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May 17, 2017 2:52 pm  #1


All my fault...

So went to the session today and told both of them that I was only in the marriage out of obligation and that I was to the point of wanting a divorce,   I feel like my world has been turned upside down and I don't know reality from non any more,  They both questioned my on what I don't know as he has now admitted everything to me.   my response, How do I know it's everything?   Well I just need to trust him that it is because he tells me so.  The therapist then went on to tell me that I need to forgive and wipe the slate clean,   I can't continue to bring it up and play the victim.  She is sure that my issue is I haven't forgiven myself for the affair I had 3 years ago(which I haven't) so in order to make my self feel better I'm shifting the focus to him.   So I can take the easy way out and get a divorce or I can choose to forgive him and put effort into my marriage so I can heal,  

​Then she asked what divorce would look like.  Would I leave and leave the kids with him in the home?... Um no!  Oh so since you have a hard heart you expect him to leave and for you to stay all nice an comfy in your home??  Seriously?!?!  How did I become the bad guy here. 

​And he just keeps playing the good guy.  I love you, I don't want a divorce, What can I do?   Please just give me a chance....


I'm so FRUSTRATED!!!

 

May 17, 2017 3:18 pm  #2


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May 17, 2017 3:50 pm  #3


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Bec, refresh my memory.  What has your husband done that you've found out about?  I know you said he had a Periscope account.  Has he cheated with men?  I believe he's intimately rejected you too, correct?  What else?

Kel


You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.
 

May 17, 2017 5:41 pm  #4


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Please, please, please, seek a new therapist. Keep in mind that a therapist is merely a person. As a person they are subject to their own thoughts/feelings/foibles when it comes to how they ply their trade. Some are better than others, some fall far short of what would be considered beneficial.

Therapists of caliber tend to not mix their personal beliefs, spiritual beliefs, or ideas of success outcomes, but will instead strive for what is healthy for their clients.

 

May 17, 2017 6:06 pm  #5


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We have never had a healthy sexual relationship. The only time I would consider us active is when we were trying to have our children. Other than that I was lucky if it was once every 3-4 months. Mostly we only had sex when he was drinking but I had to make sure he wasn't too drunk. Early on in the marriage he moved to anal sex and that would be his default when he was drunk. If we did have sex when he was sober he NEVER tried for anal. (Sorry I know that's TMI). He never had an issue finishing and would do so very quickly without a thought to my sexual satisfaction. About 3-1/2-4 years ago I found Craigslist ads on the computer history where he had looked at them. M4M, T4M, W4M. I also saw that he was looking at POF. I didn't say anything because I didn't really know what to say or think. I was getting ready to leave for a week long business trip and tried to have sex with him before I left. He took oral from me and went to sleep and I layed in my bed and cried. On that trip I had an affair. Not something I'm proud of but it happened. Shortly after, I confessed the affair and asked him about the ads and porn on the history. He said he was just curious.... He said he was in a funk and wanted to make it work. I got flowers and a big apology letter. Really??? I just told you I had an affair and I get flowers. I invited him on my next trip and caught him in our hotel room masturbating to porn ( still no sex). When I looked at the history there was a gay porn video mixed in the rest. Up to that point it was always deep throat porn female on male. It has progressed from there to the periscope. He started following men, gay men and trannies. In his defense he also follows women. Last November I asked him about his periscope account and he said he didn't even know how to use it, and then went home and deleted 1/2 the people he followed and deactivated his account, just to reactivate it 2 months later and follow a bunch more men. Recently I spoke with our pastor for advice and confronted him. He admitted to a porn addiction but nothing on the men. He has been counciling with our pastor (who overcame a porn addiction himself) and after the first visit with my councillor admitted to watching a couple of the men, but not all of them and he certainly didn't follow all them.

On our anniversary last year he kissed me good morning and then went down to his bathroom and watched 2 men Masturbate on periscope.

Now he tells me that he does love me, never considered that only taking oral would feel like rejection and he never actually told me no and that he is sexually attracted to me. He doesn't want a divorce and isn't sexually attracted to men.

I hope that all makes since. I'm a bit of a mess right now.

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May 17, 2017 7:12 pm  #6


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Forgot sex was very mechanical never passion and he will not kits me except a peck.   We haven't had sex in over 2 years.

According to the therapist he is being gracious by never asking questions about my affair and never bringing it up and that I should return that to him.    I think it's crazy my husband doesn't seem bothered that I had an affair.

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May 17, 2017 8:38 pm  #7


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Bec,

So sorry..sounds like they are ganging up you.

Don't go to "therapy" anymore if this is the case.  Divorce is unknown and scary....but so is living in an in untrusting  marriage with a covert spouse.

Go no contact to figure things out.
No sex in two years...no contact should be ok then.

Giving you a warm hug cause I know we get no authentic ones.


"For we walk by faith, not by sight .."  2Corinthians 5:7
 

May 17, 2017 8:49 pm  #8


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Thanks Rob.  We have know physical contact, but we have 2 young girls and my granddaughter here at home so completely no contact isn't possible. 

What blows my mind is the complete 180 the therapist did on me.  Before she met with my husband she told me she was sure he had acted on this and that I was suffering PTSD from years of all this.  13 years.   Now just because he says he was molested. ( his father would masturbate in front of him).  Now it's all on me.

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May 17, 2017 11:00 pm  #9


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Bec,

Its not you.  Repeat it's not you.
No contact is mentally working on your self and stop going to that useless therapy.
No contact is not talking to him at all and no physical contact.  It means sitting in the same room and not responding to or saying a word to him.
It means sleeping somewhere else in the house. 
It is finding a place in the house that is your where you feel both safe and some peace.
It is hell but a temporary hell.


"For we walk by faith, not by sight .."  2Corinthians 5:7
 

May 18, 2017 1:52 am  #10


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Bec, what a useless therapist! I would suggest you seek a new one, none is better than what you're getting right now but you did mention that the she's coming from a religious point of view too (if my memory serves me right?). You deserve better than that.


Sometimes we are just the collateral damage in someone else's war against themselves
 

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