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| Strategies for MOM's » New Subreddit for Straight Partners of Bisexuals » December 8, 2021 6:06 pm |
- TinktheChi
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Thanks so much! I just joined. My reddit name is same as my name here. Looking forward to connecting.
| Support » Do you feel like a victim? » December 8, 2021 5:57 pm |
- TinktheChi
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Momoftwo wrote:New to website, but I am so depressed and lonely. I was married for 34 years and my husband did not have sex with me for over 27 years of the marriage. I chose to ignore it don't ask me why. Low self esteem is all I can say. He recently died from a heart attack at 61 years and at his funeral it was a lot of gay men who chose not to talk to me. I am sad and depressed and hoping this forum can help me accept the passing of my husband who I am thinking didn't love me and I because of my Catholic faith chose to look the other way.
Hello. I feel your pain. My husband and I were only married for 6 years, it was a second marriage for both of us. I found out after he died that he was bisexual and had been having sex with men since he was in his early 20s. I also chose to ignore the lack of sex. My husband died from a cardiac event in August of 2020. I wonder every day if he loved me. It tears me up inside because I absolutely adored and would have done anything for him. My husband was 55 when he passed. I too am hoping that this forum can help me because I have burned through 4 therapists since August of 2020 and I feel like I am no further ahead. I feel lost. I have questions that will never be answered because my husband is no longer alive. I hope we can support each other here. I question everything we had.
| Our Stories » A second marriage for both, he was the love of my life » December 8, 2021 5:51 pm |
- TinktheChi
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I married my second husband in December of 2014. We both had been married for over two decades to other people, and met at a restaurant when we were both divorced. We were both in our early 50s at the time.
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I could not believe this man. The kindness he showed me was unbelievable. We seemed to really connect. We shared so many interests. I loved him with my whole heart.
We bought property and started our life together. In August of 2020 he called me and told me he was having a "stroke". He described the symptoms and I thought it was a heart attack. I could hear that he was in the car driving. I told him to pull over and call 911. He told me what parking lot he was in and I drove there from work. I found him in the car clutching his chest, telling me he was in so much pain. The ambulance was on its way and I gave him 2 low dose aspirin. I looked down at his phone and asked him if the code to open it was XXXX. I knew I would need to call his close friends if he went to hospital. He looked up at me and said "I'm sorry".
I was so panicked that I didn't give it a second thought.
He had a cardiac event which was not a heart attack. He had emergency surgery by a vascular surgeon that night at 12:30 a.m. They told me if he lived through the surgery that he would likely be fine. I prayed that night harder than I ever have before. The hospital called me in the morning and told me he made it through surgery and was in ICU.
Unfortunately he never regained consciousness and I removed life support 7 days later. He had a watershed stroke, and he had no brain function.
His mother and sister flew out from a few provinces over. I was absolutely devastated. When I walked our dogs I sobbed so hard that I could barely breathe. I didn't think I could go on without him.
I went back to our apartment and looked for comfort. I found a box of old phones in our den. I looked through old photos and texts. That brought me a small glimpse o
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