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July 2, 2026 6:59 pm  #1


I accept my husband is bi but I don't trust him.

I'm in deep confusion,  I was married to this man for 18 yrs, had 4 children,  we both were in addiction... he went to prison for 3 yrs, I stayed loyal,  he comes home being a whole, I got sober while he was gone,  he came home and started where he left off, we were constantly fighting bcz I wanted better and he wanted freedom..so I left to find my spirituality and he became the town whore.. long story short, we were off n on the first 5 yrs into our separation..we would hang out or we'd call each other once in awhile, after the 5 yrs. We went total quiet for 3 yrs. In that 3 yrs he got sober and I hit him up out of the blue.. we've been back together ever since but we live 4 hrs away and only physically see each other every other month for 2 days,  we text every day,  some weeks he calls every day other weeks is maybe 2-3 calls. After we got back together for a yr in a half hw comes out as he's bi or maybe even say but he loves me and wants me, that I'm the only woman for him now (after being a whore) he says that he only wants to have a man if I'm in the room,  other than that he won't sleep with em and he's on gay apps but doesn't communicate with any.  My biggest down fall is that this man is the most MANLY man , he can handle a 15 on 1 fight and come out messing all of them up,  he's always wore my underwear when we were together before, I had no issue with it.. my issue is he's telling me this is who he is now and yet still is MANLY and I have no one to trust to talk to , I told him that I need time bcz I basically have to kill my idea of him and how I thought our new start would be ,I love him with every breath but I truly don't believe he loves me... am I hindering his new ID 🤔 does he really stay faithful? He's always been the cheater and I thought the new beginning with both of us sober would be US ,how do I move with this,  if anyone here relates or has any non judgemental advice I'd really like to know 🤔 thank you and sorry for it being so long.

 

July 3, 2026 3:34 pm  #2


Re: I accept my husband is bi but I don't trust him.

Welcome to our Forum Two
No worries about your first post, I've seen longer lol

It's crazy what love does to us, makes us do, makes us feel. You sound like you've got your life together and am I right in thinking you're okay with not living together but having a lot of contact?
Sounds like you have the space and time to make any decisions. And strong enough not to bow down to the pleading of a "manly man" who has bisexual desires.
It also sounds to me like he's needing you* to be the cover for those bisexual desires.
I was with a man for 32 years who was able to indulge/discover who he was as a sexual being because he manipulated the love I had for him.

Don't let him bend and twist you into a woman he* wants you to be. You can love somebody AND let them go.

You have all the facts. The history of who he is and how he lives (cheats). Can the love you say you feel for him actually survive if you feel he doesn't return it?

Edited to say.... living 4 hours apart and having 2 days together gives him the perfect life for a man who's bisexual, allowing him the freedom to choose. He doesn't know how wanting one sex feels because he can have both of them. And you give him that choice.

Elle

Last edited by Ellexoh_nz (July 4, 2026 12:52 pm)


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July 6, 2026 9:22 am  #3


Re: I accept my husband is bi but I don't trust him.

Twocrows,

Welcome.

It is a trauma and constant anxiety..is he texting a man about  cars or is he flirting. Is hw meeting a friend for a beer or is it a date?  Why should you have to wonder?   Its the horrible thing about TGT.

We should not have to wonder or distrust...we should be enough..we should be more than enough.


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

July 8, 2026 3:23 am  #4


Re: I accept my husband is bi but I don't trust him.

A week from now is our 1st anniversary but I went back to my parents 3 months now after finding out that my husband had several relationships with men, one lasted for six years and others are casual sex.. He had an uncontrolled impulsive sexual urges with men.. 1 year before wedding he had casual relationships with men and 4 months before he had an affair., still we proceeded with the wedding because he said he will stop.. then 4 months after the wedding he can't stand my triggers and wanted to separate.. two months that I was at my parents he had another affair with a man.. I am confused if I will go back to him since he said he loved me but he hasn't visited me and ask for my parents forgiveness


what should i do?

 

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