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Why cant he let this go and just move on?

I have been married for 13 years. For 10 years I was so in love with my husband. We were married right out of high school at 18. We had our first child 4 mos after we got married and our second by the time I was 20.

Although our mariage wasnt perfect I would not have traded it for the world. There were lies and times were he would not come home after work at all, sometimes just really late (midnight). We both had problems with drugs at the very begening, but I could not continue because of my children. After 2 yrs of marriage one night he became violent and pushed me through a wall. He was taken away and I never pressed charges, but decided I no longer wanted the marriage, until I found out I was pregnant with my second child. I decided I needed to work it out. Even after then there were problems but I stuck it out and hoped for the best.

Soon he began calling the local dating services and having phone sex with the women on there. At first I felt betraed like he had had an affair. He instested it was not an affair and he had never done anything with any woman. So he kept on.

For yrs I decided to let him do his thing. Even though it hurt I would tell myself it was no big deal. So 3 and a half yrs ago I got curious. I called the phone # that he was calling and created an account and started searching profiles. Low and behold I found it "Hello all you sexy females. Hispanic male, 6'1". I am a big guy with a big c*ck. I am attached so I am looking for discrete encounters in person or over the phone. Very h*rney" ...

I was mortified. I felt like nothing I had ever felt before. I had had enough. I tried to leave him and he physically would block the door, hide my keys, take my phone etc. I fought him tooth and nail until I had no more strength and just let him stay. I tried getting him to go to counseling but he refused so I went alone. I decided there were things I needed to change and started to do what I had to for my family.

3 mos into this I changed. I would do anything to make my husband feel like a man and tell him how much I appreciated him etc, but it was always the same. I told him several times I wanted to seperate but he would not go for it and would just make me feel guilty until I gave in and let him stay. He didnt work for 2 1/2 yrs and never lifted a finger in the house while I worked full time and took care of everything else.

Soon that became too much. I became aware of the attention I was getting from other men and made a decision to cheat. The wrong decision I know but I did. For 3 yrs on and off I would have relationships. Some purley sexual other purley emotional a couple both. The first man who I actually had a relationship with decide to cool it off with me cause he knew I would never leave hubby.

Well 5 mos ago our 13yr anniversary came and at the time I had ended all affairs going on 8 mos. I decided I would use this opportunity to reignite our marriage. I made him all his favorite foods and gave him everything he wanted from me for 2 days.

Well after the second day it happened again. This time it was someone from our son's little league team. I decided it was over and met someone who took me by surprise. I found myself not caring if I got into trouble and stayed out just to spend time with him and now has become the man I can see my life with. I have so many deep feelings for him and him for me.

I seperated from my husband for 6 wks and everything was going great. Well he decided to see a counselor and she told him to fight for me cause the more time I spent with this other man the more in love I would fall. He would not take no for an answer so I gave in again. Biggest mistake I could make.

Now I dont know what to do, and since he now wants counseling I'm thinking I should use this opportunity to have the counselor make him understand I do not want this. I dont know what else to do...any suggestions?

Update:

Ok so another questions for you all. This weekend is New Years. I want to be with the man I have been seeing and not my husband. I don't want to just not go home because of my boys (11 and 13). I cant tell him what I want for fear that he will become violent. How should I handle this?

Update 2:

PS so do you think that even though he was not physically intimate (according to him) with another woman it's still concidered cheating?

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Any suggestions? Yeah, let this mess go.

    This is what I see.

    1. You got married right out of high school because you were pregnant.

    2. He hasn't been faithful almost from the start.

    3. You keep giving yourself excuses as to why you have to give it another try, over and over again - but are never happy with the results.

    4. He doesn't care enough to change his ways to keep you - keeps up the cheating behavior, refuses counseling, - but doesn't want you to actually leave, because that will inconvenience him.

    5. He started with the cheating, but you have been doing it too, and not just once, but for 3 years, with different people.

    You are not getting what you need within this marriage, nor is he. Neither are faithful or committed to it, or each other. Both are indulging in self destructive behaviors. Why NOT end it properly?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    What a mess! Wow! Are you serious? I'll take you at serious.

    I have NO idea what to recommend.

    You guys are as loose with your love lives as you were with your brains when you did drugs and your lives need some tidying up.

    I mean...you had deal breakers early on...like when he did drugs while you were pregnant and was violent...and you are right to own that having an affair is not the way to go...I mean if after "two days" of trying you were wooshed off into another affair...

    that means you aren't really stable or interested in repairing the breach with your husband.

    And what kind of monster are you NOW involved with?

    Hint: Most really decent guys won't touch a married woman with a ten foot pole. They have some sort of inadequacy in themselves...think about it...they don't have the confidence to pursue a truly single, confident women...they look for the woman who is miserable in her marriage because next to the dolt she married? They can be rico suave or whatever...

    I think that telling the counselor (and possibly the police in the form of a protection order...and possibly a lawyer as you file for divorce...good luck with that one that will be a rollercoaster ride for you...) that you want out is a good idea.

    If you don't want it you don't want it.

    It's too bad you have kids.

    It's too bad you have had so many affairs.

    It's too bad your hubby is a wierdo with many issues.

    I wish you the best sorting this out. i encourage you to keep your child's best interst in mind...and I'm not sure sleeping with a little league dad was the best idea...going that route? If it goes sour? Your son's career in littleleague is finished.

    Good luck. =/

    For the record I appreciate your honesty (If you are indeed not a troll) and if this is true this isv ery, very sad.

    You should have called the police when you found the profile. =/ And called a lawyer. I wish you luck in sorting this out.

    Some people get through this, I guess? But this is quite a mess. Good luck. =/

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I say I would have left a long time ago...but I have also stayed with someone much longer than I should have...so I won't say that. You need to be strong. He's cheated, you've cheated (though I feel that your indiscretion was prompted by lack of respect, lack of love, and lack of self-esteem) and there is never an excuse for anyone to put their hands on you. His trying to prevent you from leaving is also a form of abuse and you need to put an end to it. It's obvious that he doesn't care about your feelings or how you perceive his behavior, so what is there to salvage? More cheating, more abuse? Your best bet is to stay gone. Get counseling to understand that leaving is your only option and don't allow for the sweet talk and empty promises to take away from what you know needs to happen. Good luck.

  • 9 years ago

    Your husband is a batterer and a counselor should acknowledge that. If they don't find one who will. A batterer gets worse and worse, more violent and more violent, more self-serving as time goes by. He will separate his victim from her friends and relatives emotionally and physically.

    There is not one reason in the world you should stay with this person. He does not intend good for your life or the lives of your children. He intends to satisfy his own selfish desires whatever they may be. If he "changes" it will only be long enough to keep you from removing the assets (you, your service, etc) he has. Once you are stuck again, you will be stuck in the same mess as before.

    One description of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Don't be insane.

    Source(s): I've been in a situation very much like yours. It was very difficult to make the decision, but eventually I got out and have a happy life now.
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    A) Realize all of this is completely your fault, you married him at a young age and had kids at an young age - your fault.

    B) He sounds like a loser, why would you want to stick around?

    C) Sounds like he would be a horrible father, I'm sure your kids are already screwed in some way or form, why make it worse?

    Edit: You are afraid your ex-husband may become violent. Wow you really are a moron, call the cops. You really do have terrible taste in men.

  • ab
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    Geeze this is so intense. This always happens everywhere. I always see the fine attractive women always dumping their first marriage husbands all over the place.

  • 9 years ago

    He's an idiot for leaving such a beautiful and caring woman. You're better off with out him (heck for all you know he could some VD by now).

  • 9 years ago

    Give me a call, you need to dump the latino men and start going with a caring local boy.

    Source(s): I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night!!!!
  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    I didn't read any of this, mostly because I got lost in the thought of turning you out.

  • 9 years ago

    You married too young - that's painfully obvious. Just end it and stop stringing your husband along.

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