy has told her he hasn't touched me in months. So it seems we are both getting lied to by him and I point this out to her. I finally decide to confront Andy and tell him it's her or me, what do you want. For three days I put up with, "I don't know what I want". He would explain to me that he does love me but that he is "in love" with her and that when he is home he is only thinking of her. I even heard from my six year old that he called her in front of her and said things like, "I love you" and "we will always be together". It hurt to hear all of this but I needed to know it. They both tell me there has been no sex, I don't know if I believe it or not. He does confess to kissing. So after three days of hearing that he didn't know what he wanted I told him that his time was up and the decision was out of his hands. As much as I love him I cannot endure this pain anymore. I told him that I would file for divorce and get this over with. I told him that he could always see the kids and that I would not kick him out until he could get his own place and a new office<he shares with my dad now>. I felt like telling him these things would not give him any other reasons to want to stay. Well, suddenly he wants to "try" to fix this. He says it is hard but he would try to forget about her and work on us. Also, apparently to score points for herself my ex friend told Andy about my kiss incident. Which I am glad, at least it's out now and I have no secrets, but now that is his excuse for all of this even though it was going on well before he knew about it. Anyway, I want to believe him but I don't know. I know you all think I am an idiot at this point, I just don't want to see him go. I DO love him and I miss him so much. Despite everything I always loved him. We have discussed our problems past and present and have both said we are sorry but I don't know if there is still hope. I guess what I am wondering is that after all of this can a marriage and SHOULD a marriage still be saved? I took my vows seriously and even he says he does not want another divorce nor break up our family. He says he does still love me but that right now he can't get his heart away from her. What do we do? I am so upset over this. I really do love him. Everyone keeps saying, "get rid of him!" "he's a jerk" etc but I only wish it could be that easy. What do we do?
DipityDane.
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 12:22 pm
Hey Dipity Dane; thanks for coming to us. Yours was a long post, that solicits a quite brief answer. Well, brief when compared with my usual prolixity.

Your husband, to brush the hair from my mouth, is pondlife. I know that you love him, and one can appreciate from your very words that you are a person who takes her promises, be they marital vows, ties to true friends &c, seriously. He does not. When I read you, I could not help but see, above everything, how many times he has made you feel awful: the swinging incident, his not caring for his own child's birth, the list goes on and on. A marriage relies on two people's fidelity to the vows that they have made; hitherto, it seems that your relationship has tried to live on just your fidelity. It can't work then.

He has apparently 'tried' to fix things before; he has lied: just look at all the telephone incidents. He seems to have a cheating personality, which won't change easily. So why suffer it? And don't deceive yourself in thinking, 'I should keep this Union together for the sake of my children;' the children are better off with someone so egocentric, it seems. To me, there is little hope in your relationship. You have given more than enough chances to him; he has neglected your trust that the relationship has some salve left in it. I would divorce, if I were you. Clinging onto such a person will most probably hurt you again. Obsession and infidelity are not fixed by the uttering of 'I'll fix it.'

My best wishes are with you,
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 12:26 pm
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I felt that the reasons he acted the way he did was because I was not enough for him.


He is twenty five, and you are this 3rd wife. He revels in porno and flirting with other females.

It is not that you are not enough for him. NO WOMAN IS ENOUGH FOR HIM. This guy has a major league insecurity problem, which he tries to assuage through the conquest of many women.

I think that you need to think long and hard if you want to spend the rest of your live with this guy. IMO, he is nothing but trouble, and will cause you endless grief over the years. I don't think that this marriage is worth saving. You take your vows seriously, but he doesn't give a damn about them. Get out before he grinds you into the ground!

Have you ever spoken with his two exes? You might find it illuminating as to why those marriages failed!
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NickFun
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 12:33 pm
Welcome to A2K Dipity. I hate to agree with everyone but the guy does sound like a jerk. The fact that you were his third wife before he even turned 25 told me there was something wrong. The guy sounds like a liar and a con man. Find yourself another guy who hasn't been married yet.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 12:34 pm
dròm_et_rêve wrote:
And don't deceive yourself in thinking, 'I should keep this Union together for the sake of my children;' the children are better off with someone so egocentric, it seems.


I think, judging by the rest of Drom's post, that she meant the children are not better off if you stay.

I agree with her post in its entirety, she worded what I was thinking to say.
I also agree with Phoenix.
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DipityDane
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 12:58 pm
Thank you all for your posts, I have been reading a few of the other past ones as well and am trying to see I am not alone which is really what I feel so bad right now. It just seems like I am so longing for some kind of normalcy to come back to our marriage. Even in the past when I was so put out by his antics he'd hold me and say he loved me, we'd have sex, we'd go out together, I miss all of that. Everything I look at in the house reminds me of him and I just don't see right now how I can ever stop hurting or how I can stop having feelings for him. I really do feel love for him and I care about his happiness. I don't know what makes him happy though and unfortunately for him, I don't think he will ever know either. I have come to the conclusion that his issues are almost like a mental illness in some ways, there is no excusing it but at the same time I don't think he can help the way he is. Thanks again all, it is good to talk to someone about this, I really have no one. One thing that really sucks is that not only do I not have my life partner to help me thru this pain, my best friend isn't there anymore either.
Erin
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 01:10 pm
Yes, you're right, Osso, I meant without, but unfortunately, I chipped off the -out,-- a typographical blunder, I'm afraid.

Erin; I would put it more bluntly and say-- 'go from wherever you are with him, and go from there quickly.' You're twenty. You have your life ahead of you. Do you want, in all sincerity, to your life to be tied down to lies? As Phoenix touched upon, he is a user. He probably has inacceptable views about women. He seems to me like the person who can't cope in a marriage; in something that ties him down to a woman's problems, to the idea that there can be ups and downs. Prolonging the lovelessness and deception can do nothing for you. You can find someone more fit to be your life-partner, and he would be better on his own.

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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 01:15 pm
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I have come to the conclusion that his issues are almost like a mental illness in some ways, there is no excusing it but at the same time I don't think he can help the way he is.


Not almost. Maybe he can't help the way that he is, (I really don't agree with that. It may be difficult, but if he WANTED to change, he could try. He obviously wants things just the way that they are), but you are astute enough to be able to help yourself. IMO, nothing good for you can come of this.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 01:35 pm
DD--

You are obviously a loyal and loving woman. Unfortunately, you married an amoral tomcat.

You can choose to accept the way he is--with all of the heartbreak he'll bring (as well as the very real possiblity of contracting any or all of the common STD's) or you can make a life for you and your children built on love and trust.

At best this No Good sees you as a safety net. He can tell his little playmates that if it weren't for his children..... Besides, I'd be betting that he's not splitting the office rent 50/50 with your father.

Please stop worrying about this creep. Kick him out in the gutter where he belongs and start worrying about the innocent parties involved--you and your kids.

Good luck.
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Debra Law
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 02:02 pm
Erin, Erin, Erin
Erin:

Please read through as many posts as you can--and the responses. You will see common threads running throughout all relationship problems.

Summarizing some of the common threads:

First, you can never control what anyone else does. You can only control what YOU do and say.

Second, you can engage in effective communication. You can express to your partner how you feel and what you need for a happy, healthy relationship.

Third, you have choices. You can make healthy choices or unhealthy choices.

My assessment of YOU:

YOU are good at effective communication. You know what is right and wrong for your relationship to be happy and healthy. You have expressed to him how you feel and what you need to for a happy, healthy relationship.

YOU have made substantial concessions. You indulged his "needs" for pornography and obsessive flirting with other women (including your SISTER). You have tried to fullfill all his needs--whether it be for a "swinger" lifestyle or whatever.

YOU have gone above and beyond what is necessary or rational to make your relationship work.

YOU are a GIVER. You are willing to sacrifice your every need and every ounce of self-respect you may have to give HIM what he wants.

My assessment of HIM:

HE is a liar, a cheater, a MANIPULATOR, and a taker.

HE listens to you, he empathizes with your feelings, he tells you what you want to hear--THEN he does what he wants.

HE lies to you and breaks his promises. (YOU CAN NEVER TRUST HIM.)

HE is a womanizer. HE victimized YOUR SISTER.

HE is a womanizer. HE victimized YOUR BEST FRIEND.

HE not only lied to you and told you what YOU wanted to hear--he lied to YOUR BEST FRIEND and told HER what she wanted to hear.

HE doesn't love anyone but himself.

HE is a user and a taker.

HE manipulates and takes advantage of your "giver" personality and keeps you on his HOOK because--IF you left him--he would have to pay support for not one child, but two children and he would LOSE his cushy position in YOUR DAD'S office.

HE has no desire to change because you are a DOORMAT. HE can lie to you, he can talk nice to you, he can tell you what you want to hear, he can wipe his feet all over you, and you continue to stay with him.

[Sorry, ONE MORE EDIT, but I feel so upset over the way you have allowed this man to walk all over you.]

HE will NEVER respect you. You allow him to walk all over you, you worship the ground the CAD walks on, and you suck his cock. I know that's blunt and crude--but he has manipulated you to the point where you think if he allows you to give him a blow job--he's doing YOU a favor.


CONCLUSION:

Every day of your life, you make the unhealthy choice for yourself and your children to be his DOORMAT because you LOVE him.

Can you see how sad that is?

You can't change him. Even though HE will never respect you, you can respect yourself.

Grow some self-respect and LEAVE HIM.
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Sofia
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 02:26 pm
Hi sweetie.

I'm so sorry you have to deal with something as painful as this. Yes, this marriage can be saved.

It will take you accepting whatever pain and humiliation this man will subject you to. You will have to give up the ability to trust your husband. You will have to give up the ability to trust he will act in the best interest of you, and your children. You will have to accept that he may give you an STD, including AIDS.

You will have to resign yourself to the probability that you will essentially be a single parent, with a freelancing man living in the house.

You will have to accept the fact that your self-esteem will crumble and erode to nothing--and this will affect your childrens' own self-images. Additionally, know that they will be stunted as adults because the role model they were shown for marriage was perverted.

Not only do I think you don't want to, or SHOULD, accept even one of these realities-- I don't believe you would knowingly accept all of them.

Sadly, the reason he is staying is:
You are his meal ticket--(job with Daddy.)
He can get away with anything, and keep a stable home--because you let him.

It is easy to see why he hops from marriage to marriage.

I think your 'love' is more security, or co-dependance, than love. It is scary to leave. But, in the long run, it would be far more scary to stay--and be twisted by this man.

You are young. You can have a great life. Lose this user, and be particular before settling on someone else.

TELL DADDY.

Good luck, dear.
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DipityDane
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 03:27 pm
Thanks again, you guys are helping to put this in perspective. I am just so scared. I know in my heart that the reasons he is staying are financial. The office thing obviously, and no he isn't splitting any rent. Also, not only would he have to get his own office, he'd have to pay rent, of which he does not have now since our home was inherited, and he'd also have to fork over child support. In reading my OWN post and everyone elses the answer seems so obvious and easy, it's just hard. I know what I have to do, I am just so scared. I know he has always walked over me and put his needs first, this isn't the first time it's been pointed out. I was just always so quick to defend him because I was so in love and yes, maybe somewhat codependent. I also think that the reason I always felt so much for him is because I knew in my heart that he never really loved me back, it is psychological. I WANTED him to show love for me so bad and he rarely did. Man this just sucks so much, I hate it a lot for the kids. My six year old is very aware of what is going on and with whom. She ask's everyday if Dad is leaving to live with Michele, it just breaks my heart for her because if nothing else he is a good dad. Anyway, I am rambling, thank you guys so much. I have been reading lots of the other posts all day and am gaining some insight. I'll kep checking in.
Erin
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MyOwnUsername
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jul, 2004 03:37 pm
You are saying that he is good dad. If that's true he will continue to be good dad after you leave him as well.
And if it's impossible (and sometimes unfortunately it is) that kids have parents that love and respect each other then it's better for them to be with separated parents then in such situation.

And there's nothing wrong with being scared. Wrong is not to do right thing because of being scared.
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Montana
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jul, 2004 12:13 am
Nothing more I can add, so I'll just say that I completely agree with the others. I know it's hard and you're scared, but you can do it. You need to do it for your kids, if not for yourself. You may think that you'll never stop loving him, but I've said that about every man I've loved, so believe me, you'll get over it in time.

You're not alone! You have us and we'll be here to help you through it. We've got quite the supportive bunch here at A2K ;-)
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Solmeci
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jul, 2004 01:37 am
In a relationship, if a partner brings more pain then pleasure it isnt worth it...
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SueZCue
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jul, 2004 01:59 am
Hi, Dippety -

Why do these people treat you this way (your husband, your so-called friend?)

That's easy - BECAUSE THEY CAN!

This guy was 25 and on his third marriage? Red flag #1!

Okay, with all you've said, your husband is a "serial cheater." He's going to be this way for the rest of his life. You can either choose to live with it for reasons unknown to me, or move on.

Also, staying with him tells him that you're willing to "put up with it" and he can treat you as poorly as he likes and you're still going to be there coming back for more tomorrow.

Most important, you have to consider the impact having witnessed your acceptance of this emotional abuse and disrespect will have on your kids because if you don't they're going to know what he's doing sooner or later, see you putting up with it, and eventually see you as a weak, gutless doormat. They'll certainly walk all over you as teenagers because they've never seen you stand up for yourself. Also, they too will be very likely to spend their adult lives in one failed disastrous relationship after another. You and your husband are their role models, what they will some day base their own relationships on. What a frightening thought!

Of course they love their father, and he will always be their father. He just doesn't have to be your husband!

If you stay with him, this is going to be the same for the rest of your life, you have to cut him loose and don't look back.

You can do better - anything is better than being stuck with this jerk. He's a bottom feeder who is using you for a lifestyle he can't earn on his own while he's treating you like a piece of crap. I think he actually gets off on it. Gives him some sick sense of empowerment.

I think the word we're looking for here is sociopath. People like this don't change. They're opportunists. They care about no one but themselves and their own pleasure. They have no ability to feel guilt or loyalty. They're hopeless.

There's no one on this earth who's worth sacrificing your self respect over, and with this person you've done it time and time again. He has no respect for you and he never will. You have to respect yourself and get rid of this dead weight before he destroys you completely.

Phoenix made an excellent point. I'd be interested in knowing why his other marriages ended. I'd be willing to bet his ex's would have similar stories to tell.

By the way, why are you still even speaking to Michele?

Sounds to me like you have a problem setting limits with people and you let more people walk all over you than just your husband.

I say cut all of these losers loose and get yourself into some counseling to find out why you allow people to treat you so poorly and have so much trouble taking action when someone is treating you in an unacceptable manner. It's a huge problem!

Time to do some major house-cleaning. Get rid of all these people - ALL of them, not just your husband. Next, start working on learning how to set limits with people. No one would put up with this kind of garbage if you the one were dishing it out, so why should you have to put up with it?

Let Michele "have him." He has the attention span of a 2-year-old. As soon as she's the main woman in his life, guaranteed he'll start cheating on her too. The thing is, she deserves it, you don't.

And I agree with Deb. Tell your dad. This ingrate will be pitched out of his undeserved job on his ear so fast it'll make his head spin. Let someone who actually worked hard to earn this job have it and let Mr. Wonderful apply for unemployment. See how many girlfriends he can find while he's working the cash register at the local dry cleaner's. He's too full of himself to see that he needs you, you don't need him for squat!

Most important of all, set an example for your kids of appropriate adult behavior, communication skills, and standing up for one's values and self-respect. It's your duty as a parent.

Best of luck to you.
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Eva
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jul, 2004 09:28 am
I understand where you're coming from, DD. Marriage, commitment and loyalty mean a great deal to you. You're not the type that could throw away this relationship easily. You made a vow, and you intend to live up to it. Right?

Unfortunately, sometimes we get ourselves into situations where there is no good way out. I think that is where you are now. There is no good solution. So you will have to pick the "least bad" solution...the one that will be the easiest for you and your children to live with in the long run.

Your husband doesn't sound like a good bet. As others have said, he is a "user." It is to his advantage to prolong your agony. Perhaps it would be best if you split now rather than put the children (and yourself) through this sort of pain for years to come. IMO, that would be more damaging than a divorce.

(I was once married to a "user" myself, DD. I finally left, and he found another woman to use. Then another. He'll never change...there are too many unsuspecting people out there that he can take advantage of. He'll never run out of people to use. I'm just relieved it isn't me anymore. Several years after I divorced him, I met a wonderful man who treats me the way I deserve to be treated. We will be celebrating our 21st anniversary on Thursday. The moral of my story? Don't settle for less than you deserve. There's a better life out there for you.)
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briarwizard
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jul, 2004 01:52 pm
DipityDane, is this your first relationship?

The reason I ask is I've only been in one relationship also. I've had nothing as extreme as what you've described happen to me, but I haven't been happy most of the time, and like you, it's VERY difficult for me to make a change.

I think 'sowing your wild oats' when you're younger gives you confidence to leave a bad situation when you have to.
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DipityDane
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jul, 2004 02:37 pm
I did have one other serious relationship before I met Andy, it was a bad one and thankfully I did have the courage to leave that one. Not that the one I am in isn't bad as well but this one was bad in a different way. This person was controlling to the point of not wanting to "allow" me to do anything. Simple requests like a trip to the grocery store or an outing with friends were out of the question. I didn't need friends because "I had him". ICK! He was such a jerk. Something I will mention is that after being in a relationship where I was controlled I decided that I would NEVER be that way. When I married Andy I basically let him do what ever in the world he wanted. I think I went to the extreme and basically allowed him to walk all over me because I wanted him to be married but still somewhat "free". So many times I should have put my foot down but was afraid of feeling like I was being controlling. I kept remembering how I felt in that relationship and told myself that I would NEVER put anyone thru that misery. Looking back I don't think many people would have put up with the Porno obsessions, flirting, lunching, clubbing, and lying that I did just out of fear of being portrayed as controlling. Over time I think maybe this was a fraction of what happened to our marriage. This coupled with the fact that Andy is the type to take advantage of those behaviors was detrimental.
Erin
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Bella Dea
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jul, 2004 01:49 pm
RE: Husband in love with someone else, is there hope?
Oh honey, you need to get out and get out fast. If you stay with this man he will destroy you. He will take everything from you until you have nothing left. Don't stay because of your children. Don't be fooled into thinking that 2 parents are better than one even if the marriage is bad. Don't believe that your kids will grow up thinking that mommy and daddy are fine. Children are very observent creatures and they will know what is going on. That is sometimes more destructive than seperating.
Also, even though it is hard for you, you need to make a decision. You need to decide if you are worth the fight it will take to rid you of this man. I think you are and so does every other person who's posted here but none of us matters. The only person's who's opinion matters is yours.
I think perhaps you should seek counseling or a support group because it sounds to me like you may have a problem wih self-esteem. You do not deserve this. You may have made your bed but you don't have to sleep in it.
Good luck and God bless.
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